Tag: queenconch
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Chinchorro, the beginning

The date was set, I was going off on an adventure with two volunteers from GVI: James, from the UK, and Nitza, from the US with Mexican parents so bilingual. The CRIP team (see the post about monitoring) would have all of the food and water and general supplies we would need, we just needed…
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Chinchorro the monitoring.

In 2022 I was a volunteer here in Puerto Morelos. GVI work with partners at CRIP to monitor the Queen Conch at Chinchorro. Queen Conch are so beautiful, and apparently they are also delicious. The meat is sold, and the adults shells are so beautiful they are also bought by tourists as souvenirs. Years ago…