Coast Guard releases over 200 sea turtles off Florida coast
Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo
MIAMI — Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale crew members released more than 200 sea turtles Monday approximately 10 miles off the Fort Lauderdale coast.
Working with the Gumbo Limbo Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center, the boat crew released Green, Loggerhead, and Hawksbill sea turtles from multiple sea turtle hospitals along the Florida East Coast...
Coast Guard releases rehabilitated sea turtles near Port Aransas
A member of Texas State Aquarium Wildlife Rescue Center in partnership with Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi releases two rehabilitated sea turtle hatchlings on March 29, 2019 near Port Aransas, Texas. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Station Port Aransas.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard, in partnership with the Texas State Aquarium Wildlife Rescue Center, released two rehabilitated sea turtles...
Coast Guard, Turtle Hospital crews release 150-pound Loggerhead Sea Turtle near Key West
A Coast Guard Station Key West 45-foot Response Boat—Medium boatcrew release Drifter, a 150-pound Loggerhead Sea Turtle, back to the wild near Key West, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Karrie Jeffries
MIAMI — A Coast Guard Station Key West 45-foot Response Boat—Medium boatcrew and personnel from the Turtle Hospital released Drifter, a Loggerhead Sea Turtle, back to...
Coast Guard transports 5 endangered sea turtles to Miami for rehabilitation
MIAMI — A Coast Guard aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts, transports five endangered Loggerhead sea turtles to Miami Wednesday.
Sea turtles, including Loggerheads, feed in Cape Cod Bay during the summer months and frequently become trapped by the geography of the Cape Cod pennisula, which prevents them from swimming south as colder weather arrives in the fall. All sea...
Coast Guard assists in release of more than 600 sea turtles off Boca Raton coast
MIAMI — More than 600 baby sea turtles were released back into the Atlantic Ocean Monday in a joint effort between the Coast Guard and the Gumbo-Limbo Nature Center.
In support of the Coast Guard’s commitment to protecting endangered species and the marine environment, crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida, transported marine scientists and volunteers from the Gumbo Limbo...
Coast Guard to assist in release of more than 570 sea turtle hatchlings
MIAMI — More than 570 baby sea turtles are scheduled to be released back into the Atlantic Ocean Monday in a joint effort between the Coast Guard and the Gumbo-Limbo Nature Center.
In support of the Coast Guard’s commitment to protecting endangered species and the marine environment, crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida, will transport marine scientists and volunteers from...
Coast Guard, Mote Marine Laboratory release rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle
Crew members from Coast Guard Station Cortez, Florida, and MOTE Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, release a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle into the wild in Lido Key, Florida, Friday, May 8, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ashley J. Johnson)
CORTEZ, Fla.—The Coast Guard and Mote Marine Laboratory released a rehabilitated 255 lb loggerhead sea turtle into the wild...
Coast Guard rescues injured sea turtle
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard rescued a severely injured loggerhead sea turtle in Fire Island Inlet, July 10, 2014.
A boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Fire Island was transiting the inlet when they observed what they thought was a person in the water waving their arms for help. When they maneuvered closer, they realized it was a three-foot turtle with large gashes on its shell.
Crew members from Coast...
Coast Guard rescues distressed turtle near Longboat Pass
SARASOTA, Fla. — A Coast Guard Station Cortez boatcrew rescued a loggerhead turtle near Longboat Pass Inlet off Sarasota, Fla., Sunday.
The boatcrew was on patrol in the area when they were hailed by a passing mariner reporting the turtle’s distress.
“We don’t get a chance to save wildlife often, but when we do this mission it’s very rewarding.” said Petty Officer...
