Date:         Fri, 29 May 1998 14:17:09 -0400
Reply-To:     Conchologists of America List <CONCH-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
Sender:       Conchologists of America List <CONCH-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Bobbi Cordy <cordy@YOURLINK.NET>
Organization: Shell Creations
Subject:      Re: [Fwd: Strombus Gigas]
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Douglas Nolen Shelton wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-05-27 22:20:34 EDT, Bobby Cordy wrote:
>
> << Unfortunately...once a protection is put on an animal you will never get
>  it off.. >>
>
> Actually, contrary to popular opinion the Endangered Species Act does work.
> Several mollusk species are expected to be downlisted or delisted in the near
> and not-so-near future due to the improved status of the species, among them
> are Tulotoma magnifica (Coosa River of Alabama) and Potamilus inflatus
> (Alabama population only - Louisiana population may represent an undescribed
> species).  Margaritifera hembeli (Louisiana) has been downlisted from
> endangered to threatened.   (Paul Hartfield - USFWS -  Alabama Mollusk
> Meeting, February, 1998, Spanish Fort, Alabama).
>
> Doug Shelton
> Alabama Malacological Research Center
> 2370-G  Hillcrest Road #236
> Mobile, AL 36695
> U.S.A.
 
 
That is amazing, Doug.  I have never heard of that happening.
 
--
Jim & Bobbi Cordy
Specializing in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells