RESCUE OF ENTANGLED TURTLE AT HILTON WAIKOLOA
A text from Dolphin Quest (DQ) (1421 h) said that a tourist reported a basking turtle with fishing line around its flippers. The personnel at DQ agreed to go and keep an eye on the turtle while I drove down. I got there at 1455 h and walked out to the area where they were observing the turtle. We restrained the turtle and removed the fishing line from around the left and right front flippers. There were no injuries from the entanglement. On viewing the ventral side I noted that the plastron was sunken.. Emaciation code 1.
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| The DQ team kept an eye on the entangled turtle in case it decided to go back in the water. |
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| This 60 cm turtle (CCL) had fishing line around its two front flippers and its neck. We were able to remove the line without problem. |
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| Here is the line and golf ball "sinker" that was around the flippers and neck of the Honu. |
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| Here I apply a PIT tag to the left hind flipper of the honu. |
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| With all the line removed, the honu looks healthy and ready for release. |
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| The team DQ and I lift the turtle up and transport it back to the water for release. |
Two PIT tags were applied (LH and RH)-see below
Turtle was released at 1540 and swam away vigorously.
Location:
19.926932°N
155.886793°W
Species: Cm
CCL = 63 CM
Time of Capture: 1515 h
Time of Release: 1540 h
New Tags: LH = 4C3D133F2F
RH =4853370C0E
E CODE= 1
Total time for incident: 100 minutes. Distance = 32 miles
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