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28' 



N 



27° 



26° 



25' 



240. 



23° 



/Miami ;Bimini 



BERRY ISLANDS 



Little Cockroach 

 • Coy 



Cockrooch 

 Cay 



V 



Coy 'S-WhaieCay 



Channel 

 FRAZERS hog// . '^"'VSU " 



/P^Coy ^°l^^ ^ CAY 



/Chonnei ^ 



Scale 



Islands [-^ / 



Nassau. 



N 



ANDROS 



S 



V. 



80°W 79° 



78° 



77° 



76° 



75° 



74° 



Figure 1 



Location of Strombus gigas study site in the Berry Island (from Iversen et al. 1987). 



Table 1 



Example of database used in this study of queen conch burying behavior. Tagging location: Little Cockroach Cay, Berry Islands. Bahamas. 

 Tagging date: 27 May 1980. 



Field observations 



Tag no. 



1980 



1981 



05/27 



06/23 



08/21 



09/05 



10/03 



11/01 



12/16 



01/23 03/03 



0617 

 0618 

 0619 

 0620 

 0621 

 0622 

 0623 

 0624 

 0625 

 0626 

 0627 

 0628 



(B) 



18.6 



A tagged conch is considered to be buried (B) if not found on one or more sub.sequent trips, but is eventually found. It is assumed 

 to have been killed or to have migrated offshore if not subsequently found. No tags from this group (0617-0628) were found in the 

 vicinity of Little Cockroach Cay during the period February 1981 to the end of the study, February 1983, despite 11 field searches 

 made every 4-6 weeks during this period. Conch of about 18-20 cm shell length generally migrate into deep offshore waters from 

 this cay (Iversen et al. 1987). 



