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Updated : 03/25/2014 16:13 GMT + 7
A sea turtle, 1.2 meters in
length and 0.7 meter in width, has been released back into the sea after it was
found Monday being stuck in the net of a fisherman in central Vietnam.
Nguyen Van, a fisherman in Thua
Thien-Hue Province, saw a large creature that looked like a turtle stuck in his
net while he was fishing in the Tam Giang lagoon yesterday morning.
Van then reported to local authorities and relevant agencies later confirmed that the creature is a sea turtle.
He said this is the largest turtle, weighing 80 kilograms, 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.
Earlier on March 7, two other locals also found a sea turtle, which was 75 cm long and 40 cm wide and weighed about 24kg, near the same lagoon and notified local authorities.
Concerned agencies set it free in the sea afterward.
Van then reported to local authorities and relevant agencies later confirmed that the creature is a sea turtle.
He said this is the largest turtle, weighing 80 kilograms, 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.
Earlier on March 7, two other locals also found a sea turtle, which was 75 cm long and 40 cm wide and weighed about 24kg, near the same lagoon and notified local authorities.
Concerned agencies set it free in the sea afterward.
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