# Sea Turtle Conservation; Shrimp Trawling Requirements
> **Rule** · Final rule; correction. · Published 2020-09-21 · Effective 2021-04-01 · 85 FR 59198
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-18054
- **Category:** other
- **Species:** sea turtle
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 59198
- **Publication date:** 2020-09-21
- **Effective date:** 2021-04-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 200812-0216
## Abstract

NMFS is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on December 20, 2019, that requires all skimmer trawl vessels 40 feet and greater in length to use turtle excluder devices (TEDs) designed to exclude small sea turtles in their nets. There is an error in the description of the small turtle TED flap. This correction is necessary to prevent sea turtle bycatch and mortality.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/21/2020-18054/sea-turtle-conservation-shrimp-trawling-requirements)
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