# Sea Turtle Conservation; Shrimp Trawling Requirements
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2001-01-09 · Effective 2001-01-09 · 66 FR 1601
## Document
- **Document number:** 01-449
- **Category:** other
- **Species:** sea turtle
- **Federal Register citation:** 66 FR 1601
- **Publication date:** 2001-01-09
- **Effective date:** 2001-01-09
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No.980331080-0286-03
## Abstract

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is issuing this final rule to amend the regulations that require most shrimp trawlers to use Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) in the waters of the Atlantic and Gulf Areas of the United States, to reduce the incidental capture of endangered and threatened sea turtles during shrimp trawling. Specifically, NMFS is permanently approving the Parker soft TED for use in the waters of the Atlantic and Gulf Areas of the United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/01/09/01-449/sea-turtle-conservation-shrimp-trawling-requirements)
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