Horseshoe Crab Spawning Survey Dates and Protocols

Instructions, survey times, and associated data sheets for the 2012 Horseshoe crab spawning season

2012 Survey Dates  

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 Sheets  

2012 Spawning Survey Protocols                                                                                             

2012 Spawning Survey SIMPLE COUNT Data Sheet

2012 Recapture Data Sheet

2012 Tag Data Sheet (Use this blank tag data sheet if you have lost the one that came with your tags)

Shell Condition Guidelines

Random Number Table

Spawning Survey Times by General Area (click on the link for the tidal times)

(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