7/8/2018
A call came in at 1145 from Holly  working at Anaehoomalu Bay, Waikoloa, HI.  Turtle floating in water in front of Ocean Sports beach shack.  There was fishing line entangled around both front flippers and down mouth.

Arrived at A bay at 1215 and turtle was placed in a carrier and brought to a shady area on land.  Fishing line (5 lb test) had not cut in to left and right shoulder areas and was removed.  4 strands of line were down the throat and were cut as far down the throat as I could reach as the line would not come out.

Holly with the line entangled turtle.  She stayed in the water with it while I drove down to pick it up.. Awesome dedication.

You can see the light weight monofilament fishing line around both front flippers and the neck.  The line was not to tightly wrapped but it did go down the turlte's throat so I suspect that the real problem is internal. 

As you can see the plastron is very sunken and the turtle is severely emaciated.

Specifics about the Recovery

Location:  Anaehoomalu Bay, Hawaii Island

Lat:  19.915828 N

Long: -155.886837

CCW:  61.5

SCW: 57.0

Tags:  LHF = 407A424351

           RHF = 445438347B

           RFL = K453

Fishing line entangled and line swallowed.

Extremely emaciated and very lethargic- Held overnight for evaluation