{"id":426687,"date":"2026-10-13T15:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/426687\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:50:18","slug":"coast-guard-crew-saves-sea-turtle-found-with-fishing-line-wrapped-around-neck-off-tampa-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/426687\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard crew saves sea turtle found with fishing line wrapped around neck off Tampa &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TAMPA, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of a sea turtle in trouble off the coast of Tampa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During its patrol of the coastline, Sunday, the crew from Coast Guard Station Cortez noticed the marine reptile in serious distress about a mile offshore, between Venice Inlet and Big Sarasota Pass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crew discovered a crab pot line wrapped tightly around the loggerheard\u2019s neck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They carefully untangled it and released the turtle, which they estimated to be between 25 and 40 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wildlife officials released the video to remind fishermen and crabbers to use weighted lines that sink to the sea floor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abandoned gear can also be reported to local authorities. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of a sea turtle in trouble&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-426687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}