Horseshoe Crab Landings
Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Commission

a Reference Period Landings
b States landing <1% of total fishery are not required to reduce landings by 25%
c Preliminary Landings total

Jurisdiction RPL Quotaa 1998 1999 Preliminary 2000 Final 2000 Preliminary 2001
ME 13,500 13,500 13,500 1,500 1,391 1,391 100
NH 350 350 200 350 180 180 0
MA 440,503 330,377 400,000 545,715 272,930 272,930 131,238
RI 26,053 26,053 --- 26,053 13,809 13,809 3,490
CT 64,919 48,689 34,583 55,000 15,921 15,921 11,508
NY 488,362 366,272b 352,462 366,272c 532,304 628,442 127,785d
NJ 604,049 453,037 241,456 297,680 398,629 398,629 261,239
PA --- --- 75,000 --- 0 0 0
DE 482,401 361,801 479,634 402,913 239,402 248,938 243,489
MD 613,225 459,919 114,458 134,068 152,275 152,275 170,653
PRFC --- --- --- --- 0 0 0
DC --- --- --- --- 0 0 0
VA 203,326 152,495 1,015,700 650,640 145,465 145,465 53,785
SC --- --- --- --- 0 0 0
GA 29,312 29,312 --- 29,312 0 0 0
FL 9,455 9,455 5,920 11,505 10,462 10,462 0
TOTAL 2,999,491 2,275,296 2,756,949 2,546,610 1,791,254 1,903,415 1,008,649
Pct. Reduction Relative to RPL --- --- 8.1 15.1 40.3 36.5 66.7