Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has decided to forgo a 2024 bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, following a vociferous comment period that provoked opposition According ...
New York State will phase out the catch of horseshoe crabs in its waters for bait and biomedical use over the next four years ...
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an amended bill Friday that will end the harvest in 2029 after a three-year phasedown. Hochul said in a signing memo that a prior version of the bill she vetoed last year, ...
A petition to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries to extend endangered species protection to horseshoe crabs is gaining traction, with a bevy of organizations now backing the ...
“Horseshoe crabs have saved countless human lives, and now New Yorkers are returning the favor,” said Will Harlan, a senior ...
Horseshoe crabs in New York state finally will receive meaningful protections after Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed the Horseshoe Crab ...
Governor Kathy Hochul yesterday signed the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, legislation that will phase out the taking of ...
Horseshoe crabs are not endangered or threatened in Massachusetts, but their numbers are at historic lows. To protect the species, state wildlife officials are rolling out new regulations. As of 2024, ...
Along the Atlantic Coast, one species is supporting ecological and human health — the American horseshoe crab. In Maryland, horseshoe crabs are a common site on the coast and in coastal bays. Harvest ...
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has decided to forgo a 2024 bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, following a vociferous comment period that provoked opposition According ...
When the spring high tides strike, tens of thousands of horseshoe crabs descend on the Delaware Bay to spawn. (Steph Yin/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would ...
A small group of volunteers gathered at a Delaware Bay beach in Cape May County on a recent Sunday afternoon for a search and rescue mission. Made up of children and adults from the Cape May Lutheran ...