The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decided to forgo a 2024 bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay. Here's all to know.

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decided to forgo a 2024 bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay. Here's all to know.

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For the next five harvesting seasons, horseshoe crabs cannot be taken from over 30 South Carolina beaches in order to protect red knots.

The federal government is shutting down the harvest of a species of marine invertebrate in a national wildlife refuge during the spawning season to try to give the animal a chance to reproduce.

For the next five harvesting seasons, horseshoe crabs cannot be taken from over 30 South Carolina beaches in order to protect red knots.