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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Turtle Excluder Device

Variations: TED

A gear modification used in shrimp trawls for the purpose of excluding sea turtles caught in the trawl net before they drown.

WWW References:

• NMFS TEDS Page
• TED development chronology
• MPEG Video

Citations:

• Crowder, L. B., Hopkins-Murphy, S. R. and Royle, J. A. 1995. Effects of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) on loggerhead sea turtle strandings with implications for conservation. - Copeia 1995: 773-779.

Entered by: Brendan Godley
Modified by: Matthew Godfrey, Michael Coyne,
Entered: 2004-12-13 16:52:32
Last modified: 2005-05-17 15:20:29