Sea Turtle Rescue: Tangled in Fishing Net
Transcript
MARK MANUEL, OPERATIONS MANAGER, NOAA FISHERIES CORAL REEF
ECOSYSTEM DIVERSION:
Our primary objective is to survey and remove derelict
fishing gear, specifically nets, for the
purpose of removing entangled matter. And in some cases we’re fortunate enough
to get on scene to find turtles or monk seals entangled. In this case we located the net first and
then we realize that there was a green sea turtle entangled on the other side.
And who knows how long he would’ve survived being entangled.
But we're fortunate enough to get a boat team on it and cut
it away carefully. And as you can see by the video it was a very enlightening
feeling to see it actually swim off on
its own and, um, feeling that we just save
one turtle. It was a bonus effort and at
the end of the day we also remove the net. So it was a win-win situation for us.
