Sea turtles of several species are often accidentally caught in a variety of fishing gear in many areas of the world, including the southwest Atlantic and the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Up to 12,500 turtles died annually as a result of...

A turtle excluder device or TED is a specialized device that allows a captured sea turtle to escape when caught in a fisherman's net. Sea turtles are occasionally caught as bycatch by commercial shrimp fishers. These fishing boats commonly use a process...

Turtles versus shrimps WHEN Mr Robert Mosbacher joined the cabinet as commerce secretary, he cannot have expected that his first deeply contentious decision, which offended both parties, would be about turtles. Nor could he expect that his first attempt to take that decision...

The National Marine Fisheries Service yesterday intensified government efforts to protect sea turtles by imposing tough new requirements on shrimp fishermen designed to prevent turtles from becoming snared in their nets. The new rules issued by the fisheries agency were lauded by conservationists,...

The number of loggerhead sea turtles nesting along the South Carolina coast declined by 3 percent this summer, researchers say.About 1,500 nests were found along the state's sandy beaches this year, said Dubose Griffin, sea turtle program coordinator for the state Department of Natural Resources.The...