Re: Hosreshore Crabs and Port Mahon Rd.
Leslie Roslund (Lroslund@bluecrab.org)
Fri, 14 May 1999 08:48:03 -0400
With the emerging interest in bringing the Delaware Shore restrictions on
Horse-shoe Crab gathering closer to those of New Jersey, it might prove
useful to check with some of the New Jersey groups that brought about their
policies.
I would expect that the folks at the Cape May Bird Observatory would know
a fair bit about who led their charge toward protecting the egg-laying
crabs.
Recently I filled out some kind of questionnaire from some contractor
working on behalf of New Jersey coast business community. Essentially, the
questions were asking how much I cared about the Horse-shoe crabs
continuing to exist. There were birding questions, questions about time
and $ spent along the Jersey (and Delaware) coasts, etc. Eventually they
even got to the point of a question that asked how much $ I felt it would
be worth (for each taxpayer) to protect the Horse-shoe crabs that use the
region. So, someone is gathering such information for the region, albeit
probably sponsored by the business community.
Who exactly is the gatherer? Beats me; I threw the info away after
filling out and returning their form. And the sponsor of the gatherer was
not identified in the forms.
But I expect that I was solicited because of being a member of Cape May
Bird Observatory - hence I would encourage interested parties to contact
CMBO about this matter.
Les Roslund
Lroslund@bluecrab.org
Easton, MD