Table 3. --Continued 



(1) Indicates letter or postmark date was used; actual date of recovery not supplied by searcher. 



(2) Indicates poor location of recovery was supplied by searcher. 



(3) Indicates these crabs were re-released by the staff. 



(4) Symbols used in table: Searcher - N = non-alerted, A = alerted, S = staff. 



(5) Includes 2 released in 1951 for which sex was not recorded. 



Table 4. --Release of tagged horseshoe crabs from areas outside Plum Island Sound, 

 Mass., and their recovery 1952 through 1955. 



Released 



Date 



Recovered 



Place 



Mature Immat- Total Date 

 M F ure 



Place 



Sear- Sex & Size 

 cher(l) mm. 



8/12/52 Haskells Landing, 



Essex, Mass. 25 14 



6/10/54 Black Water Cr . , 



N.H. 2 3 



6/25/54 ConomoPt., 



Essex, Mass. 47 27 

 7/15/54 Hampton River, 



N.H. 1 



8/ 2/54 Black Water Cr., 



N.H. 2 1 



8/17/54 Annisquam R., 



Mass. 10 6 



39 



77 

 I 

 3 



16 



(1) Searcher - N = nonalerted 



