In the 1970s and 80s, most of the horseshoe crab largess floated into the sea or remained buried in the sand. The excess surface eggs that will never hatch and the newly hatched young provided an ecological cornucopia of resources underpinning finfish productivity. It’s no accident that when Karen Williams measured 100,000 eggs/square meter, Fortescue called itself “The Weakfish Capital of the World.” It only makes sense.
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Like most fishermen of Brazil, those of Maranhao and Para build sturdy boats with the flourish of the South American.
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20 Years on Delaware Bay – Cool temperatures, windstorms but shoals save the day
by Larry Nilesby Larry NilesThe bay waters warmed in time for a good horseshoe crab spawn, but temperatures plummeted. The horseshoe crabs stopped spawning. The birds got desperate.
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Our 2015 Delaware Bay Shorebird Project began on one of…
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Both projects, Thompson’s Beach and South Fortescue Beach continued under…