The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) is currently accepting public comments to their recently proposed chapter that would make it easier for U.S. biomedical companies to use synthetic alternatives to test for contamination in vaccines and medical devices, instead of a product derived from the blood of horseshoe crabs, known as LAL.
Click here to add your name to a sign-on letter from the Center for Biological Diversity and tell the U.S. Pharmacopeia you support a synthetic alternative to horseshoe crab blood!
The Horseshoe Crab Recovery Coalition is made up of organizations across the Atlantic Coast, from fishing captains to bird conservation organizations to biomedical companies, that all understand the critical role horseshoe crabs play in our marine ecosystem. Watch to find out how your organization can become a member of the HCRC.
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Today, the Horseshoe Crab Recovery Coalition is celebrating National Wildlife Refuge Week, October 13-19th.![]()
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The mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation and restoration of fish and wildlife resources and their habitats. ![]()
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Following a lawsuit brought by the SELC (Southern Environmental Law Center) and Defenders of Wildlife, in August 2023 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service halted the commercial harvest of horseshoe crabs in Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina during spawning season, recognizing that the harvest of horseshoe crabs is incompatible with the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System.