Fisheries Commission Takes Cautious Approach on Proposal That Threatens Red Knots in Delaware Bay

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Fisheries Commission Takes Cautious Approach on Proposal That Threatens Red Knots in Delaware Bay

Conservation groups commended today’s decision by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to forego, for now, authorizing a bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, where the crabs’ eggs fuel a globally significant stopover habitat for migratory shorebirds. Today’s decision avoids worsening conditions for shorebirds including the threatened red knot, which depends on crab eggs to complete its annual migration from as far s…