A new alternative bait product that will help reduce the number of horseshoe crabs harvested from the Delaware Bay has been introduced.
Ecology
May 30, 2013
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Declining numbers of a shorebird called the red knot have been linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs.
Feb 17, 2009
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This summer Maryland will impose new restrictions on crabbing in the Chesapeake Bay—including the first-ever limits on how many bushels of male blue crabs watermen can haul each day—in response to a troubling decline ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2022
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Horseshoe crabs that have undergone biomedical bleeding tend to reside in deeper water and approach mating beaches less often, according to a new study published in The Biological Bulletin. In "Effects of the Biomedical Bleeding ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 20, 2019
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Speciation is important because it increases biodiversity. A thesis from the University of Gothenburg examines the speciation process in multiple marine species where different populations of the same species might evolve ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2021
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Results from the latest Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey—conducted annually by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Maryland Department of Natural Resources—show the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab stock remains resilient ...
Plants & Animals
May 27, 2020
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