News Archives

May 1998 - "New rules to help ancient horseshoe crab stick around a bit longer." in the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay's Bay Journal.

May 1998 - "It's a fish-eat-fish world." in the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay's Bay Journal (an interesting article on multi-species management).

Apr. 2, 1998 - "News Bytes: Limits on "ugly critters"." on ENN, the Environmental News Network.

Oct. 27, 1997 - "Horseshoe crab decline spurs study." on ENN, the Environmental News Network.

Oct. 15, 1997 - "News Bytes: Horseshoe crab." on ENN, the Environmental News Network.

Aug. 25, 1997 - "Horseshoe-crab crisis threatens winter shorebird." in the Tallahassee Democrat.

Aug. 13, 1997 - "News Bytes: Horseshoe crabs." on ENN, the Environmental News Network.

Aug. 22, 1996 - "Coastal scientists monitor frolicking hardbodies on beach." on ENN, the Environmental News Network.

Many of the news articles written about horseshoe crabs are no longer on the newspapers' websites. You may want to check out your local library, or contact the newspaper directly. Below are older articles about horseshoe crabs, in reverse chronological order:

Latane, Lawrence. "Horseshoe crab quota halved" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 26, 2000).

Long, Jeff. "VMRC halves harvest of horseshoe crabs" (Virginia Daily Press, July 26, 2000).

Latane, Lawrence. "Coastal states vote against Virginia: State found out of compliance' in protecting horseshoe crabs"(Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 9, 2000, p. B2).

McCord, Joel. "Clamping down on Va. horseshoe crab harvest: State officials refuse to comply with plan" (Baltimore Sun, June 9, 2000, p. 2B).

Braile, Robert. "Vital to many, horseshoe crab in danger." in The Boston Globe. November 3, 1999. p. A1.

"Editorial: Saving horseshoe crabs" in The Baltimore Sun. July 10, 1999. p. 12A.

McCord, Joel. "Lure of horseshoe crabs" in The Baltimore Sun. July 1, 1999. p. B1.

Latane, Lawrence. "Letter writers seek help" in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. July 1, 1999. p. B4.

Latane, Lawrence. "Maryland raps horseshoe crab rules in Virginia" in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. June 29, 1999. p. B4.

McCord, Joel. "Audubon ads go to aid of the horseshoe crab" in The Baltimore Sun. June 16, 1999.

MacNeil, John S. "Reduced horseshoe crab harvest urged" in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. June 16, 1999. p. B4.

"Ads seek tougher horseshoe crab rules" in the "Metro in Brief" section of the Washington Post. June 16, 1999.

Timberg, Craig. "Va. Called 'Loophole' in Effort to Save Horseshoe Crab" in The Washington Post. May 19, 1999.

Latane, Lawrence. "Horseshoe crab policy rapped / U.S. says Va. leads 'race to the bottom'" Richmond Times-Dispatch. May 19, 1999.

Miller, J.L. "Babbitt pitches Del. horseshoes: Crabs deserve more protection than Va. gives them, he says." Delaware's The News Journal. May 18, 1999.

Quinn, Ned. "Va. law hampers Del. effort: Attempts to protect horseshoe crabs not working." Delaware State News. May 18, 1999.

Latane, Lawrence. "Va.'s horseshoe crab landing limits assailed / National Audubon Society sees risk to shorebirds." Richmond Times-Dispatch. May 14, 1999.

Keough, W. F. "Audubon: Catch in Va. cancels horseshoe-crab limits elsewhere." >The Press of Atlantic City. May 13, 1999

Latane, Lawrence. "Horseshoe crab ban approved." Richmond Times-Dispatch. May 9, 1999

Freehling, Alison. "Horseshoe Crab Harvest Put on Hold." Virginia Daily Press. May 5, 1999.

Latane, Lawrence. "Audubon members call VMRC biased." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Inside Virginia section. March 26, 1999.

Di Vincenzo, Mark. "Commission decides not to put a quota on horseshoe crabs." Virginia Daily Press. Feb. 24, 1999.

Latane, Lawrence. "Annual shorebird spectacle on decline." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Feb. 21, 1999. p.C1.

Latane, Lawrence. "Demand for crabs presents dilemma." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Feb. 21, 1999.

Horton, Tom. "Loophole catches horseshoe crabs." Baltimore Sun. Dec. 11, 1998.

Valentine, Paul. "Crabs in the Classroom." Washington Post, Montgomery Weekly section. Aug. 20, 1998. p.MD1.

Johnson, Tom. "Crabs' decline troubles bayshore." The Star-Ledger. June 8, 1998. (same page: "The fragile life of the horseshoe crab").

Latane, Lawrence. "Va. seeks catch limit on horseshoe crabs." Richmond Times-Dispatch. May. 28, 1998.

Kerlinger, Paul. "Showdown at Delaware Bay." Natural History . May 1998. pp.56-58.

Moore, Kirk. "Crab taking halted by state panel." Asbury Park Press. Oct. 9, 1997. p.A11.

England, Marilyn. "Crash of Delaware Bay Shorebirds Linked to Overfishing of Horseshoe Crabs." Living Oceans News, National Audubon Society. Fall 1997. p.1.

Hester, Tom. "Horseshoe crab ban reels in discontent." The Star-Ledger. Aug. 25, 1997.

Schwaneberg, Robert. "Fishermen challenge Whitman ban on horseshoe crabbing." The Star-Ledger. Aug. 21, 1997.

Burns, Michael. "Unlucky horseshoes." Baltimore Sun. Aug. 12, 1997.

Warrick, Joby. "Ugly Horseshoe Crab May Have a Future to Match on Delaware Bay." Washington Post. Aug. 4, 1997. p.A3.

Darnell, Michele and Eileen Bennett. "Whitman bans all harvesting of horseshoe crabs." The Press of Atlantic City. May 30, 1997.

Newman, Andy. "Millions of Tiny Green Eggs Fuel an Arctic Migration: A Lack of Horseshoe Crabs Threatens Birds." The New York Times. May 23, 1997.

Horton, Tom. "Baiting the Blue Bloods." Audubon Magazine. May-June 1996. pp.76-81.