Tortoiseshell weighs about ten pounds and is in good physical condition
Jinyang News At about 6:45 p.m. on the 30th, the Fishery Administration Brigade of the Ecological Resources and Environment Comprehensive Law Enforcement Bureau of Shenzhen Dapeng New Area received a call from a local fisherman, saying that he had found a turtle near Da'ao Bay in Dapeng New District and asked the fishery administration department to assist in releasing it. Fishery officials rushed to the scene and confirmed that this was a national second-level key protected wild animal hawksbill turtle, and the tortoiseshell was almost extinct in china's coastal waters due to its special value.
Ouyang Zhiqiang, 48, a resident of Xiasha Community at the Dapeng Office in Dapeng New District, said he had been fishing for nearly 30 years. On the afternoon of August 30, he was driving a fishing boat to fish near Tai O Bay, and it was close to 6 p.m., when the sky began to sink, but he found something wrapped around the net, and he looked at a turtle. Ouyang Zhiqiang dialed the shenzhen Dapeng Fishery Administration Brigade and reported the matter. The duty personnel of the Dapeng Fishery Administration Brigade quickly arrived at the scene, and it was confirmed that it was a tortoiseshell, weighing more than ten pounds. After confirming that the tortoiseshell was in good health, the fishery officials sailed it to the deep sea to release it. When he learned that the tortoiseshell was safely released, Ouyang Zhiqiang said that he hoped that other fishermen would be like him, and if they found or mistakenly caught protected animals such as turtles, they must report to the fishery administration department as soon as possible.
Researchers at the Shenzhen Research Institute of Guangdong Ocean University said that the tortoiseshell itself is smaller than the green turtle, generally only about half a meter long, and the largest is less than 2 meters. Because the plate of the tortoiseshell, which is commonly known as the shell, has a smooth surface and has a brown and yellowish pattern, it is hunted in large numbers as decorative items, and even to make spectacle frames. And some Chinese medicine practitioners believe that tortoiseshell nail tablets can be used in medicine, so the number of tortoiseshells offshore In China has decreased sharply in recent years. It is understood that in the world, hawksbill turtles have been listed as protected animals in the CITESI level of the Washington Convention. The List of Wild Animals under National Key Protection in China was formulated in 1988, when hawksbill turtles were listed as second class. But experts say that in recent years, with overfishing, hawksbill turtles have long been endangered species, almost extinct off the coast of China.
