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[Project] Investigations into the Interaction Between Terrapins and Crab Traps [Project Location] Lanark Reef, Franklin County,FL [Grant] $75,000 [Project Description] 
1. This project seeks to develop a Florida specific understanding of terrapin and blue crab trap interactions. 2. Test a ‘terrapin safe’ crab trap design. 3. Develop a standardized and ecosystem-specific terrapin population survey methodology. 4. Develop a terrapin ‘hotspot map’ of historic and current reported terrapin populations to determine specific areas of potential interaction between crab fishing gear and sensitive populations. 5. Perform a population assessment on reported terrapin groups indicated in the work of Butler and Heinrich 2010 from coastal Franklin to Levy counties. 6. Provide a scientific basis for management actions, which may include rule-making.
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