March 26, 2008
Heroic Environmentalists Save, Kill Crabs
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a long-sought goal of environmental activists who say the crab's eggs are needed to feed dwindling numbers of western Atlantic red knot shorebirds.
Woo-hoo! Environmentalists saved the crabs so they could be killed. The food chain in action! It's pretty clear we've seen a 75 percent decline in red knots," Corzine said.
Law bans horseshoe crab harvest [Gannett]
Posted by D-Mac on March 26, 2008 09:35 AM
Posted to Food Chain
, Horseshoe Crabs
, Jon Corzine
, New Jersey
Comments
Sorry, "Crab Pad".
Also, apologies for the stupid long url, but I blame pw.com's blogging software.
Posted by: gr at March 26, 2008 12:44 PM
Are Atlantic red knot shorebirds as delicious as crabs?
Posted by: Art at March 26, 2008 01:45 PM
So will this present a problem for the apparently-reopening Crab Shack at Mascher and Girard?
(Cf, http://www.phillyblog.com/philly/fishtown-northern-liberties-kensington/52009-neighborhood-zoning-meeting-wednesday-2-20-a.html, and also the zoning notices posted on the building, although some heathen ripped the one on the Girard side down...)
Posted by: gr at March 26, 2008 12:32 PM