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 ...
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 ...
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.