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Rubble & trash pose threats that can be deadly to horseshoe crabs that encounter them.

The Coalition is embracing National Clean Beaches Week, July 1-7, & applauds orgs that conduct beach cleanups on horseshoe crab spawning beaches.

📷 by Sandy Anderson, Return the Favor NJ

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The Horseshoe Crab Recovery Coalition is recognizing and embracing National Clean Beaches Week, July 1-7.The beach is a necessary ecosystem to species that utilize the beach as habitat, including horseshoe crabs which use beach sand as spawning habitat to lay eggs to reproduce. Since horseshoe crabs spend nearly all of their lives underwater, it can be cumbersome and dangerous for them to come out of the water and onto the sand to spawn if there are obstacles to their movement along the beach. Rubble in the form of tires, cinder blocks, heavy logs, netting and fencing, and trash like fishing line and string or ribbons from balloons pose threats that can be deadly to horseshoe crabs that encounter them.Many beach restoration projects to increase horseshoe crab spawning habitat include rubble removal as the first step. The Coalition applauds member organizations and others for scheduling and organizing beach cleanups on horseshoe crab spawning and other beaches, and for individuals who help keep our beaches clean. Photo credit: Sandra Justine Anderson, Return the Favor NJ #NationalCleanBeachesWeek ... See MoreSee Less
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