Protect Our Horseshoe Crabs

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  • Commission Approves New Regulations

    Commission Approves New Regulations

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    March 19, 2024: Today the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission approves new regulations to help protect our horseshoe crabs. This is a great first step in ensuring that our horseshoe crab populations may survive another million years. Mass Audubon was instrumental in the outreach and advocacy that led the way for these new…

  • Mass Audubon Call to Action

    Mass Audubon Call to Action

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    Mass Audubon Call to Action: Horseshoe crabs are incredibly resilient animals. They’ve existed in nearly unchanged form for over 400 million years, surviving four mass extinctions. Unfortunately, climate change and decades of overfishing have depleted their populations in Massachusetts. Now, however, we finally have an opportunity to put these creatures on a road to recovery.…

  • Horseshoe Crab Headlines 2023

    Horseshoe Crab Headlines 2023

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    Here Are Some Horseshoe Crab Headlines 2023 3-28-23 – MA DMF – Horseshoe Crab Lunar Spawning Dates 4-7-23 – South Carolina Audubon – Horseshoe crab harvesting closed on 30 SC beaches under federal agreement reached this week 5-31-23 – WCAI – The Connection Between Horseshoe Crabs and Red Knots 6-10-23 – WCAI – Coastal Biomedical…