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Horseshoe Crab
While New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland all have regulations restricting where and when horseshoe crabs can be caught, Maryland also has an actual cap on the number of horseshoe crabs that can be landed in the state. These sites have more information about Maryland's efforts:
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Service
This May 1995 article from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay's Bay Journal, "Volunteers Sought For Horseshoe Crab Survey", discusses some of Maryland's efforts.
This 1996 alert from the Maryland chapter of the Sierra Club describes Maryland's early actions with horseshoe crabs.
Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Species Information: Horseshoe Crab -- a very informative site from the Chesapeake Bay Program, including information about Maryland and Virginia landings.
Here are summaries of Maryland's fishery regulations, including for horseshoe crabs
Here is the press release from the office of Maryland Governor Parris Glendening when the Governor announced Maryland's protections for horseshoe crabs.
Here is the Audubon Advisory article from April 3, 1998 announcing Gov. Glendening's regulations.
This May 1998 article from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay's Bay Journal, "New rules to help ancient horseshoe crab stick around a bit longer", discussed Gov. Glendening's horseshoe crab regulations.
For more information, contact Perry Plumart.