US Supreme Court Ruling Hinders Louisiana Shrimpers

The Times-Picayune reports that the United States Supreme Court rejected an animal rights group's appeal for stricter enforcement of a rule that would place the same restrictions on foreign shrimpers as their Louisiana counterparts. The 1989 law requires foreign shrimpers who sell their catches in the United States to use turtle excluder devices, which reduces the catch by also releasing shrimp. The court made its decision without comment.

Posted by AJR at April 8, 2003 10:24 AM