Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong
Ocean LifeHong Kong Students Raise the Living Fossils
Horseshoe crabs are older than the dinosaurs and Hong Kong lost over 90% of its wild ones in seven years, so schoolchildren began hand-raising juveniles for release and volunteers now count them on 17 mudflats.
17sitesMudflat spawning and nursery sites in the annual juvenile survey
90%Decline in Hong Kong's wild horseshoe crab population, 2002 to 2009