Matt Sclafani leads trials at Stony Brook University to find alternatives to horseshoe crabs for bait for whelk as new laws ...

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 ...

Scientists rely on the bright-blue blood of horseshoe crabs to test vaccines and other medical products for deadly contamination.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

MILTON, Delaware (Feb. 11, 2026) – For the fifth consecutive year, Dogfish Head and 302 Horseshoe Crab will host Delaware’s ...

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 ...

Horseshoe crab harvesting has been prohibited on nearly 30 beaches in South Carolina this spawning season until further order from a district court in a resolution agreed to by opposing groups with ...