Sentence Correction (SC) | Last week local shrimpers held a news conference to take some credit f

Last week local shrimpers held a news conference to take some credit for the resurgence of the rare Kemp's ridley turtle, saying that their compliance with laws requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect adult sea turtles.

The subject of the clause introduced by saying that is the singular noun compliance. This subject requires the singular form of the verb protect. The clearest, most economical way to describe the laws in question is to follow the word laws with a present
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