Preface • Acknowledgements • EARLY LESSONS • Introduction • A Day in the Life of a Hunter-Gatherer • Carl Shuster [July 14, 1953] • First Lessons [Boston Children's Hospital, 1956] • At an Ancient Orgy [June 21, 1957] • COMMERCIALIZATION • The Conversation [Woods Hole, 1962] • Bleeding the Crab [1969-1974] • Crabs and Ponies [Chinoteague Island, June 22, 1972] • "Flugate" [1976] • Confessions of a Horse Crab Farmer [Cape Cod, 1982] • A Garden Party [Charleston, South Carolina, 1985] • ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS • Fishing for Bait: The Conch and the Eel Fisheries [Delaware Bay, 1990-2000] • A Day at the Beach: Red Knots and Horseshoe Crabs [Reed's Beach, New Jersey, May 29, 1985] • The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission [Washington, D.C., 1996-1999] • Jay Harrington vs. Bruce Babbitt [Pleasant Bay, 2000] • A Bizarre Incident [May 23, 2000] • The Decision [ John Joseph Moakley Federal Court House, Boston, Massachusetts, May 22, 2001] The Loophole [Falmouth, Massachusetts, June 2001] • Raw Lysate: A New Industry [Chincoteague, Virginia, July 30,2001] • Numbers, Numbers, Numbers [Delaware Bay, September 28, 2001] • Postscript [2005] • Index