A loggerhead turtle escaping a shrimp net through a turtle excluder device. The devices are required by federal law to protect sea turtles in federal waters, and also are required in Louisiana waters.

Louisiana is starting a financial assistance program to help shrimpers buy new gear to make their nets less lethal for endangered sea turtles. The new $250,000 state program will reimburse up to 60% ...

A turtle excluder device, or TED, sits at lower left in the shrimp net above. (Photo by NOLA.com | Times-Picayune archive) During a Louisiana fisheries summit mainly focused on ways to better market ...

On April 1, 2021, skimmer vessels 40 feet in length and over will be required by federal law to install turtle excluder devices (TEDs). The Louisiana Department of ...

A repeal of a state turtle-excluder device enforcement prohibition passed Wednesday (April 29) through the state House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. The bill would repeal state ...

Following a campaign by WWF, Turtle Excluder Devices are now compulsory in trawl nets in Mozambique. This will save the lives of some 5,000 marine turtles each year. Maputo, Mozambique - Turtle ...

WASHINGTON— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today to prevent sea turtles from drowning when they get caught in shrimp trawl nets in the Gulf of Mexico and southeast Atlantic. Earthjustice filed ...

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is extending the Skimmer Turtle Excluder Device Reimbursement Program (STEDRP). The agency say the program will reimburse up to 60 percent of ...

NEW ORLEANS — Several wildlife protection groups are suing the federal agency that regulates fishing in U.S. waters, claiming the government isn't doing enough to protect endangered sea turtles from ...