Action alert: ask your state Senator to vote yes to ban horseshoe crab fishing

Restrictions on horseshoe crab fishing are likely to help Semipalmated Sandpipers, the population of which has fallen by 80 percent.

April 27, 2022 — Support for a ban on horseshoe crab fishing is growing in the Connecticut General Assembly.

But for the proposal to become law, Connecticut’s State Senators need to hear from you now.

Please ask your state Senator to vote yes on HB 5140, An Act Concerning the Hand-Harvesting of Horseshoe Crabs in the State.

Click here to ask your State Senator to support a ban on horseshoe crab fishing

The number of horseshoe crabs in Long Island Sound has plummeted over the years. 

The ban would help protect these ancient animals.

And because horseshoe crab eggs are an essential source of food for migrating shorebirds, the ban would help protect Red Knots, Semipalmated Sandpipers and other species whose populations have dwindled.

The 2022 legislative session in Hartford ends next week so please act now.

Ask your State Senator to VOTE YES on HB 5140.

Click here to ask your State Senator to support a ban on horseshoe crab fishing