A 69-year-old Kansas man was arrested Friday afternoon in the Lower Keys after a marine deputy caught him taking live queen conch from the water, authorities said.
Geoffrey Leigh Blatt, of Overland Park, Kansas, was taken into custody around 3 p.m. on Oct. 9 near Mile Marker 40.
According to officials, Lower Keys Marine Deputy Luis Giuardinu was watching Blatt dive in the area when he overheard him talking to another diver. Blatt said he was going to take queen conch home to make conch chowder, authorities reported…