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Despite chilly water temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, the 2011 spring season's first Horseshoe crab monitoring/tagging event went well. The event was hosted by the all-volunteer Bayshore Watershed Council. The weather was enjoyably and everyone in attendance was able to spend some time on the beach to look for crabs, and the best part was that all reported sites found crab activity.
Below are the official results from last Tuesday's (5/3/11)HSC monitoring event from 8:30pm to approx 9:30pm along the shoreline of Raritan Bay & Sandy Hook Bay of Monmouth County, NJ:
Sandy Hook/Plum Island:
Total of 6 horseshoe crabs - 4 male, and 1 pair (male & female).
Atlantic Highlands/Mouth of Many Mind Creek:
Total of 23 horseshoe crabs - 8 single males, 2 single females, 5 pairs (male & female) and 1 cluster (2 males & 1 female).
Middletown Township/Leonardo Public Beach
Total of 15 crabs, 6 mating pairs and three singles
Union Beach/ Conaskonck Point
Total of 2 horseshoe crabs -2 males
Aberdeen Township/Cliffwood Beach
Total of 19 crabs - 7 females, 12 males, 4 pairs, 2 dead crabs (1 male & 1 female).
Please mark your calendars for the next Horseshoe Crab monitoring event. It takes place on Tuesday, May 17, 8:30pm
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