Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross approved new regulations protecting sea turtles from dying in shrimp nets. Sea turtles in the waters of the U.S. are endangered, and approximately 1,342 sea turtles ...

Seafood wholesalers will now be required to indicate on their packaging whether the shrimp they sell to restaurants and other ...

Boats that are at least 40 feet long and use skimmer nets must now use turtle excluder devices, commonly called TEDs, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fisheries service said ...

NEW ORLEANS — A plan to make more shrimpers include sea turtle escape hatches in their nets has been vastly scaled back , federal regulators announced Thursday, potentially contributing to the ...

NEW ORLEANS — A plan to make more shrimpers include sea turtle escape hatches in their nets has been vastly scaled back, federal regulators announced Thursday, potentially contributing to the ...

Shrimpers' nets inadvertently catch much more than shrimp.SHARÓN STEINMANN/Chronicle Bass spends much of his time sorting the day's catch.SHARÓN STEINMANN/Chronicle ...

In the small western Belgian fishing village of Oostduinkerke, fishermen use horses, rather than boats, to go shrimp fishing -- one of the very few places in the world still using a technique ...

Shrimper casting net in Neuse River discovers he trapped angry alligator estimated at 13 feet and 500 to 600 pounds, NC photos show.

Skimmer nets are the most common of three kinds of shrimp trawls commonly used in inshore waters. "TEDs are made to order and this does take time," NOAA Fisheries said.

Shrimper casting net in Neuse River discovers he trapped angry alligator estimated at 13 feet and 500 to 600 pounds, NC photos show.

Shrimper casting net in Neuse River discovers he trapped angry alligator estimated at 13 feet and 500 to 600 pounds, NC photos show.