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Species Protection: National Marine Fisheries Service Enforcement Efforts

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date June 21, 1993
Report No. RCED-93-127BR
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During 1991 congressional hearings, shrimp fishermen from the Gulf of Mexico complained that federal agencies were overly aggressive in enforcing regulations requiring turtle eluder devices, which create a hole in shrimp nets allowing trapped turtles to escape. This briefing report examines how enforcement practices under the Endangered Species Act compare with the enforcement of other fisheries and marine protection laws. GAO presents statistical data on the level of federal agencies' enforcement efforts and penalties assessed to enforce four major fisheries and marine species protection laws in the southeastern United States.

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