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Mar

26

Heroic Environmentalists Save, Kill Crabs

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Hooray! Jon Corzine has officially banned harvesting horseshoe crabs! And here’s why:

a long-sought goal of environmental activists who say the crab’s eggs are needed to feed dwindling numbers of western Atlantic red knot shorebirds.

Woo-hoo! Environmentalists saved the crabs so they could be killed. The food chain in action! It’s pretty clear we’ve seen a 75 percent decline in red knots,” Corzine said.

Law bans horseshoe crab harvest [Gannett]
 
dmac | 9:35 AM | 3 Comments
Food Chain, Horseshoe Crabs, Jon Corzine, New Jersey
 
  1. gr Says: Mar 26 12:32 PM

    So will this present a problem for the apparently-reopening Crab Shack at Mascher and Girard?

    (Cf, http://www.phillyblog.com/philly/fishtown-northern-liberties-kensington/52009-neighborhood-zoning-meeting-wednesday-2-20-a.html, and also the zoning notices posted on the building, although some heathen ripped the one on the Girard side down…)

  2. gr Says: Mar 26 12:44 PM

    Sorry, “Crab Pad”.

    Also, apologies for the stupid long url, but I blame pw.com’s blogging software.

  3. Art Says: Mar 26 1:45 PM

    Are Atlantic red knot shorebirds as delicious as crabs?

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