Devices, required by Endangered Species Act, help keep turtles from drowning in shrimp nets
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2011
Sea turtle escaping a net equipped with turtle excluder device (TED). Download here. (Credit: NOAA)
The owners and operators of 18 shrimp trawlers were assessed civil penalties over the past two weeks for allegedly altering or not having turtle excluder devices on their vessels.
The Notices of Violation and Assessment (NOVAs), issued by NOAA’s Office…
