National Fisherman

Opinion: Stop harvesting horseshoe crabs

When thinking about the kinds of animals that are legally protected, arachnids probably arent the first that come to mindlet alone horseshoe crabs, the giant prehistoric animal that now resides in the Atlantic Ocean along the North American coastline. (Despite their name, theyre more closely related to scorpions than to actual crabs). But like mice and monkeys, horseshoe crabs are used inand have a complicated relationship withthe medical field. Read more