Circular white tag (attached to left corner of shell by a plastic pin):

1. Tag number:

To report multiple tags with matching data (date, location, etc.), add them using the button below. Add another tag

2. Was the tag removed or found detached?

Yes

No

3. What was the condition of the horseshoe crab?

Alive

Dead

Unknown (tag only found)

4. Date of Capture/Found?

Date found or captured

5. Disposition of horseshoe crab?

Released alive

Found dead

Caught for bait

Sold or bought

Tag found only

6. Finder:

Beach comber (walking the beach)

Biomedical company

Shorebird surveyor

Commercial fisherman

Spawning surveyor

7. How did you find or capture the crab?

Hand/found on beach

Dredge

Hook & line/rod & reel

Trawl

Gillnet

Pound/trap/fyke net

8. In which state did you find or capture the horseshoe crab?

State found Choose the state... Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Maine Maryland Massachusetts Mississippi New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia

9. What was the name of the body of water where you captured/found the horseshoe crab?

Body of water Ex: Atlantic Ocean, Delaware Bay, Long Island Sound, etc.

10. What was the nearest town or city to the capture/found location?

Nearest city or town where crab was found

11. What was the specific location or beach name where the crab was found?

Location or beach name where crab was found

(Optional) Provide latitude and longitude:

Latitude (optional)

Longitude (optional)

Information Receipt Method

With this program, we can send you information about where and when the crab was originally tagged and released.
Please indicate how you would like to receive information about the crab that you found:

Postal mail certificate Will receive a pewter horseshoe crab pin for the first crab tag reported from the provided mailing address.

Email certificate Will arrive as an attachment to the provided email address.

Email message Will receive information only to the provided email address. No certificate will be sent.

I do not wish to receive any information.

Mailing Address

Mailing Address 2

Country

City

State Choose... Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District Of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Midway Islands Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Zip Code

Email

Comments (Optional):

Please do not submit extra tags in the comments. You will have another chance to add other tags after submitting this.

250 character limit

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NOTICES

PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
Authority: The information requested is authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act (P.L. 105-242), the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (P.L. 96-118) and the Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-297).
Purposes: The contact information requested is to assist in the description and location of the individual's tagging of horseshoe crab. The capture location and tag information will help to provide data on distribution, movement, longevity and mortality of horseshoe crabs and will help track their management strategy.
Routine Uses: The contact information requested may be used by Fishery Managers and FWS biologists to determine location of capture. More information about the routine uses may be found in the Systems of Records Notice, FWS-21 Permits System.
Disclosure: The contact information requested is voluntary.

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT
We are collecting this information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501) to collect vital information used by fishery managers about the migration patterns, distribution, and abundance of horseshoe crabs along the Atlantic coast and to respond to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974. Your response is voluntary. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. OMB has approved this collection of information and assigned Control No. 1018-0127.

ESTIMATED BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting for this collection of information varies with the convenient availability of the requested information. The relevant burden to complete FWS Form 3-2310, "Horseshoe Crab Recapture Report" averages 10 minutes. This burden estimate includes time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of the form to the Service Information Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: BPHC, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803. Please do not send your completed form to this address.