Bad news for the red knots
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/15538077.html
Last year a judge in Delaware overturned its ban on horseshoe crab harvesting. Now New Jersey appears to be ending its. If you can get to Cape May in May, it may be one of the last chances to see the red knots the way this is going.
Sorry to hear Art Seems to be a repeating story !!!
Sunday night on PBS there was a special on Nature about the plight of the Red Knot and the Horseshoe crab. It really was well presented on the life cycle of both species.
Jim
WHSRN is working on the solution together with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Hope they will succeed.
Szimi
Went to a talk by Kevin Karlson last Thursday evening on Sanibel Island and in his
introductory remarks he said that he had just received word that the governor of New Jersey
was committed to reinstating the moratorium on harvesting horseshoe crabs for another two years.
Related news story here :
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...0218029/0/NEWS
Last edited by Mike Milicia; 02-19-2008 at 05:18 PM.
That's good to hear.Originally Posted by Mike Milicia
the only problem is that there is no such ban on the delaware side of the bay. The delaware ban was overturned by a judge last year.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote