THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised that that fisheries regulations allow for the export of up to 10 pounds of conch meat as personal baggage without the requirement of a permit.
Anything in excess requires written and formal permission from the Department of Marine Resources, the ministry noted in a press release.
“Further, in response to recent queries and complaints over the confiscation of conch from an individual travelling into the city of Fort Lauderdale from Freeport, Grand Bahama, the United States embassy has reconfirmed that country’s long standing limit of 10lbs per person on the importation of conch into the US.
“There has been no change in the Bahamian regulation of a 10 lb limit on the exportation of conch meat and the US has confirmed that there has been no change in the US rule and that CBP Preclearance at the airports in Nassau and Freeport continue to enforce the 10 lb limit,” the statement added.
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