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Posts tagged with: boat strike

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Study Confirms Belizean Manatees Face Similar Fate to Florida Manatees, Death by Boat Strike

Posted June 14, 2022

Data collected by the Belize Marine Mammal Stranding Network found that collision with watercraft accounted for the main cause of manatee strandings over a 23-year period, from 1997 to 2019.

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Moira Rose Returns Home After Recovering From Boat Strike

Posted December 2, 2021

Clearwater Marine Aquarium released Moira Rose, a green sea turtle who was found floating with a boat strike injury on October 16, 2021.

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Sea Turtle Hospital Patient – Moira Rose

Updated August 18, 2022 Posted October 26, 2021

Moira Rose is a sub-adult, green sea turtle who was found buoyant and with a boat strike injury in Crystal River in Citrus County on October 16, 2021.

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Green Sea Turtles Released After Recovering From Injuries

Posted December 9, 2020

Clearwater Marine Aquarium released Crunch and Lemonhead, two juvenile green sea turtles, on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at Fred Howard Park.

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Sea Turtle Hospital Patient – Crunch

Updated December 9, 2020 Posted August 18, 2020

Crunch is a juvenile, green sea turtle who was found in the Crystal River area on August 6 with a boat strike injury to his carapace (shell).

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