Bobby Jindal Signs Bill Allowing Enforcement of Turtle-Excluder Provisions
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Times-Picayune] By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, NOLA.com- July 02, 2015
Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a bill Wednesday (July 1) repealing a 1987 state law that prohibited Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents from enforcing federal turtle-excluder device regulations.
The repeal legislation, which the Louisiana House approved last month 100-0, also was unanimously endorsed by the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force in April after environmental groups have long pushed for better enforcement of the use of such devices in shrimp trawls. Often referred to as TEDs, they create an opening in shrimp nets to allow trapped turtles to escape before they ...
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