Unsuccessful Attempts To Find Turtle In Difficulty
On Monday morning [Sept 18] local officials received a report of a “turtle in difficulty observed tangled in debris and plastic line,” prompting the RBR Coast Guard to search the area to try and assist the turtle, however unfortunately they were unable to locate it.
A Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre spokesperson said, “Monday 18th September, 10:10am – Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre, received a 2nd hand report of a turtle in difficulty, observed tangled in debris and plastic line, in the vicinity of Pompano Beach.
“The RBR Coast Guard where tasked to conduct a search of the area, to try and locate the distressed animal, while communicating with the shore side reports, Coast Guard vessel 41I, who was tasked to conduct a search of the area, was unfortunately unable to locate the turtle.”
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