Sea Turtle Rescue: Tangled in Fishing Net
NOAA scientists clearing the Pacific Ocean of discarded fishing nets and other dangerous trash found a green sea turtle still alive but entangled in a net. The divers were able to cut the net and free the turtle. Mark Manuel, the operations manager of NOAA s Coral Reef Ecosystem Division s Marine Debris Project in the northern Hawaiian islands, describes the untangling. VIDEO: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration SENIOR PRODUCER: Jeff Hertrick ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Jed Winer EDITOR: Jennifer Murph
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