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Scientists surveyed adult queen conch north of the Florida Keys

This spring, scientists surveyed one of only two known reproductively active aggregations of adult queen conch north of the Florida Keys, a species listed earlier this year as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Learn more: 

https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/scientists-survey-threatened-queen-conch-in-port-everglades/

underwater scientific survey tools being used on a coral reef two scientists in SCUBA gear on a small boat on the water with a larger research vessel in the background