[CT Birds] Horseshoe crab debate concerning Red Knots

[Scott Ricker]

Mass & CT Birders,

 

I have cut & pasted a segment of an article pertaining to the debate over
the protection of the Red Knot; a link to the full article is below the 2
paragraph sections;

 

Vote expected on horseshoe crab fishing ban to protect birds

By REBECCA SANTANA | Associated Press Writer 

10:28 AM EST, February 10, 2008 

 

TRENTON, N.J. - A battle is brewing between environmentalists trying to
protect threatened migratory birds that feed on horseshoe crab eggs and
fishermen who have harvested the crabs along the Delaware Bay for years. 

 

Members of the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council are expected to vote
Monday on a measure proposed by the state Department of Environmental
Protection to indefinitely ban the harvesting of horseshoe crab to protect
the crabs and the red knots that feed on the crabs' eggs.

 

HYPERLINK
"http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--threatenedshoreb
i0210feb10,0,3023990.story"Vote expected on horseshoe crab fishing ban to
protect birds

 

Scott Ricker

Southwick, MA.

Ptbagger(at)verizon(dot)net 

 


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