Defenders and seven other organizations are calling for an emergency closure of the horseshoe crab fishery in the mid-Atlantic in order to save the red knot, a critically imperiled shorebird. In just ten years, the red knot population has declined more than 90 percent and is predicted to become extinct by 2010 unless emergency actions are taken. The red knot depends on horseshoe crab eggs for the energy they need to complete their 10-thousand-mile spring migration from the tip of South America to the Arctic. Recent crab harvests have depleted the egg supply and, without enough eggs to feed on, the red knot simply won't make it. Learn more:

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