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HORSESHOE CRAB HARVEST EMERGENCY REGULATIONS ADOPTED
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 6/12/2007; 700+ words
; ...regulations for Delaware's horseshoe crab annual harvest limit...harvest of horseshoe crabs to 100,000 male...overturned Delaware's horseshoe crab harvest moratorium...amend previous horseshoe crab regulations pertaining...numbers of horseshoe crabs and ...
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Horseshoe Crabs Heading for a Crash
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/6/2000; 674 words
; ...strip mining of the horseshoe crab. And with the crash of the horseshoe crab population will go a...millions of horseshoe crabs have been picked off...industry also loses. Horseshoe crabs play a key role in protecting...s drug supply. The crabs are partially bled ...
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The Horseshoe Crab: A Living Fossil.
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...objects. "Eggs from the horseshoe crabs," I said. While we...large female horseshoe crab crawled in from deeper...big wave flipped the crab onto her back. She...pterosaurs did." "Will horseshoe crabs still be around in another...A young horseshoe crab outgrew its ...
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Horseshoe crabs intrigue biologist
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 6/14/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...science can tell about the horseshoe crab here or anywhere else. How long horseshoe crabs live, whether they...Somehow, the horseshoe crab has thrived for 500...hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs massing on the...studied. Horseshoe crabs are rare in ...
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Horseshoe Crabs' Blue Blood Is Liquid Gold for Biomedical Companies.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 4/6/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Veterinary Medicine. Horseshoe crabs may look like they...in the horseshoe crab population, the...worry that the horseshoe crab population...shorebirds that eat the crabs' eggs during their...reduction in horseshoe crab harvests along...commission's 1998 ...
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HORSESHOE CRAB MORATORIUM OVERTURNED BY SUPERIOR COURT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 6/8/2007; 645 words
; ...year moratorium on horseshoe crab harvesting in Delaware...and sale of horseshoe crabs from the Delaware Bay...male-only horseshoe crab harvest, in keeping...measures to protect the horseshoe crab. On May 15, 2006...harvest of horseshoe crabs in New Jersey ...
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The horseshoe crab leaves a medical legacy; Visitors to museum learn of a beneficial ocean animal.(Capital Region)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/28/2006; 700+ words
; ...said Antalek. The horseshoe crabs at The Children...eggs, most of the horseshoe crabs at the museum...single female horseshoe crab can lay 20,000 eggs...depend on horseshoe crab eggs for survival. Horseshoe crabs, like other animals...
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Chemical From Controversial Horseshoe Crab Is Vital to Human Health.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 1/31/2002; 700+ words
; ...management of the horseshoe crab population has become...Tech's new Horseshoe Crab Research Center (HCRC...Fishermen catch horseshoe crabs for use as bait in the...Resources expanded its horseshoe crab research this year...crabs, the Horseshoe Crab ...
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Horseshoe Crabs Get Protected
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/20/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Online 02-20-2000 Horseshoe Crabs Get Protected...to humans, horseshoe crabs have been harvested...reduction in horseshoe crab harvests along the Atlantic...coastwide cap on the crab harvest. The limits...coordinator for the crab management plan. Drafting...basic ...
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Effects of blood extraction on horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus).
Magazine article from: Fishery Bulletin; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...health around the world, and horseshoe crabs are the sole source of LAL...procedures for harvesting horseshoe crabs, extracting the horseshoe crabs' blood, releasing the bled...Commission responsible for horseshoe crab management in the United States...
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Horseshoe Crabs
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Horseshoe Crabs Often referred to as...fossil, the horseshoe crab has changed very little...Xiphosura, includes only horseshoe crabs. There is one...the history of the horseshoe crab can definitely...instance, horseshoe crabs are related to mites...behaviors. ...
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horseshoe crab
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
horseshoe crab large, primitive marine arthropod...spider , sometimes called a king crab (a name also used for the largest of the edible true crabs ). The heavy dark brown exoskeleton...is domed and shaped like a horseshoe. The body is divided into...
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crab
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...or fresh; the red king crab has been introduced into the Barents Sea. True crabs are classified in the phylum...the many species of true crabs are similar in appearance...distantly related decapods. The horseshoe crab , which also is called by...
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king crab
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
king crab • n. 1. another term for horseshoe crab . 2. an edible crab (genus Paralithodes , family Lithodidae) of the North Pacific, resembling a spider crab.
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Crenson, Victoria 1952-
Book article from: Something About the Author
...New York, NY), 1995. Horseshoe Crabs and Shorebirds: The Story...Great numbers of horseshoe crabs crawl up from the bay bottom...come to feast on horseshoe crab eggs. I had to see this great...feast—minnows, crabs, sea turtles, eels, herons...
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