Don’t Overlook Horseshoe Crabs in Raritan Bay

June 8, 2006

New Jersey: During May and June, thousands of Horseshoe Crabs come ashore along the sandy beaches of the Bayshore region of New Jersey to conducttheir ancient mating ritual. Wait, you are probable thinking of Delaware Bay. Yet, I am actually referring to the northern Bayshore waters ofRaritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay. The southern shoreline of New Jersey is not the only place that has lots of Horseshoe Crab activity,although you wouldn’t know it as a result of frequent newspaper and magazine articles in past years devoted to Horseshoe Crabs andDelaware Bay. download the pdf.