I went to a meeting yesterday about....

[piemma]

CapeSam is correct. here's the full answer as to what they do with the Horse Shoe Crab blood:

The medical profession uses an extract from the horseshoe crab's blue, copper-based blood called lysate to test the purity of medicines. Certain properties of the shell have also been used to speed blood clotting and to make absorbable sutures.

[redlite]

They are federally protected. Guy I know down the Cape we call "Stinky Jim" is one of the few people that have federal licenses to do it. Being purely judgemental based upon physical possesions and appearence, I'd have to say that it is a less than lucrative industry.

There's a place in Wareham we visit that is infested with them. They love gettin it on with feet, and ankles, and knees. Tough wadin when you're trippin over the buggers.

Would be nice to fish from shore around Monomoy, provided they got rid of the rats of the ocean.(seals)

[Bronko]

[QUOTE=redlite]They are federally protected. Guy I know down the Cape we call "Stinky Jim" is one of the few people that have federal licenses to do it. Being purely judgemental based upon physical possesions and appearence, I'd have to say that it is a less than lucrative industry.

That was good stuff Redlite. I was laughing out loud at my desk.