DOVER, Del.— The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decided this week to forgo a 2024 bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, where the crabs’ eggs provide a critical food ...

where thousands of horseshoe crabs crawl onto the beaches in May and June. During spawning, several males gather around one female who lays her eggs in clusters of up to 5,000 apiece—ultimately ...

And horseshoe crab blood is the only thing humans ... Oher studies suggest female crabs that go through it are less likely to mate afterwards. All of that, say wildlife campaigners, causes problems.