Readings

News Clippings:
Conservation and Management

"Babbit Says VA Is Undermining Efforts to Save Horseshoe Crabs." 1999. Bay Journal, June, 17.

Branigan, William. 2000. "Virginia Horseshoe Crab Harvest at Risk." The Washington Post, August 9.

Clines, Francis X. 2000. "U.S. Acts to Protect Vital Horseshoe Crab." The New York Times, August 9. Delaware Bay focus.

Chowning, Larry. 1999. "Conservationists Crabby Over Limit on Horseshoes." National Fisherman, July, 11.

"Fisheries Panel Cuts Atlantic Horseshoe Crab Harvest 25%." 2000. Bay Journal, March, 5.

Goodman, Peter. "Glendening Puts Limits on Horseshoe Crabs." Washington Post, Metro Section, March 31.

Petrocci, Charlie. 2000. "U.S. Pressures Virginia Over Horseshoe Crab Limits." National Fisherman, November, 11-12.

Stokstad, Erik. 2000. "Virginia Gets Crabby about Harvest Limits." Science 289:1122. August 18.

Tangley, Laura. 1999. "The Decline of an Ancient Mariner." U.S. News & World Report, July 5, 54.

Warrick, Joby. 1997. "Ugly Horseshoe Crab May Have a Future to March on Delaware Bay." The Washington Post, August 4, A3.

Artificial Bait

"Cracking the Crab's Mystery: Research Could Give Watermen an Alternative Bait." 1999. The News Journal, October 18. Wilmington, DE.

"Lure of Horseshoe Crabs." 1999. The Sun, July 1. Baltimore, MD.

Biomedical and Vision Research

"Horseshoe Crabs, Which Once Were Seen as Trash, Are Now Prized by Science." 2000. The Wall Street Journal, September 11.

Kastor, Elizabeth. 2000. "The Blue Bloods of Science. For Medicine, These Horseshoes Provide More Than Good Luck." The Washington Post (KidsPost), Sept. 14, C13.

Freeman, Karen. 1997. "Horseshoe's One-Track Eye." The New York Times, December 16.
Dr. Robert B. Barlow tracks what horseshoe crabs find interesting by attaching a camera to their eye).