Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬#Hochul Urged to Ban #HorseshoeCrab #Fishing
Supporters of the legislation argue it would protect a declining horseshoe crab population, while opponents warn it will harm the #commercialfishing industry.
Reducing pressures on the crabs would help their ecological role, which includes providing food for migrating shore birds such as the red knot, a dwindling species that the federal government classified as threatened more than a decade ago.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/science/horseshoe-crabs-protections-hochul-ny.html
https://archive.ph/D9AnI
Supporters of the legislation argue it would protect a declining horseshoe crab population, while opponents warn it will harm the #commercialfishing industry.
Reducing pressures on the crabs would help their ecological role, which includes providing food for migrating shore birds such as the red knot, a dwindling species that the federal government classified as threatened more than a decade ago.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/science/horseshoe-crabs-protections-hochul-ny.html
https://archive.ph/D9AnI
