Horseshoe Crab

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			Horseshoe Crab Recapture Form

Horseshoe Crab Add Form

The Maryland Fishery Resources Office has been coordinating a coast-wide tagging program for horseshoe crabs since 1999. Crabs have been tagged by biomedical companies that bleed the crabs, and also by researchers conducting numerous studies on horseshoe crabs, particularly in the Delaware Bay region. Although all tags have a toll-free phone number for reporting the information, we are also providing an online reporting method for your convenience.

Please complete the following form. When finished, select the submit button at the bottom of the page. You will be sent information pertaining to the tag and release of the horseshoe crab you captured/found, along with a horseshoe crab pin made of pewter. If you have any questions or comments or would like to report this information over the phone, please call:

1-888-LIMULUS (546-8587)

Circular white tag (attached to left corner of shell by a plastic pin):

1. Circular tag present? Yes No Unknown

2. Circular tag number:

3. Circular tag removed? Yes No

Square white tag (glued to shell next to eye):

4. Square tag present? Yes No Unknown

5. Square tag Number:

6. Square tag Removed? Yes No

7. What is the condition of the horseshoe crab? Alive Dead Unknown

8. Date of Capture/Found? mm/dd/yyyy

9. Disposition of horseshoe crab?

Released Alive

Found Dead

Kept for Bait

Sold or Bought

Tag Found Only

Other

10. If disposition is "Other", please explain:

11. Finder:

Beach Comber

Biomedical Company

Shorebird Surveyor

Commercial Fisherman

Spawning Surveyor

Other

12. If finder is "Other", please explain:

13. Capture Method:

Hand/Found on Beach

Seine

Dredge

Hook & Line/Rod & Reel

Trawl

Gillnet

Pound/Trap/Fyke Net

Other

14.If capture method is "Other", please explain:

15. What was the name of the body of water where you captured/found the horseshoe crab?

16. What was the nearest town or city to the capture/found location?

17. What was the specific location, beach name or coordinates where crab was seen?

18. In what state did you find or capture the horseshoe crab?

Please provide the following information. We will not be able to process a reward without at least a name and mailing address.

First Name:

Last Name:

Mailing Address:

Mailing Address2:

City:

State: Country: Zip Code:

Phone: Email Address:

Comments: (255 Character Limit)

OMB Control No. 1018-0127
Expires 11/30/05

Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notices

In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501), please note the following information:

1. We conduct this tagging program under the authority of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742f), the Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661-666c), and the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757a-757g).

2. Your response is voluntary. We will remove all names and identifying information when we compile the results and only summary information will be reported. The horseshoe crab tagging program provides vital information to fishery mangers about the migration patterns, distribution, and abundance of horseshoe crabs along the Atlantic coast. The information is maintained in accordance with the Privacy Act.

3. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. This information collection has been approved by OMB and assigned clearance number 1018-0127.

4. We estimate that it will take you 10 minutes to complete this report. This burden estimate includes time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, and completing and reviewing the form.

5. Comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of the form may be directed to the Service Information Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203.