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Horseshoe Crab Monitoring

• Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
• Friday, May 5, 2023, 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
• Sunday, May 7, 2023, 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
• Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
• Friday, May 19, 2023, 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
• Sunday, May 21, 2023, 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
• Thursday, June 1, 2023, 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
• Saturday, June 3, 2023, 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
• Monday, June 5, 2023, 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
• Friday, June 16, 2023, 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
• Sunday, June 18, 2023, 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
• Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM

Want to be a citizen scientist?

Volunteers participating in this horseshoe crab survey will be helping to collect data on spawning abundance, size, sex and tag returns around full and new moon events in May and June. Trained site coordinators will be present to teach you how to help with the survey.

Sites are throughout Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island.

Horseshoe crabs play a vital role in the biomedical industry. The blood of the horseshoe crab contains a protein called Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) and is used by pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to test their products for the presence of endotoxins and bacterial substances that can cause fevers and even be fatal to humans. This is critical to maintaining the safety of many drugs and devices used in medical care.

Learn more and sign up here.

Fee

Free - you must sign up and complete volunteer forms

Learn More

https://www.nyhorseshoecrab.org/

Last updated April 19, 2023