Outrage on social media about tourist allegedly catching ‘baby turtles’
“Went to White Bay JVD yesterday and observed a tourist catching one of the baby turtles that’s always in the area feeding. We shouted at them to tell them release it and shockingly, the captain (local captain) operating his sailing vessel shunned us away,” Facebook user Alex Fahie posted on The Real BVI Community Board on July 29, 2024.
Fahie alleged that the guests proceeded to the back of their sailing vessel “out of our view and what looked like they tossed the turtle in the back of a dinghy.”
He said other guests from another boat shouted at them to release the turtle but the tourist that caught it said he already did “which was a lie as we can see there was another guy in the same dinghy taking pictures of it”.
Fahie further said he observed the captain pointing out another turtle to the guests as if he was telling him to catch that one also.
“We watched the tourist put his mask back on and hopped in the water to catch the other one. At this point we were all watching him which made him pause as the turtle he was after was right in front of him. The captain needs to be fined heavily!” Fahie stated.
Outrage
Many on social media condemned the alleged actions, with some pointing out that it is illegal to handle the turtles even if it’s just for taking pictures.
One person said the Fisheries Department and Marine Police were notified of the incident.
There was also some dispute about the name of the vessel and who the boat, a catamaran, belonged to.
Our news site will not mention the name of the vessel alleged, as we cannot confirm the information.
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18 Responses to “Outrage on social media about tourist allegedly catching ‘baby turtles’”
no problem
if it was one of we, look drama and commission of Inquiry
Completely agree that the law should be enforced, but this is a poor example.
Or in other countries. "free the Drew" my a$$!
Stop comparing a grown caught animal in season to a baby which has not been able to reproduce.
Kill only when you have to.
Which in our modern day is never.
CNN recently reported that It is thought that 90% of the planet's fish stocks have already been used up.
But what would the seas look like if we did decide to permanently stop fishing?
Two trirds of the world's population that rely of fishery as a mean part of our diet, would lose a mean source of our food supply
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230721-what-would-happen-if-we-stopped-fishing
Asking this simple question can provide a surprising insight into the profound impact we are currently having on the planet's largest ecosystem and reveals to us questions of what we can do to help the ocean fishery to recover.
https://www.myvuenews.com/agriculture-minister-focused-on-doubling-seafood-exports/
During 2018 the Bahamas Agricultural Minister revealed a proposal to double seafood exports from the $90 million in revenue which gave way for lobsters to be farmed
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/rock-lobster-farm-could-soon-be-coming-menu-near-you-180965064/
Should we be Farming:
• Lobsters
• Snappers
• Parrot Fish
Just a note for you and your audience to think about
Should we be Farming Lobster, Snappers and Parrott Fish for local consumption and engage themselves into a local Fishery Release Program???
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CNN recently reported that It is thought that 90% of the planet's fish stocks have already been used up.
But what would the seas look like if we did decide to permanently stop fishing?
Two trirds of the world's population that rely of fishery as a mean part of our diet, would lose a mean source of our food supply
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230721-what-would-happen-if-we-stopped-fishing
Asking this simple question can provide a surprising insight into the profound impact we are currently having on the planet's largest ecosystem and reveals to us questions of what we can do to help the ocean fishery to recover.
https://www.myvuenews.com/agriculture-minister-focused-on-doubling-seafood-exports/
During 2018 the Bahamas Agricultural Minister revealed a proposal to double seafood exports from the $90 million in revenue which gave way for lobsters to be farmed
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/rock-lobster-farm-could-soon-be-coming-menu-near-you-180965064/
Should we be Farming Fisheries like:
• Lobsters
• Snappers
• Parrot Fish
Just a note for you and your audience to think about
Should we be Farming Lobster, Snappers and Parrott Fish for local consumption and engage themselves into a local Fishery Release Program???
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/xnujxnYPHF46zMKj/?mibextid=jmPrMh