JONESPORT — The U.S. Coast Guard has come to the aid of an entangled sea turtle south of Great Duck Island.
Crewmembers aboard the cutter Moray noticed a lobster buoy moving erratically in the water near the boat while conducting a routine boarding of a fishing vessel.
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Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Moray free an entangled turtle south of Great Duck Island on Wednesday. The crew was conducting a routine boarding of a fishing vessel when they noticed the turtle was caught in a lobster pot line. U.S. Coast Guard photo
The crew pulled alongside the buoy Wednesday and noticed the turtle entangled in the line and unable to swim away or dive.
They helped out the turtle and watched it swim off.
The Moray is an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Jonesport.
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