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Daily two or three lifeless turtles appear between Montevideo and Rocha. Some recent cases were in Santa Monica (kilometer 178 of route 10 in Maldonado) and in Bello Horizonte beach (km 56 of the Interbalnearia route).
“The causes differ, in Rocha the Brazilian fishing boats fish turtles in their nets, while on the Montevideo side the issue is with the trawlers, we have talked with them and they do not really intend on the turtle, They are looking for fish, “Alejandro Fallabrino, director of the NGO Karumbé, who works on conservation and environmental education, told Montevideo Portal.
“The loggerhead turtle has a theme that is when the trawl quickly rises and the decompression syndrome occurs, which causes the turtles to fill with bubbles and when they reach the ship they are semi alive, then they go back to the sea and there they appear stranded in the area, “he added.
The loggerhead turtle is an animal that feeds especially on snails, crabs and fish and the Río de la Plata is an area where there is abundance, so the turtles are in the areas of fishing boats. Pollution is the other reason why these animals die in the Uruguayan coasts.
Karumbé has not stopped receiving messages for a month. “The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recommends continuing with responsible fishing, some countries are trying to catch only fish and continue with these habits Unfortunately there are fewer and fewer fish and the nets need more hours in the water, that’s why more turtles are captured, “Fallabrino said.
Courtesy of montevideo.com.uy
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