The New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council has done the right thing and reversed their decision from last month regarding the harvest of Horseshoe Crabs on Delaware Bay and has set the limit at "zero". I think the state of Delaware is still going to permit the taking of 100,000 males and I am unaware of any attempts to reverse that at this point, but a least with the NJMFC decision the crab population will have a chance to recover a little, which can only be good in the long run fro the Red Knot.

In the meantime, we are still waiting for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to make a decision on listing the Red Knot as an endangered species. They were petitioned (again) a little over a week ago, maybe something will happen soon and that would probably bring things to a halt in Delaware, too.

(Hat tip to John at A D.C. Birding Blog for this latest Red Knot news.)