Greetings fellow Horseshoe Crab Monitoring folks,

Just a quick reminder, our second HSC monitoring and tagging date is set for this Thursday evening, May 27th at 8:00pm.  The event is rain or shine! We should be done no later than 9:00pm.

Please be on time and check in with your beach captain. Please make sure to bring a cordless drill if you have one and tape a 5/32” drill bit up 1/8" from the tip to tag the crabs. Also, we will need measuring tape and rulers.

Moreover, make sure to wear the appropriate clothes for the weather. Bring a clipboard, pen or pencil, and an accurate wristwatch. Make sure to bring a flashlight or headlamp. Headlamps are preferred because they free up both hands. Work gloves may be useful to hold crabs. Also, please wear shoes – No bare feet!  We recommend water-shoes, old sneakers, or boots.

The weather is predicted to be nice! I look forward to a fun and productive crab monitoring event this Thursday evening. We should find more crabs this time, as we enter the height of Horseshoe Crab spawning!!!

Below is a list of locations and beach captains.

Thanks & fair winds,

Joe Reynolds

Co-Chair

Bayshore Watershed Council

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SANDY HOOK/Plum Island
Meet at Parking lot B
Beach Captain: Christine Bell

Atlantic Highlands/Mouth of Many Mind Creek
Meet in AH Harbor Gravel Parking Lot off First Avenue, to the left
Beach Captain: Joe Reynolds

Middletown/Leonardo Beach
Meet in gravel parking lot where Beach Ave & Benton Ave meet
Beach Captain: Joe Martin
 

Union Beach/Conaskonck Point
Meet in the gravel parking lot at the end of Front Street, where Dock Street and Front Street meet.
Beach Captain: Marissa Weber

Aberdeen Township/Cliffwood Beach
Meet at Ocean Blvd entrance, gravel parking lot
Beach Captain: Christine Balint

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