TEDs, sewn into them, which are designed to protect the endangered Kemp's Ridley turtle.

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Shrimpers hated TEDs for obvious reasons: they were a pain to install and maintain, and resulted in some shrimp getting lost.

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TEDs have already cost them 10% of their catch.

ECONOMIST: The shrimping industry

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Turtle excluder devices, or TEDs, consisted of a set of bars and an opening in the trawl net: shrimp passed through the bars, but anything large enough would hit them and be guided out through the opening.

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