This photo shows a sea turtle escaping a net equipped with turtle excluder device. A Louisiana legislator has introduced a bill that would repeal a state law that prevents state wildlife agents from ...

Louisiana shrimpers are suing the Biden administration over a rule that would require them to use turtle excluder devices on their nets closer to shore. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District ...

Federal regulators have vastly scaled back a plan to make more shrimp nets include sea turtle escape hatches. A conservation group calls it "a dangerous departure." The proposed rule would have ...

The Louisiana House on Tuesday voted 100-0 to repeal a 1987 state law that prohibits Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents from enforcing federal turtle-excluder device regulations.

The Louisiana Shrimp Association has sued the National Marine Fisheries Service over a federal rule that forces certain kinds of boats to use devices that allow turtles to escape fishing nets unharmed ...

Following a campaign by WWF, Turtle Excluder Devices are now compulsory in trawl nets in Mozambique. This will save the lives of some 5,000 marine turtles each year. Maputo, Mozambique - Turtle ...

NEW ORLEANS (KPLC) - The Louisiana Shrimp Association (LSA) has filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) regarding a 2019 rule that ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (KLFY) — The Louisiana Shrimp Association has filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service for their rule requiring skimmer trawl vessels to use Turtle Excluder ...

A wild sea turtle escapes from a shrimp net equipped with a new small-bar turtle excluder device during testing by NOAA Fisheries in June 2022. One of the new restoration projects planned for the open ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Louisiana shrimpers are not giving up their fight. The Louisiana Shrimpers Association is suing the Biden Administration over the required use of turtle excluder devices ...