Sea turtles—Endangered species
1987; Elsevier BV; Volume: 18; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0025-326x(87)90393-6
ISSN1879-3363
Autores Tópico(s)Turtle Biology and Conservation
Resumoand parts of the Atlantic Ocean to reduce the number of turtles inadvertently netted. This is to be achieved by the use of turtle excluder devices, known as TEDs. The TED is designed to allow turtles to escape from the trawl nets while still retaining the valuable shrimp catch. As of 1 October, shrimp boats of 8 m or more in length fishing offshore in the Canaverel, Florida, area will be required to use TEDs. Requirements for other offshore boats are to be phased in next year starting on 1 January when boats in the southwest Florida area will have to carry TEDs when fishing within 24 km of the shore. All boats fishing in Gulf waters within a 24 km nearshore area during the period from MarchNovember will have to install TEDs while shrimpers in all Atlantic waters will be required to use TEDs from May-August. The regulations exempt boats of less than 8 metres fishing in offshore waters and boats of any length fishing inshore providing they restrict their tow-times to less than 90 min. NOAA expects the introduction of these new regulations to significantly reduce the number of sea turtles accidentally killed in the sea area between Texas and North Carolina. All five endangered species--the loggerhead, Kemp's ridley, green, leatherback, and hawksbill--are hoped to benefit from the move. ALEXANDRIA DUFF
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