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Ban extended on female horseshoe crab harvest

November 17, 2022

Regulators have extended a ban on harvesting female horseshoe crabs from the Delaware Bay amid concerns that lifting it could harm the declining red knot (Calidris canutus), a migrating shorebird that relies on horseshoe crab …

Migrating birds missing critical food source in Delaware Bay

June 6, 2019

Migratory birds making their traditional refueling stopover in Delaware Bay found scarce food quantities on their annual trip to their summer breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic. Annual surveys conducted in the spring show that …