Bahamas Resort Lawsuit Threatens Exumas Conch Nursery — SkimNews
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- Rival resorts are battling in a Bahamas court over a stretch of the Exumas that also serves as a critical queen conch nursery, according to the story's headline
- Queen conch larvae drift for two to three weeks before settling into seagrass, where they spend most of their first year buried in sand feeding on growths on the blades
- The contested habitat sits in the Exumas region of the Bahamas, just south of East Sampson Cay, where a Shedd Aquarium researcher is studying the population
Why it matters: The court's ruling effectively decides whether seagrass nursery habitat critical to a threatened species' first year of survival is preserved or sacrificed for resort development. Shedd Aquarium's research elevates ecological evidence to a material factor in what is otherwise a commercial dispute between rival developers.
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