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Sea Turtle Strategy: State Trawl Gear Reports

 

 green turtle swims out of a net equipped with a turtle excluder device (TED)
Loggerhead turtle escaping a trawl net through a Turtle Excluder Device (TED)
(Caretta caretta)
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Overview
Atlantic and Gulf state trawl fishery characterizations are available for review, as published in the Federal Register (71 FR 65473 [pdf], 11/08/2006).

Trawl Gear Reports
The following reports only include information on trawl gears and fisheries for each individual state. Information on other gear types used in Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastal states will likely be made available at a future date.

Complete Report [pdf] [3.3 MB]

Reports by State:

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