Alison Leschen

Massachusetts 2008 Compliance Report to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission- Horseshoe Crab

To report general spawning horseshoe crab sightings, please contact Alison Leschen. To sign up to participate in an official survey, please click on "Survey Coordinators," below, and contact the person coordinating surveys in your area.

2009 Horseshoe Crab Survey

Instructions Please verify the time of high tide at your survey beach prior to the first survey as there could be a slight deviation from the tide chart

• Survey instructions
• Data sheets
• Random number table
• Rapid assessment instructions/explanation
• Rapid assessment protocol

Dates Day and night high tides will be surveyed on the dates below

• May 7, 9, 11 (full moon)    
• May 21, 23, 25 (new moon)
• June 5, 7, 9 (full moon)     
• June 20, 22, 24 (new moon)

Schedules

• Pleasant Bay, MA
• Nauset Estuary, MA
• Buzzards Bay, MA
• Wellfleet Harbor, MA
• Monomoy NWR, Chatham, MA
• Narragansett Bay, RI

Survey Coordinators