New rules designed to keep endangered and threatened sea turtles from drowning in some inshore shrimp nets are being postponed, and federal regulators are considering whether to expand the rules.

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 ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (KPLC) - The Louisiana Shrimp Association (LSA) has filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) regarding a 2019 rule that ...

A new federal rule aimed at protecting sea turtles from shrimping nets is getting mixed reactions from conservation groups. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has finalized a new rule ...

KARACHI, Nov 24 A demonstration to create awareness of the use of a modified version of 'turtle excluder device' (TED) was held at the Marine Fisheries Department on Wednesday. The International ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (KLFY) — The Louisiana Shrimp Association has filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service for their rule requiring skimmer trawl vessels to use Turtle Excluder ...

Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a bill Wednesday (July 1) repealing a 1987 state law that prohibited Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents from enforcing federal turtle-excluder device ...

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 file photo, Andrea Hance, Texas Shrimp Association executive director, poses with a TED, or turtle excluder device, on board a shrimp boat at the Brownsville Shrimp ...