Spring Brown Shrimp Season Opens Monday in Louisiana
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [NOLA Media Group] May 18, 2015
The inshore brown shrimp season opens statewide Monday (May 18) and Wildlife and Fisheries officials remind shrimpers that federal turtle excluder device regulations require skimmer net fishermen to limit tow times.
Often referred to as TEDs, turtle excluder devices help prevent turtles from being trapped in shrimp nets. But while TEDs have been required in otter trawls for more than 20 years, shrimpers using skimmer trawls, pusher-head trawls, and wing-net trawls are authorized to use tow time limits instead, based on the time of year, to help prevent incidental turtle ...
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