The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has decided to extend a more than decade-old ban on bait harvesting female horseshoe crabs in the Delaware Bay.
However, diners must be careful when buying and consuming it. Horseshoe crabs closely resemble another species, known as "so," but only the horseshoe crab is edible, and it must be prepared correctly.
"Horseshoe crabs are the most ancient living species on our planet. So far, they've survived five mass extinctions," he said. "Our goal should be safety for humans first, of course, and just as we ...
The ZSI first reported the species in 1909. Although the beaches of Balasore were once teeming with horseshoe crabs, their numbers have drastically declined since then. Despite their ability to ...
She said the program aims to increase public awareness and involvement in monitoring horseshoe crabs, animals that are crucial for ecosystem health and as food sources for other species.
The activity of fishing and harvesting, due to the fatality rate, has affected horseshoe crab populations and consequently the animals are classified as a threatened or vulnerable species.
Dozens of specimens of horseshoe bats were spread across four natural history museums around the world when a group of researchers began reexamining how the different species were related ...