Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 11:24:04 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Joe Alexander (work)" Subject: Re: Good News For Shorebirds, Delaware Bay, USA Nancy.Magnusson AT JHUAPL.EDU posts from the shorebird list: "Delaware and New Jersey Close Horseshoe Crab Harvest WASHINGTON, DC, March 3, 2003 (ENS) - Officials from Delaware and New Jersey have decided to close all horseshoe crab harvesting in the Delaware Bay between May 1 and June 7." "Restrictions will also be imposed on access to state and federal beaches during the peak horsehoe crab spawning time. This will apply to bird watchers, beach goers, local residents, and researchers." Kudos to DE and NJ, but does anyone have more specific information about this restricted access? Joe Alexander Middletown, MD joealexander@adelphia.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================