Horseshoe Crab Spawning Survey Dates and Protocols
Instructions, survey times, and associated data sheets for the 2013 Horseshoe crab spawning season
2013 Spawning Survey Dates
May 8, 10, 12 (New moon)
May 23, 25, 27 (Full moon) June 6, 8, 10 (New moon)
June 21, 23, 25 (Full moon) July 6, 8, 10 (New moon)
Day and night high tides will be surveyed on the above dates. Tidal times are available in PDF format below for General Areas in CT and NY.
Spawning Survey Protocol and Data Sheet
- 2013 Data Checklist (Please be sure to gather all data listed on this checklist every time you go out tagging/surveying)
- 2013 Spawning Survey Sheet
- 2013 Spawning Survey Protocol (use this protocol if you are unfamiliar with doing a spawning surveys/counts of mating horeshoe crabs)
- 2013 Recapture Sheet
- 2013 Tag Data Sheet (Use this blank tag data sheet if you have lost the one that came with your tags)
- Shell Condition Guidelines 2013
- Juvenile Horseshoe Crab Sizing Guide
- Juvenile Horseshoe Crab Survey Sheet
- Participant List (Please keep track of all participants who go out tagging/surveying by using this sheet, and please email this information to Adam Rudman at rudmana@sacredheart.edu)
- Participant List Excel Sheet (Another option for keeping track of who goes out tagging/surveying, please email at the end of the summer to Adam Rudman at rudmana@sacredheart.edu
- 2013 Tagging Permit
- Random Number Table
Spawning Survey Times by General Area:
(Please verify the time of high tide at your survey beach prior to the first survey as there could be a slight deviation from the tide chart)