Harvest of horseshoe crabs, used for medicine and bait, to be limited to protect rare bird
Interstate fishing regulators are limiting the harvest of a primordial species of invertebrate to try to help rebuild its population and aid a threatened species of bird. Fishermen harvest horseshoe crabs on the East Coast for use as bait and in biomedical products. The animals are declining in some of their range, and they’re critically important as a food source for the red knot, a migratory shorebird listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The regulatory Atlantic States Marine Fisheries... Читать дальше...