NOAA scraps plan to require turtle excluder devices
by Associated Press Published: November 28,2012
Tags: commercial fisherman, commercial fishing, ecosystem, environment, federal agency, fishing, sea turtle, seafood, shrimp, trutle excluder device, turle, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — New regulations that would have forced shrimpers in the bays and marshes of the Gulf of Mexico to install devices on their nets to save endangered sea turtles have been scrapped by federal officials. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it is withdrawing plans by its fisheries service to require [...] [...]
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