Nandu News "This is the first time we have installed a locator for turtle on Dong'ao Island. We hope that after helping the turtle return to the sea, people can still meet it in the clouds." On October 27, the beach of Dazhuwan, Dong'ao Island, Zhuhai was crowded with people. Experts, islanders, staff from various relevant departments, etc. gathered here to release the two rescued turtles back to the sea. Previously, they had been "retreated" on the island for 38 days.
On the beach of Dazhuwan, Dong'ao Island, everyone greeted the turtles to return to the sea
The reporter learned that on September 19, the Dong'ao Police Station of Zhuhai City rescued these two green turtles in a fishing platoon in the Baili Island sea breeding area. Two sea turtles are one big and one small, the largest weighs nearly 200 kilograms and the smallest weighs about 50 kilograms. This breed is a national first-class protected wild animal. "When two sea turtles were found, their bodies were covered with seaweed moss, barnacle and green mouth . They swam slowly, mostly floating on the sea surface, do not eat, and are in poor condition." Lai Shaofeng, instructor of Dong'ao Police Station, told reporters.
Big sea turtle weighing nearly 200 kilograms
After 38 days of conservation at Wanshan Marine Biological Science Museum, they not only gradually recovered their normal physical fitness, but their wounds have been healed. After evaluation and consultation by experts and relevant departments, it was decided to release them to the sea.
"Goodbye, 'anter turtle', always go back to the island to play when you have time!" Liu Min was installing a tracking locator for the turtle. When the onlookers saw the "anter" bonded to their backs, they couldn't help but sigh with reluctance and joy. Liu Min is a professor at the School of Ocean and Earth, Xiamen University. After learning about this, she attached great importance to it and made a special trip to Dong'ao Island to install tracking and positioning instruments for sea turtles.
Xiada Experts are "plugging antennas" for turtles
"This is the first time we have installed a locator for turtles on Dong'ao Island. We hope that after helping turtles return to the sea, people can still meet them in the clouds." Liu Min told reporters.
Release ceremony Fan Xiaobin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Wanshan Town, said that he hopes that through this release of sea turtles, he will continue to gather the ideological consensus of "protecting sea turtles and protecting the ocean". 0 Wanshan Town will also take this event as a new starting point to further implement the concept of "green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains", take it as its mission to create a better marine ecological environment, strive to be the "vanguard" of ecological civilization construction in the new era, and promote the sustainable development of marine fishery.
Editor: Nandu intern reporter Qiu Yi
