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Green Sea Turtle Release at Fred Howard Park – Small Fry

Updated Mar 23, 2020 | Posted Mar 20, 2020 | Released Animals, Releases

Clearwater Marine Aquarium released Small Fry, a juvenile green sea turtle on Thursday, March 19, 2020, after three months of rehab care.

Green Sea Turtle Release at Clearwater Beach – Olivia

Posted Mar 11, 2020 | Released Animals, Releases

Clearwater Marine Aquarium released Olivia, a large juvenile green sea turtle on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, after ten months of rehab care.

Loggerhead Sea Turtle Release at Fred Howard Park – Wiley

Updated Feb 23, 2020 | Posted Feb 23, 2020 | Released Animals, Releases

Clearwater Marine Aquarium released Wiley, a sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle on Wednesday, February 19, 2020, after nearly eight months of rehab care.

Two Sea Turtles Released After Months of Rehab – Scooter and Charlie

Updated Jan 31, 2020 | Posted Jan 31, 2020 | Released Animals, Releases

Clearwater Marine Aquarium release Scooter, a loggerhead sea turtle, and Charlie, a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, on January 30, 2020.

Three Sea Turtles Released at Fred Howard Park

Updated Aug 6, 2018 | Posted Apr 17, 2018 | Released Animals

Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) released three sea turtles on Tues., April 17 at Fred Howard Park in Tarpon Springs, FL. The sea turtles included Echo and Papa, two endangered green sea turtles treated for the fibropapilloma virus, and Marigold, a critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle treated for boat strike injuries.

Sea Turtle Hospital Patient – Oat Bran

Updated Aug 5, 2018 | Posted Jul 7, 2017 | Former Patients

On the evening of May 6, 2017, a fisherman accidentally caught a small, juvenile Kemp’s ridley (named Oat Bran) at Pier 60. He had been using squid as bait which attracted Oat Bran to bite and swallow the hook.

Sea Turtle Hospital Patient – Iris

Updated Jan 16, 2019 | Posted Nov 23, 2016 | Former Patients

A local fisherman found Iris, a juvenile Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, on September 25th, 2016 entangled in a crab trap in Chassahowitzka River, Citrus County, FL. The crab trap had entangled Iris’s left front flipper creating a deep laceration, and causing the flipper to swell as well as causing a laceration on the dorsal side of her neck.

Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Release – Nyx

Updated Aug 5, 2018 | Posted Nov 22, 2016 | Released Animals

NYX Juvenile, Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) RELEASED: November 22nd, 2016 Nyx is a juvenile Kemp’s ridley sea turtle that came to CMA on October 10th, 2016. He was found floating off the intercoastal in St. Petersburg, FL with a few scutes missing off the...

Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Release – Norbert

Updated Aug 5, 2018 | Posted Jul 13, 2016 | Released Animals

NORBERT Juvenile, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) RELEASED: July 13, 2016 Norbert, a juvenile Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, was brought to Clearwater Marine Aquarium on May 26, 2016 after being caught on a hook off of Pier 60. Clearwater’s popular...

Double Sea Turtle Release – Falcon and Flash

Updated Jul 9, 2019 | Posted Mar 2, 2016 | Released Animals

FALCON Juvenile, Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) RELEASED: March 2, 2016 Falcon, a juvenile green sea turtle, was found floating in the Gulf of Mexico near the Sand Key Park area of Clearwater on January 30, 2016 by some good Samaritans. Falcon came to CMA with a...

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