Court order halts horseshoe crab harvesting on many South Carolina beaches, protecting red knots

Dozens of critical habitat areas for threatened shorebirds will be protected after a U.S. District Court in Charleston handed down an order prohibiting three groups from harvesting horseshoe crabs on several of South Carolina’s beaches this season.


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Source: Phys.org