[SEMCO] 3/21 Sierra Club Meeting: “Protecting Local Horseshoe Crab Populations,” Mark Faherty, Mass Audubon

[Chris Powicki]

Sierra Cape Cod's 3/21 Talk on “Protecting Local Horseshoe Crab Populations” Features Mark Faherty of Mass Audubon

The Sierra Club Cape Cod & Islands Group’s monthly Zoom speaker series continues Tuesday, March 21 at 7 pm with a talk by Mark Faherty of Mass Audubon on the threats posed to horseshoe crabs and on an upcoming opportunity to help preserve local populations of a species that outlasted the dinosaurs. Please join us using the following link: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F89176128525%3Fpwd%3DV2R3QS9QaEF5cXhZY2xBRm1hQXJRdz09&data=05%7C01%7CSEMCO%40whoi.edu%7C0a3d23b276834e8ab25f08db26e27e97%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638146527713114219%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=oR7%2FNYR4ILWFY7hKaOq28XMbkP7sC9Owjulv5HOkOR4%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F89176128525%3Fpwd%3DV2R3QS9QaEF5cXhZY2xBRm1hQXJRdz09&data=05%7C01%7CSEMCO%40whoi.edu%7C0a3d23b276834e8ab25f08db26e27e97%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638146527713114219%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=oR7%2FNYR4ILWFY7hKaOq28XMbkP7sC9Owjulv5HOkOR4%3D&reserved=0>

Mark Flaherty is Science Coordinator at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and delivers the "Weekly Bird Report" on WCAI <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.capeandislands.org%2Fpeople%2Fmark-faherty&data=05%7C01%7CSEMCO%40whoi.edu%7C0a3d23b276834e8ab25f08db26e27e97%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638146527713114219%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9LtMfQ98WVN79GdF3EqxS%2FP%2FZx03mPBhMV1IbJ7rn4A%3D&reserved=0>. He primarily studies bird ecology, including critical food sources such as the Atlantic horseshoe crab. On March 21, Mark will discuss commercial harvesting by the baitfish and biomedical industries, Mass Audubon’s long-term population monitoring program <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.massaudubon.org%2Four-conservation-work%2Fwildlife-research-conservation%2Fhorseshoe-crab-monitoring&data=05%7C01%7CSEMCO%40whoi.edu%7C0a3d23b276834e8ab25f08db26e27e97%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638146527713114219%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YaUj7mSYUVx5g%2B6QajjIe7lblES1%2Bu4Y5aaSpVjbilw%3D&reserved=0>, and proposed state regulations aimed at protecting spawning horseshoe crabs and tightening control of the biomedical harvest. 



Chris Powicki
Chair, Sierra Club Cape Cod & Islands Group 
2042 Main Street
Brewster, MA
774.487.4614



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