The Aquatic Resource Exploitation and Protection Sub-Department of south-central Thanh Hoa province on Saturday released an endangered precious rare turtle that got caught in a fisherman’s net into the sea in good health condition.
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The sea turtle is 1 meter long and 0.8 meter wide, and weighs about 70 kg, the agency said.
The turtle has a brownish yellow and a small scratch on its shell.
It was earlier caught in the net of a local fisherman, Le Ngoc Sung in Hai Ninh Commune, Tinh Gia District.
Sung and some local fishermen then brought the animal ashore and took care of it before reporting their finding to the local authorities.
After taking care of it, the department let the sea turtle return to the ocean.
The turtle belongs a species with scientific name Chelonia mydas and of the Cheloniidae family, which can grow as long as 1.2 meters and weigh up to 230 kg.
Cheloniidae is the endangered, precious and rare turtle species, listed among the species with a high risk of extinction.
It is listed in Vietnam Red Book and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) listed the Cheloniidae among the wild animals.
Even their eggs need to be protected from being captured, traded or transported.
Another large turtle was also released to the sea in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on March 24, 2014.
The sea turtle is 1.2 meters in length and 0.7 meter in width, and weighs about 80 kg.
Nguyen Van, a local fisherman, saw the turtle stuck in his net while he was fishing in the Tam Giang lagoon that day.
He said this is the largest turtle that he has ever seen while fishing in the lagoon so far.
The man added that the turtles he had caught before only weighed several kilos each.
The provincial Aquatic Resource Exploitation and Protection Sub-Department later transported the turtle to the Vinh Tu sea mouth and let it loose.
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