The inescapable conclusion is that fishers were depleting Delaware Bay's horseshoe crab population, causing a reduction in the number of horseshoe crab eggs upon which the shorebirds feed.

不可避免的结论是，渔民们正在逐渐把特拉华湾的马蹄蟹斩尽杀绝，造成可以养活水鸟的蟹卵的减少。