Horseshoe Crab Survey Instructions
Instructions, survey times, and associated data sheets for the 2008 Horseshoe crab spawning season
2008 Survey Dates
May 3, 5, 7 (new moon) May 17, 19, 21 (full moon)
June 1, 3, 5 (new moon) June 16, 18, 20 (full moon)
Day and night high tides will be surveyed on the above dates
Spawning Survey Protocol and Data Sheets
(Click on links below to download PDF forms)Spawning Survey Protocol
Spawning survey data sheet
Tag Data Sheet
Recapture Data Sheet
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) (Click on the links below to download a PDF file containing the tidal cycle times corresponding to the spawning survey times)
Greenwich/Stamford
Norwalk Area
Fairfield Area
Milford/New Haven Area
Clinton/Westbrook Area
Groton Area