The use of horseshoe crabs as eel bait

Marco L. Bianchini; Peter W. Sorensen; Howard E. Winn

doi:10.1111/j.1749-7345.1981.tb00286.x

The use of horseshoe crabs as eel bait

Marco L. Bianchini, Peter W. Sorensen, Howard E. Winn

Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology

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Freshly killed male and female horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) and alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus) were tested as bait for freshwater eels (Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur)) in a Rhode Island estuary. Horseshoe crabs were superior to alewives and the heads of female horseshoe crabs were superior to their tails. Male crabs produced catches between those of the female heads and tails. When divided by the weight of the bait, catch rates of all horseshoe crab baits were similar. Horseshoe crabs might be useful in the commercial culture of eels. © 1981 World Aquaculture Society

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	127-129
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of the World Aquaculture Society
Volume	12
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-7345.1981.tb00286.x
State	Published - 1981

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