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GRAYTON BEACH — A photographer hopes his images of a dead sea turtle snagged onto an artificial reef by a fishing net Friday will help raise awareness of marine endangerment. Chandler Williams, owner ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two men were able to help a turtle that was entangled in fishing line. Kalaninui Akau was spearfishing with a friend off Makaha when they found the entangled turtle. He ...

TEXAS CITY, Texas (KTRK) -- A sea turtle that couldn't get free after it got tangled up in a fishing line was rescued near Texas City Dike, officials announced on Tuesday. The Gulf Center for Sea ...

Two endangered sea turtles were likely mating when they got tangled up in something else, according to officials in Texas. The adult green sea turtles — one male and one female — were found entangled ...

(NBC) – An off-duty marine resources enforcement officer helped save a 150-pound loggerhead sea turtle over the weekend. Liz Lyne, a 20-year veteran of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — A sea turtle found tangled in fishing line and missing a flipper was returned to the ocean on Tuesday after undergoing rehabilitation at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in ...

This loggerhead sea turtle was rescued July 5 off the Florida Panhandle, with a tangle of fishing rods, fishing line and hooks stuck to it, the Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park reports. Gulfarium ...