Horseshoe Crab Technical Committee Report on Bait Use Surveys of the American Eel and Channeled Whelk Fisheries — October 2017

The Horseshoe Crab Technical Committee conducted a survey of American eel and channeled whelk fishermen along the US Atlantic coast. The intents of this survey were to: a) characterize the preference, prevalence, and performance of horseshoe crab as bait in these fisheries, b) provide information on the relative amounts and costs of horseshoe crab bait…