BACOLOD City – A Hawksbill sea turtle, an endangered species, was rescued by a fisherman in the waters of Barangay Bagumbayan, Valladolid, Negros Occidental.
Emma Flores-Arandilla, head of solid waste management of the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office, said the sea turtle was trapped in the fishing net of a motorized banca.
It weighs one and a half kilogram with a width of 34 centimeters and length of 42 centimeters.
According Flores-Arandilla, fisherman Jerry Tuvilla turned over the animal on Monday to Barangay Kagawad Eusebio Samodio.
“He (Samodio) immediately coordinated with the Menro,” she said, adding that the sea turtle was released back to the sea after the tagging conducted by the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office-Bago./PN