The conservation of Delaware Bay wildlife and habitats is an enigma to most people. Conservationists through the years have taken a broad stroke approach, buying land primarily, with little regard for the unintended consequences which can be overcome. Now we are left with a perfect opportunity to create new conservation efforts resting on the success of earlier efforts.
USGS and ASMFC statisticians ignore the aerial ground count estimates as they also ignore the low egg densities in order to support their untested models that justify the death of too many horseshoe crabs.