Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Coffin Point Beach, Beaufort, SC Arrival Date: 11/13/19 Age: Juvenile Weight: 5.9 pounds Case History Ma was found washed up on the beach by a passerby on the first day of South Carolina's annual cold snap. Winds were high as the…
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Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Garden City, SC Arrival Date: 10/31/19 Age: Juvenile Weight: 4.73 pounds Case History On October 31, 2019, Michael Myers was found on Halloween morning stranded on the shore near Garden City Pier. He was found by a beachgoer named Candy Colonna,…
Sep
19
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Cherry Grove, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Arrival Date: 8/20/2019 Age: Sub-adult Weight: 40.3 lbs Case History Nobi was found by a fisherman named Joseph Elliot in Cherry Grove, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Nobi was swimming in circles in the water, seemingly…
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17
You may have noticed we had fewer public releases in 2019 than in prior years. Because public sea turtle releases are much anticipated and celebrated in Charleston, we wanted to be sure to shed some light on why. How Do We Determine Public or Quiet? There are many moving…
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Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Cherry Grove Pier, Myrtle Beach, SC Arrival Date: 8/13/2019 Age: Juvenile Weight: 10.5 lbs Case History Ed was hooked by a fisherman on Tuesday, August 13, 2019. A group of women on the pier assisted in getting Ed to the beach. They saw that Ed had braided…
Aug
16
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Kiawah Island, SC Arrival Date: 8/6/2019 Age: Juvenile Weight: 9.5 lbs Case History Shenzi was hooked by a surf fisherman early in the afternoon on Tuesday, August 8, 2019. Cindy Lockhart, a South Carolina Department of Natural Resources permit holder responded to…
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Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Cherry Grove Fishing Pier, North Myrtle Beach, SC Arrival Date: 6/22/2019 Age: Juvenile Weight: 3.08 kgs (7 pounds) Case History Sarafina was caught on hook and line at the Cherry Grove Fishing Pier in North Myrtle Beach. The fisherman removed the hook, but was concerned for…
Jul
01
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Cherry Grove Fishing Pier, North Myrtle Beach, SC Arrival Date: 6/23/2019 Age: Juvenile Weight: 3.85 kgs (8.5 pounds) Case History On an early Sunday morning, Rafiki was caught on hook-and-line at the Cherry Grove Fishing Pier in North Myrtle Beach. Rafiki appeared to have swallowed the…
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10
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Hunting Island State Park, SC Arrival Date: 6/3/19 Age: Adult female Weight: 118.6 kgs (260 pounds) Case History Banzai was spotted stranded on a sand bar at low tide by visitors to Hunting Island State Park. When the visitors approached, they noticed some…
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07
Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Myrtle Beach State Park Pier, SC Arrival Date: 5/27/2019 Age: Juvenile Weight:2.0 kgs (4.4 pounds) Case History Scar was accidentally hooked at the Myrtle Beach State Park Pier. Thankfully, a fisherman pulled him up using a dip net as the hook…
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