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Touching sea turtles while snorkeling or diving is subject to a NT$300,000 fine, but this doesn’t apply when saving them. A snorkeling guide in Penghu recently encountered two sea turtles trapped in fishing nets while leading a tourist group. The divers used scissors to carefully cut the net off the turtles and untangled them, rescuing the two baby animals.

Divers haul up a clump of tangled fishing net with two small sea turtles squirming inside. One takes a pair of scissors and starts to cut them free.

They carefully cut the baby turtles free, untangling them one string at a time to make sure not to harm them. One had part of the net wrapped around its neck and was struggling to breathe, but thankfully they got it free in time.

The captain notified authorities at the closest port in Qimei and turned the ship around to get them treatment as soon as possible.

Voice of Yeh Sheng-hung
Captain
I saw what looked like sea turtles out of the corner of my eye. I told the divers to hold on a second and went back to check, and it turned out there were two sea turtles tangled up in a net.

The captain was taking tourists snorkeling in the waters around Qimei, south of Penghu, when he noticed a fishing net on the water’s surface with something moving inside. He turned around and managed to rescue two baby sea turtles.

Hsueh Chieh-yin
Penghu Agriculture and Fisheries Bureau secretary
After the coast guard and county personnel were notified that two sea turtles had been found entangled in a fishing net, the turtles were sent to a sea turtle research center for observation and treatment.

A similar incident occurred on Xiaoliuqiu recently. Divers said a sea turtle was swimming toward them when they realized it was completely entangled in a fishing line.

The divers used a small knife to carefully cut the tangled line, allowing the turtle to swim freely once again. Thanks to helpful divers around Taiwan, these turtles were able to escape danger.

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