Caught in the Net: The Conflict Between Shrimpers and Conservationists
(Part of the Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History Series)
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In the summer and fall of 1989, hundreds of shrimpers captained their vessels into position to blockade the ports and waterways of the Gulf of Mexico. These shrimpers, challenging the use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) required to protect turtles from being caught in shrimp nets, felt themselves caught in the net of government regulation. Their action, the largest protest over marine resources in the history of the United States, was only the most...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0890966699
ISBN13:9780890966693
Release Date:January 1996
Publisher:Texas A&M University Press
Length:176 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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