STAFF PNOIO BY DOUG RUIIkt
SHRIMP BOATS like these two at Holden Heach would have to pull TEDs year-round in inshore h a
ters under a rule change proposed by the federal government.
New TED Rules Would Affect Shrimpers
HY RU1TKR
Shrimpers would be required lo
use lurtle excluders in their trawl
nets year-round inshore and offshore
if federal officials approve a set of
proposed rule changes.
"The day of reckoning is probably
here," said Jim Bahen, marine advi
sory agent with UNC Sea Grant at
Kure Beach who has worked with
local shrimpers since turtle exc luder
device requirements tcx)k effect in
1989.
Turtle excluder devices, or TEDs,
arc contraptions made out of metal
or webbing that arc inserted into
trawl nets. They allow sea turUcs to
escape while smaller shrimp arc
caught in the tailhag
After much debate, federal offi
cials started requiring shrimpers to
use TEDs three vcais ago m certain
areas during ccnain seasons.
Shrimpers have complained about
the cost of the TEDs and the fact
that they cut down on the harvest,
but others say the devices are need
ed to prevent sea turtles from gelling
caught in shrimp nels and drowning.
Requiring TEDs year-round in all
waters is one of 12 proposed rule
changes issued last week by the U.S.
Secretary of Commerce.
Bahen said requiring turtle ex
cluders year-round inshore would
have a big impact in North Carolina,
where 80 percent of the shrimp arc
caught in inshore waters like
Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway.
Under existing rules, shrimpers
who work in the Atlantic Ocean al
ready have to use turtle excluders
year-round.
From May 1 lo Aug. 31,
shrimpers working inshore in boats
less than 25 feet long must either
use TEDs or limit their tow time to
90 minutes, larger boats must use
the TEDs.
Bahen said it will likely be
September or later before a new set
of rules is approved, which means
area shrimpers won't be affected
much this year.
Another proposed rule that would
have an impact in Brunswick
assistance to pull in dieir nets.
"It's going to really hit them hard
bccausc sometimes the designs don't
111 in these little nets," Bahcn said.
Among the other proposals, the
new rules would allow officials to
impose seasonal closures to protect
turtles and allow authorities to seize
shrimp that are caught in violation
of the rules.
TED rules also could be tem
porarily lifted in certain areas il
there is a large amount of seaweed
or officials find oilier conditions that
don't permit the ase of turtle exclud
ers.
Skimmer trawls, beam trawls and
wing ne!s would be exempt from the
rules because officials have no evi
dence that they capture sea turtles.
Bahen said environmental groups
concert 1 about endangered sea tur
tles have plenty of ammunition to
support the proposed rules.
They say the impact of TEDs on
the shrimping industry isn't as bad
as shrimpers claim. Studies show
that sea turtle deaths have declined
since the advent of excluders.
At the same time, commercial
shrimp landings have increased each
of the last two years and turtle nest
ing activity has increased.
"You can pretty well believe that
die environmental community and
the people who are pushing for these
regulations want to see these come
about," Bahen said.
Fishermen and others interested
in the rules have until July 26 to
submit comments. Bahen says local
shrimpers should send in their opin
ions if they want to have an impact
on what's approved.
"It's important that they do com
mcnt," he said. "Sometimes the
comments of the public do affect
and promote change in the proposed
rules."
Uahen said a series of public
hearings will be conducted before
the rules arc adopted anil at least one
hearing will be held in North
Carolina.
Written commons can be mailed
to Dr. Nancy Foster, Office of
Protected Rcsouices, I 335 E. West
Highway, Silver Springs, Md.
20910.
For more information on the pro
posed rules, call Bahcn at 919 458
5498 or Roddy Moscoso at 301 -713
2370 or 703-503-5017.
Learn About
Wetland Rules
The Center for Marine and Wet
land Studies at USC Coastal Caro
lina Colleg is offering a special four
day course, Basic Wedand Deline
ation, both May 14 to 17 and May
21 to 24.
The non-credit course is $450,
with uxlay (May 7) is the deadline
to register for either session.
The course is suitable for those in
the private sector as well as lor aca
demic and government personnel.
Each session offers a combination
classroom and field program de
signed to provide a basic under
standing of current regulatory and
technical criteria used by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers in deter
mining jurisdictional wetland
boundaries.
For more information call 803
349-2202.
Marine Fisheries Board To Meet
Reviewing draft rules for 1992
will he among ihe items addressed
when die N.C. Marine Fisheries
Commission meets this week on
Hatleras Island
The commission will decide
which rules it wants to lake to public
hearing in July. Subjects of some of
The commission meeting is tixlay
(Thursday) and Friday at tire
Hatleras Angler's Club in Buxton.
The Thursday workshop begins at 9
a.m. and the Friday business meet
ing will start al 9 a.m.
At the workshop, commission
members will hear about sea turtle
protection, fishery management
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