teds1

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Since 1989 all shrimp nets have had to have TEDS or Turtle Excluder Devices

sewn into them. A TED is a metal grate that is sewn in the body of a net so when a turtle

hits it, it is launched out the top of the net, supposedly returning it to the wild. In my

opinion TEDS are a good thought but they have done nothing but hurt the fishing

Since the introduction of TEDS in 1989 there has been a 10% decline in the

number of shrimp caught each year. This is because when trash is caught it becomes

entangled in the TED holding it open and releasing the catch.

These TEDS don’t come free to anyone. A basic TED cost two hundred dollars

and each boat has about eight nets so that means sixteen hundred dollars. With the lose

of production and price of the TEDS many fleets have

going to put the blame on the shrimpers they need also to look at the other local causes

population. Turtles hatch on land and with the increasing beach development the turtles

3. personal interview: Chris Johnson; Paul Rogers

shrimper want to tear up the ocean if that is where he makes his living.

alone has dropped from 5,200 boats to about 3,500 today. As more and more of these

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