Assertion: horseshoe crab | /r/ObjectUse | used as bait
Facets:
value: for conch fisheries
type: PURPOSE
value: in fisheries
type: LOCATION
value: in recent times
type: TEMPORAL
value: extensively
type: DEGREE
value: peaking in 1998
type: TEMPORAL
value: beginning in 1990
type: TEMPORAL
value: for eel and whelk fisheries
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: largely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: While the horseshoe crab was being used as bait and fertilizer, the pharmaceutical industry was testing various implants and injectables for contaminants using rabbits.
text: Beginning in 1990 and peaking in 1998, horseshoe crabs were used largely as bait for eel and whelk fisheries, further impacting the availability of eggs for shorebird consumption (Walls et al., 2002).
text: Horseshoe crabs are used extensively as bait in the American eel and whelk fisheries along many parts of the Atlantic coast.
text: In recent times, horseshoe crabs have been used as bait in fisheries, primarily the American eel and conch fisheries.
text: Within the last fifteen years horseshoe crabs have been harvested and used as bait, for the newly developed eel and whelk fisheries.
text: Horseshoe crabs are also used as bait for commercial American eel and conch fisheries along the coast.