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Summer Flounder Trawling Requirements

To protect sea turtles, summer flounder trawlers in waters off Virginia (south of Cape Charles) and North Carolina must use an approved Turtle Excluder Device (TED) installed in a TED extension (a cylinder of webbing in which the TED is installed), constr
Final Rule
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New England/Mid-Atlantic
Effective
05/17/2002

Sea Turtle Handling and Resuscitation Requirements

Any sea turtle taken incidentally during the course of fishing or scientific research activities must be handled with due care to prevent injury, observed for activity, resuscitated if comatose or inactive, and returned to the water according to the proce
Final Rule
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New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Effective
12/01/2001

Listing Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles Under the ESA

Kemp's Ridley sea turtles were added to the pre-cursor of the Endangered Species Act by  a rulemaking published in the Federal Register on December 2, 1970 (35 FR 18319), to amend Appendix A to Part 17 of Title 50 CFR by
Final Rule
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Southeast
Published
12/02/1970