Posts tagged as:

environment

plastic-bags

Immense, powerful and eternal – all words that have been used to describe the ocean. Yet in spite of its timeless beauty, most of us are starting to realize the ocean is actually a fragile place. What’s the greatest threat facing the deep blue? Take your pick. Global fish populations are being depleted rapidly due [...]

{ 1 comment }

As the Sea Turtle Nesting Team was out patrolling the beaches, they discovered a mama loggerhead nesting. This is normally done at night so it was quite a special treat to see this happening in broad daylight. NESTING SEASON UPDATE: The 2011 sea turtle nesting season is off to a good start. As of July [...]

{ 2 comments }

cmalogo

The Nest was Found on Sand Key Beach on May 5th Clearwater, Fla. (July 1, 2011) –Loggerhead hatchlings made their way to the water last night marking the beginning of an important time at Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA). Staff and volunteers have located 60 nests so far this season, which is up from 44 nests last [...]

{ 0 comments }

wally-release

Today marked the 10th successful sea turtle release for Clearwater Marine Aquarium so far this year. Wally is a juvenile Kemps Ridley that came to CMA on May 18th. A fisherman caught Wally at the Redington Beach Pier on his line. Wally had swallowed the fisherman’s baited hook along with some heavy test line. …

{ 0 comments }