Louisiana shrimpers are suing the Biden administration over a rule that would require them to use turtle excluder devices on their nets closer to shore. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District ...

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 ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A lawsuit filed by the Louisiana Shrimp Association on Wednesday could affect shrimping along the Gulf Coast. This lawsuit was filed against the Biden Administration National ...

The Louisiana Shrimp Association has sued the National Marine Fisheries Service over a federal rule that forces certain kinds of boats to use devices that allow turtles to escape fishing nets unharmed ...

At last week's International Sea Turtle Society symposium in New Orleans, sea turtle conservationists discussed the benefits of shrimpers and researchers working side-by-side to improve the ...

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 ...

A wild sea turtle escapes from a shrimp net equipped with a new small-bar turtle excluder device during testing by NOAA Fisheries in June 2022. One of the new restoration projects planned for the open ...

Federal regulators have vastly scaled back a plan to make more shrimp nets include sea turtle escape hatches. A conservation group calls it "a dangerous departure." The proposed rule would have ...

This photo shows a sea turtle escaping a net equipped with turtle excluder device. A Louisiana legislator has introduced a bill that would repeal a state law that prevents state wildlife agents from ...