All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Turtle Excluder Device Double Cover Flap Modification Final Rule
NOAA Fisheries is amending the turtle excluder device (TED) regulations that require most shrimp trawlers to use TEDs in the southeastern Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico to reduce the incidental capture of endangered and threatened sea turtles during shri
Effective
05/27/2004
Pamlico Sound Gillnet Final Rule
NOAA Fisheries is closing the waters of Pamlico Sound, NC, to fishing with gillnets with a mesh size larger than 4 1/4 inch (10.8 cm) stretched mesh (“large-mesh gillnet”), on a seasonal basis, from September 1 through December 15 each year, t
Effective
09/03/2002
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
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
Effective
12/01/2001
Critical Habitat for Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), NMFS is designating critical habitat for the threatened green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) to include coastal waters surrounding Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, and the endangered hawksbill sea turtle (Ere
Effective
10/02/1998
Recovery Plans for Hawksbill Sea Turtle
NOAA Fisheries announces the availability of recovery plans for U.S. Pacific and U.S. Caribbean, Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico populations of hawksbill sea turtles.
Published
05/22/1998
Listing Hawksbill Sea Turtle Under the ESA
Hawksbill sea turtles were protected in 1970 under the precursor to the Endangered Species Act.
Effective
06/03/1970