United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2012_register executive 2012-05-19 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7fcffb5 D09002ee1c7fd004e United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This rule revises the turtle excluder device (TED) requirements to allow the use of new materials and to modify existing approved TED designs. Specifically, this rule allows using flat bar, rectangular pipe, and oval pipe as construction material in currently- approved TED grids; using a brace bar on hard TEDs; increasing the maximum mesh size on escape flaps from 1\5/8\ to 2 inches (4.1 to 5.1 cm); including the Boone Big Boy TED for use in the shrimp fisheries; using three large TED and Boone Wedge Cut escape openings; and using the Chauvin shrimp deflector to improve shrimp retention. This rule also adds a TED for use in the summer flounder fishery. Additionally, the rule corrects the TED regulations to rectify an oversight regarding the maximum size chain that can be used on the Parker TED escape opening flap. 77 FR 29905 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-05-21/2012-12014 2012-12014 fr21my12-27 RIN 0648-AW93 3510-22-P Docket No. 120427423-2423-02 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-05-21/2012-12014 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-05-21/html/2012-12014.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-05-21/pdf/2012-12014.pdf Endangered and Threatened Species; Exports; Imports; Transportation 9 p. 29905 29913 77 FR 29905 Title 50 Part 223 50 CFR Part 223 RIN 0648-AW93 Sea Turtle Conservation; Shrimp and Summer Flounder Trawling Requirements; Federal Register Vol. 77, Issue RULE 2012-12014 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2012-06-20 Docket No. 120427423-2423-02 3510-22-P 2012-12014 Final rule.

This rule revises the turtle excluder device (TED) requirements to allow the use of new materials and to modify existing approved TED designs. Specifically, this rule allows using flat bar, rectangular pipe, and oval pipe as construction material in currently- approved TED grids; using a brace bar on hard TEDs; increasing the maximum mesh size on escape flaps from 1\5/8\ to 2 inches (4.1 to 5.1 cm); including the Boone Big Boy TED for use in the shrimp fisheries; using three large TED and Boone Wedge Cut escape openings; and using the Chauvin shrimp deflector to improve shrimp retention. This rule also adds a TED for use in the summer flounder fishery. Additionally, the rule corrects the TED regulations to rectify an oversight regarding the maximum size chain that can be used on the Parker TED escape opening flap.

The effective date of this rule is June 20, 2012. Michael Barnette, NMFS, Southeast Endangered and Threatened Species; Exports; Imports; Transportation Sea Turtle Conservation: Shrimp and Summer Flounder Trawling Requirements , Vol. 77, no. 98 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2012-05-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 340 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-05-21 P0b002ee1826ea02f 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21my12 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-05-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-05-21/pdf/FR-2012-05-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-05-21/xml/FR-2012-05-21.xml fdlp 29853 30183 DGPO 2012-05-19 2024-06-03 FR-2012-05-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2012-05-21 77 98