Shell club to hold monthly meeting
The Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club will hold its next meeting of the season on March 15 at 2 p.m. at the Sanibel Recreation Center, at 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road, Sanibel.
The guest speaker will be research professor and Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) Queen Conch Lab Director Dr. Megan Davis. The program will be on “How I Fell in Love with the Queen of the Sea: A Journey of Conch Conservation.”
She will provide a deep understanding about the biology of the queen conch and explain why the Queen Conch Lab and its partners are on a mission to save the “Queen of the Sea” for the sake of the species, seagrass ecosystem and people, in general. Davis will also highlight the community-based work going on throughout the Caribbean.
She and her team work with fisherfolk and citizens in communities to empower them to grow their own conch for restoration and conservation. For 50 years, Davis has studied the queen conch life cycle and innovated ways to save the species. She is the world’s foremost expert on queen conch aquaculture, and she has designed, implemented and operated community-based hatcheries throughout the Caribbean.
Prior to the meeting, a silent auction will be held at 1:30 p.m.
The meeting is free and open to the public.
For more information, visit http://sanibelshellclub.com.