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Horseshoe crabs spawn under Massachusetts' new protections
Resume![Eight smaller male horseshoe crabs surround a female while she is laying eggs in the sand during horseshoe crab breeding season in Orleans. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/0522_horseshoe-crab-breeding01-1000x667.jpg)
Horseshoe crab numbers are at historic lows in Massachusetts. To protect the species, state wildlife officials have rolled out new regulations to prohibit horseshoe crab harvesting during spring spawning season.
WBUR's Barbara Moran reports.
This segment aired on June 28, 2024.