If the Horse Shoe Fits, Save It
Help Horseshoe Crabs & Shorebirds Survive
in New York
Please sign this
petition asking NY Governor Cuomo and NY DEC Commissioner Martens to place a moratorium on horseshoe crab
harvesting in New York.
Horseshoe crabs
have been an important part of New York’s coastal ecology and heritage for many
years but are in danger of disappearing.
Horseshoe crab
numbers have dropped dramatically in New York area waters. Over the last 150
years, they have declined 90%. Let’s not let them disappear on our watch.
Horseshoe crabs
are in danger of population collapse because the bait fishery trade continues
to harvest crabs including thousands of mature female crabs.
Without females,
the animals cannot reproduce. Without horseshoe crabs, hundreds of species of
migrating birds are in jeopardy. The birds rely on fatty horseshoe crab eggs
for food.
Please sign this
petition to ask Governor Cuomo to place a moratorium on horseshoe crab
harvesting until populations can rebound.
Thank you very
much for your help.
Regional Bayshore Watershed Council
7 Comments
Horseshoe crabs are extremely ancient animals of great scientific and aesthetic importance. They are worth so much more than bait.
I grew up on the Delaware Bay in Cape May and have been forever fascinated with horseshoe crabs. Let's do whatever we can to protect them.
These fascinating animals deserve our protection.
These fascinating animals deserve our protection.
Thanks John! We totally agree that's why we started this petition. Do you think you could share it with your friends?
Horseshoe crabs are extremely ancient animals of great scientific and aesthetic importance. They are worth so much more than bait.
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If the Horse Shoe Fits, Save It
Help Horseshoe Crabs & Shorebirds Survive
in New York
Please sign this
petition asking NY Governor Cuomo and NY DEC Commissioner Martens to place a moratorium on horseshoe crab
harvesting in New York.
Horseshoe crabs
have been an important part of New York’s coastal ecology and heritage for many
years but are in danger of disappearing.
Horseshoe crab
numbers have dropped dramatically in New York area waters. Over the last 150
years, they have declined 90%. Let’s not let them disappear on our watch.
Horseshoe crabs
are in danger of population collapse because the bait fishery trade continues
to harvest crabs including thousands of mature female crabs.
Without females,
the animals cannot reproduce. Without horseshoe crabs, hundreds of species of
migrating birds are in jeopardy. The birds rely on fatty horseshoe crab eggs
for food.
Please sign this
petition to ask Governor Cuomo to place a moratorium on horseshoe crab
harvesting until populations can rebound.
Thank you very
much for your help.
Regional Bayshore Watershed Council
7 Comments
I grew up on the Delaware Bay in Cape May and have been forever fascinated with horseshoe crabs. Let's do whatever we can to protect them.
Horseshoe crabs are extremely ancient animals of great scientific and aesthetic importance. They are worth so much more than bait.
I grew up on the Delaware Bay in Cape May and have been forever fascinated with horseshoe crabs. Let's do whatever we can to protect them.
These fascinating animals deserve our protection.
These fascinating animals deserve our protection.
Thanks John! We totally agree that's why we started this petition. Do you think you could share it with your friends?
Horseshoe crabs are extremely ancient animals of great scientific and aesthetic importance. They are worth so much more than bait.
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I grew up on the Delaware Bay in Cape May and have been forever fascinated with horseshoe crabs. Let's do whatever we can to protect them.