The horseshoe crab management meeting will be held in Dover Thursday. (Photo courtesy of DNREC)

Learn more about state’s horseshoe crabs Thursday

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Culture

The Delaware Bay is home to an estimated 30 million horseshoe crabs, making it the world’s largest breeding ground for this species, and a state agency wants to inform the public more on these critters. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), through its Division of Fish and Wildlife, will hold a public meeting on the Atlantic …

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As stripers arrive earlier, commercial fishing season to shift

Katie KazimirGovernment

With striped bass coming into the Delaware River and bay earlier in the year as the weather warms up earlier, DNREC plans to adjust their commercial fishing seasons. The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will accept written comments on the proposed changes through Feb. 14. Stripers, as the fish are commonly called, have been coming in earlier than …