Horseshoe crab harvest limit debated
State officials will meet tonight to determine whether to extend the state’s horseshoe crab harvest quota through 2013.
The 100,000 male crab harvest limit was established in 2009 and extended to this year. Officials say the limit should be extend to comply with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission management plan for the crabs. Horseshoe crab eggs provide a major source of food for migratory birds that use Delaware’s coast as a pit stop during migration.
Vintage baseball clubs from Philadelphia, Delaware team up to honor 1800s star with gravestone
Fergy Malone was one of baseball’s original standouts. He was buried in an unmarked grave. Two vintage teams will honor him with a gravestone Sunday in Philadelphia.
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Amid residents’ fears from November toxic gas release, Del. plant hopes to resume production
Croda Inc. released more 2,600 pounds of highly flammable ethylene oxide in November. Officials want to resume production in two months but state says more must be done.
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4 takeaways from Delaware’s most comprehensive overdose death study
The state has developed a demographic snapshot of those who died of drug overdoses in 2017. It will be used to try to reduce future opioid-related deaths.
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