Sea Turtle Rescue Program

Aug 02

Buck

Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Buck Hall boat landing, McClellanville, SC Arrival Date: 07/20/2014 Age: Juvenile Weight: 34.3 kg (~75 lb.) Case History This juvenile loggerhead was found lethargic and floating by Buck Hall boat landing in McClellanville, SC by a recreational fisherman who contacted the South Carolina Department of…
Aug 02

Blu

Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Folly Beach Fishing Pier Arrival Date: 07/11/2014 Age: Juvenile Weight: 4.0 kg (~9 lb.) Case History This young Kemp’s ridley was caught on hook and line by a pier fisherman on the evening of July 11. The turtle swallowed the hook so the fisherman…
Jul 09

Briar is Returning Home

If you have visited the South Carolina Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital in the past year, then you have met Briar. This large loggerhead is greeted daily with oohs and ahhs from guests due to her large size but they are even more captivated after hearing her story. Briar stranded on…
Jul 09

Our Amazon Wish List

Sea Turtle Rescue Program Amazon Wish List Thousands of guests tour the South Carolina Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital each year and we are overwhelmed and grateful for the positive feedback we receive. After visiting the sick and injured sea turtles, many are eager to learn about ways to support the…
Jul 08

Trawler

Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Caught by SCDNR research vessel off of Dewees Island Arrival Date: 06/27/2014 Age: Juvenile Weight: 60.6 kg Case History This 123-pound juvenile loggerhead was captured by the SCDNR trawling vessel, the R/V Lady Lisa, and had an unfortunate encounter with a stingray that was caught…
Jun 27

Remley

Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Remley’s Point, Mt. Pleasant, SC Arrival Date: 06/22/2014 Age: Juvenile Weight: 2.4 kg (~5 lb.) Case History This little sea turtle is the second Kemp’s ridley admitted this month after being caught on hook-and-line by a recreational fisherman. A nearby resident safely confined this…
Jun 27

Lazarus

Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Garden City, SC Arrival Date: 06/07/2014 Age: Juvenile Weight: 32.4 kg (~72 lb.) Case History Emaciated, lethargic, and near death, this juvenile loggerhead stranded on the beach near Calhoun Street in Garden City. Local S.C.U.T.E. nesting beach volunteers assisted with the timely rescue and transport…
Jun 25

Bay

Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Edisto Beach State Park Environmental Learning Center fishing pier Arrival Date: 06/05/2014 Age: Juvenile Weight: 4.8 kg (~11 lb.) Case History A fisherman at Edisto Beach State Park captured this small juvenile Kemp’s ridley on hook-and-line, an occurrence which is becoming more common as…
Jun 11

Amelia Now Swimming the Warm Waters of the Atlantic Ocean

CHARLESTON, S.C. — June 9, 2014 — It is a happy ending for a small sea turtle found lifeless in a Lowcountry saltmarsh. This past January a family found Amelia, a 10-pound juvenile green sea turtle, cold and lethargic in a marsh on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The family…
Jun 04

Mitchel

loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Hilton Head Island Arrival Date: 05/14/2014 Age: Juvenile Weight: 28.4 kg Case History The third sea turtle to strand alive this past week was found near Hilton Head Island, a location where a significant number of our sea turtle hospital patients have been rescued from…
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