April 18, 2004

Little birds or big fishermen? An east coast dilemma

Populations of the little bird known as a red knot, which migrates from
Argentina to Canada, have dropped by 50% in the past five years. They
feed on horseshoe crab eggs. But fishermen are harvesting the
horseshoe crabs for bait in ever increasing numbers, thus removing the
food of the red knots. Check it out...


Posted by Randy Olson at April 18, 2004 05:30 PM
Comments