Archive for March 31st, 2021

Delay in the Effective Date for the Final Rule to Require Turtle Excluder Device Use for all Skimmers

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NOAA Fisheries is delaying the effective date of the final rule amending the definition of tow time and requiring the use of TEDs designed to exclude small sea turtles in their nets in skimmer trawls 40 feet in length and greater in the Southeastern U.S. shrimp fisheries until August 1,…

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