Having watched the special on PBS about the decline of the red knots and the
corresponding horseshoe crab decline, their primary food source on the
Delaware Bay, I was wondering if subscribers to this list might want to
write to the Governor of New Jersey and subsequently Delaware to propose a
moratorium on horseshoe crab harvest before this species becomes extinct.
Here is the links.. http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail.html

and http://governor.delaware.gov/comments.shtml

Vicci Weeks


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