. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. "The Back Page" is an update on Sea Grant activities—on research, marine education and advisory services. It's also a good place to find out about meetings, workshops and new publications. For more information on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737-2454). For copies of pub- lications, write UNC Sea Grant, Box 8605, NCSU, Raleigh, 27695-8605. On again, off again, on again. That best describes the regulations governing turtle excluder devices, or TE
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. "The Back Page" is an update on Sea Grant activities—on research, marine education and advisory services. It's also a good place to find out about meetings, workshops and new publications. For more information on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737-2454). For copies of pub- lications, write UNC Sea Grant, Box 8605, NCSU, Raleigh, 27695-8605. On again, off again, on again. That best describes the regulations governing turtle excluder devices, or TEDs, during the summer of '89. The devices designed to expel sea turtles from shrimp nets stirred a hotbed of controversy. And as a result, it has been a summer that has found Secretary of Commerce Robert Mossbacher in court and Gulf shrimpers blocking access to some ports in protest. Environmentalists are pushing the federal government to enforce regulations that require shrimpers to install TEDs in their nets. They believe that without the TEDs, hundreds of endangered sea turtles will be caught in nets and drown. But shrimpers say the same holes cut to expel turtles also allow their catch to escape. They say the shrimp escape is so great that it is putting them out of business. To appease environmentalists and uphold the Endangered Species Act, Mossbacher reinstated the TED regula- tions, but with a few changes to appease fishermen, too. The new regulations state that shrimpers must either use TEDs in their nets or par- ticipate in synchronized shrimping. And what is synchronized shrimping? It's a schedule of times when all shrimp boats without TEDs can and can't have their nets in the water. Tow periods last 105 minutes; rest periods, 30 minutes. Any boat towing for shrimp during the rest periods will be stopped to see if they are pulling The Coast Guard and the National Marine Fisheries Service enforcement of- ficers are enforcing the regulation. These regulati
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