What you can do to help protect the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab from decline and/or extinction?

YOUR VOICE COUNTS!

Did you know that in 2023, the State of South Carolina’s Division of Natural Resources(SCDNR) wanted to rollback its strict horseshoe crab bait harvest regulations?

More than 34,000 Public Comments were submitted opposing these changes.

The result…SCDNR DID NOT ROLL BACK THESE REGULATIONS!

YOUR VOICE COUNTS!

What Can You Do?

There are many things that you can take to help protect the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab:

• Follow local organizations that are heading advocacy campaigns
• Volunteer for local horseshoe crab counts
• Spread the news!
• Sign Up for the CCHSC Newsletter

Listed below are some organizations that are working to protect Horseshoe Crabs:

Local:

• Mass Audubon
• Horseshoe Crab Conservation Association
• Harwich Conservation Trust
• Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
• Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
• Duxbury Beach Reservation
• North & South Rivers Watershed Association
• MA Horseshoe Crab Collaborative
• MA Division of Marine Fisheries: Search “Horseshoe Crabs”
• Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barren Alliance
• New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance

Regional:

• South Carolina Division of Natural Resources
• Audubon: South Carolina
• Coastal Conservation League
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Horseshoe Crab Recovery Coalition
• Connecticut Audubon
• Cape May (NJ) Whale Watch & Research Center
• New Jersey Conservation Foundation
• The Horseshoe Crab
• National Wildlife Federation
• American Littoral Society
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources
• Chesapeake Bay Program
• Delaware Audubon Society
• Assateague Island National Seashore
• Virginia Marine Resources Commission
• Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• NOAA Fisheries
• Sea Grant North Carolina Coast Watch

Volunteer Opportunities:

• Mass Audubon: Horseshoe Crab Research at Wellfleet Bay
• MA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife: Annual Horseshoe Crab Monitoring
• Town of Greenwich CT: Horseshoe Crab Monitoring
• Bill to Make the Horseshoe Crab the “Invertebrate of the Commonwealth”