other · sea turtle · Published 1999-10-25 · Effective 1999-10-19 · 64 FR 57397
Document
Document number
99-27692
Federal Register citation
64 FR 57397
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; request for comments.
Category
other
Species
sea turtle
Publication date
1999-10-25
Effective date
1999-10-19
NOAA docket
Docket No.950427117-9278-11
Abstract
NMFS issues this temporary action to allow the use of limited tow times by shrimp trawlers as an alternative to the use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) in inshore waters of Matagorda Bay, Texas, east of the line running from the Matagorda Jetties, along the Matagorda Ship Channel, to Matagorda Ship Channel Mile Marker 54 (Lat. 28 deg.33'38<gr-thn-eq>N, Long.96 deg.30'50<gr-thn-eq>W) and thence to Sand Point (Lat. 28 deg.34'08<gr-thn-eq>N, Long. 96 deg.29'29<gr-thn-eq>W), including Carancahua and Tres Palacios Bays.