A tagged sea turtle that was captured on September 30^th 2021 on Nevis, has been returned to the Federation’s waters.

That is according to Deputy Director of Marine Resources and President of the Nevis Turtle Group, Mr. Lemuel Pemberton.

Mr. Lemuel Pemberton.

Early Thursday morning, Mr. Pemberton issued an appeal to the individual(s) responsible, to release the Hawksbill turtle back into the ocean.

In past turtle hunting incidents, Mr. Pemberton explained to VONNEWSLINE that the season for harvesting sea turtles starts on October 1^st and ends on February 28^th the following year. He went further to explain that as long as the turtles are not nesting within 100 yards of the shore or below the minimum size, as stipulated in the regulations, they would be safe to harvest.