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In 2024, Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that would have banned the mass killing of horseshoe crabs for bait or for biomedical purposes. Now she has a chance to correct her misguided decision. The Senate and Assembly once again passed the legislation, and it is awaiting her signature by the end of December.

The Atlantic Marine Fisheries Commission downgraded horseshoe crab stocks in the New York region, which includes Connecticut and the Long Island Sound, from “neutral” to “poor” in 2019. According to the commission, horseshoe crab populations have been declining for at least 15 years. New research from the

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