Chinese horseshoe crabs should not be eaten indiscriminately. If eaten, they may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined; if the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years, and shall also be fined.

For illegal hunting and killing of precious and endangered wild animals under national key protection, or illegal acquisition, transportation, and sale of national key protected animals Rare and endangered wild animals and their products are illegal.