Tag: Barnstable Harbor
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2024 Sunset Cruise A Success
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Friends of Barnstable Harbor, I would like to thank you all for registering for and coming to our Sunset Cruise. I trust everyone had an enjoyable evening catching up with old friends and hopefully making some new ones. Mother Nature certainly did her part in providing…
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2024 Sunset Cruise
WE ARE SOLD OUT FOR THE 2024 SUNSET CRUISE! This event will help to support our ongoing mapping survey as we enter into the Fin-Fish/ Shellfish Study phase of the project. Headed by Center for Coastal Studies Director of Marine Fisheries Research Owen Nichols, the study will capture, count, and identify the wide variety of…
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Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs
Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) are an emblematic species of our coastal ecology. They are keystone species which have shared our waters for over 400 million years. Horseshoe crabs are not true crabs but are arachnids which include spiders and scorpions. They occur in shallow coastal waters on soft, sandy or muddy bottoms where they…