A turtle excluder device (TED) is a specialized device that allows a captured sea turtle to escape when caught in a fisherman's net. In particular, sea...
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Bycatch (section Turtle excluder devices)
Fisheries Service (NMFS) started to develop turtle excluder devices (TED). A TED uses a grid which deflects turtles and other big animals, so they exit from...
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protection of endangered sea turtles, and (b) prohibited the importation of shrimp that was produced without Turtle Excluder Device technology introduced by...
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the emergence of hatchlings. Turtles may also suffocate if they are trapped in fishing trawls. Turtle excluder devices have been implemented in efforts...
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normal bottom trawling practices, using trawl nets outfitted with a turtle excluder device. BRDs are required in shrimp trawl nets working in the federal waters...
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traps from which sea turtles can escape, can dramatically cut the mortality rate. Turtle excluder devices (TEDs) have reduced sea turtle bycatch in shrimp...
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(1995). "The Turtle Excluder Device (TED): A guide to better performance". NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-366: 35. "Current Sea Turtle Nesting Season"...
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A mammals and birds excluder device or MBED (also named cachalotera) is a device added to fishing gear that avoids the killing of marine mammals and seabirds...
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role in conserving olive ridleys. Lastly, enforcing the use of turtle excluder devices in the shrimp-trawling industry has also proved effective in some...
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Marine conservation (redirect from Conservation of sea turtles)
S2CIDÂ 17162851. "Turtle Excluder Devices". noaa.gov. 18 August 2021. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Turtle Excluder Device on YouTube...
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code), London, UK Tooheys Extra Dry, Australian beer Turtle excluder device, for letting sea turtles escape from fishing-nets Ted (disambiguation) Teds...
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required all shrimp trawlers to fit their nets with turtle excluder devices that prevent turtles from being entangled in the net and drowning. More locally...
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example, bluegills form large nesting colonies and sometimes attack snapping turtles. This may function to advertise their presence, drive the predator from...
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another hazard the animals face. As the largest living sea turtles, turtle excluder devices can be ineffective with mature adults. In the eastern Pacific...
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suffocation. A turtle excluder device (TED) Sea turtle entangled in a net Loggerhead sea turtle exiting from fishing net through a turtle excluder device Divers...
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unintentional threats, including boat strikes, fishermen's nets that lack turtle excluder devices, pollution and habitat destruction. Chemical pollution may create...
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efforts to save sea turtles from being victim to bycatch resulted in federal and state regulations requiring the use turtle excluder devices (TEDs) in shrimp...
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Line Bycatch Discards Incidental catch Cetacean bycatch Turtle excluder device Shrimp-Turtle case Conservation Marine protected area Marine reserve Marine...
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introducing a Turtle Safe certification label to motivate fishermen and shipowners to deploy Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) and other turtle bycatch reduction...
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as the circle hooks, fish bait, and turtle excluder devices. Poaching has been outlawed in most countries and turtle conservation education has been growing...
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holes will allow undersized fish to avoid capture. A turtle excluder device (TED) allows sea turtles and other megafauna to escape from shrimp trawls. Avoiding...
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Shelf (CLCS) to extend its maritime continental margin. The first figure excludes all disputed waters, while the last figure indicates China's claimed boundaries...
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where juvenile sea turtles and some sharks in the first year of their life travel. Recent advances in underwater tracking devices are illuminating what...
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coming in close and larger fishes observing from a greater distance. Marine turtles, functioning as a mobile shelter for small fish, can be impaled accidentally...
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for hundreds of other organisms such as sharks, stingrays, tuna, and sea turtles. The epipelagic zone is incredibly important due to its productivity and...
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trawling have led to changes in gear design, such as the addition of turtle excluder devices to reduce bycatch, and limitations on locations where bottom trawling...
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feeds on benthic turf algae. They also provide cleaner services to marine turtles, by removing algal growth from their shells. They do not tolerate other...
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