Loggerhead Turtles Saved
In the last few weeks 3 lucky turtles have been saved from certain death thanks to the Blue Water Fishing Group.
Chairman Bill Richardson and skipper John Emmerson came across the poor distressed turtles while out in their boats "The Emma J" and "Second to None". The turtles were entangled by debris floating in the water.
It seems that the fish farmers of Southern Tenerife are not disposing of fish food bags in a proper manner. It appears that after the bags have been cut open and emptied of their contents, they are simply discarded in the water.
The food bags attract the turtles because they still smell of their contents (fish food pellets) and the turtles looking for food, become tangled in them, restricting their movement in the water. If the turtles are unlucky enough to get their heads snared in the bags they are unable to breathe and will die.
The Loggerhead Sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is one of the most common to be seen in the waters of the canaries during their migration. They can grow up to 364 kilos (800 lbs) and is approximately 3 to 4 feet long.
These attractive creatures have lovely colouring with a shell of red-brown and skin of yellow-brown.
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