VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) – A U.S. Coast Guard Station Cortez crew freed an entangled loggerhead sea turtle Sunday about a mile offshore between Venice Inlet and Big Sarasota Pass, the Coast Guard said.
A U.S. Coast Guard Station Cortez crew freed an entangled loggerhead sea turtle Sunday about a mile offshore between Venice Inlet and Big Sarasota Pass, the Coast Guard said(US Coast Guard)
Reserve and active-duty crew members brought the turtle alongside their boat after boat races ended in the area.
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They removed an entangling line and released the turtle, according to a social media post from U.S. Coast Guard Southeast.
The turtle swam away under its own power, the Coast Gu
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