All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Turtle Excluder Device Opening Final Rule
NOAA Fisheries is amending the turtle excluder device (TED) regulations to enhance their effectiveness in reducing sea turtle mortality resulting from trawling in the southeastern United States. NOAA Fisheries has determined that:
- some current a
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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
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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
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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
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Recovery Plans for Leatherback Sea Turtle
NOAA Fisheries has issued separate recovery plans for leatherback sea turtles for the U.S. Pacific and the U.S. Caribbean, Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico.
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Critical Habitat Designation for Leatherback Sea Turtles in Sandy Point, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) determines critical habitat for the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) in waters adjacent to Sandy Point Beach, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The action is being taken under Section 7 of the Endang
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Listing of Leatherback Sea Turtles Under the ESA
By notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on April 10, 1970 (35 FR 5961), notice was given that it was proposed to add a new Part 17 to Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations adding leatherback sea turtles to the endangered species list
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