Sunday, May 19, 2013
Fabien Cousteau sat, swam and took photos of Winter the dolphin during a visit to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium on Thursday.
Fabien Cousteau sat, swam and took photos of Winter the dolphin during a visit to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium on Thursday. Cousteau, the great grandson of famed sea explorer Jacques, was the guest speaker for the dedication and naming ceremony of the new R.O. Jacobson Center for Education and Animal Care facility at the aquarium. The center is part of a $14 million expansion for the aquarium to increase its capabilities to rescue and rehabilitate marine life. The facility offers office space for marine biologists, more lab and work space. There is an 18-foot-deep, 250,000-gallon rooftop pool, other pools for injured sea turtles and space for four North American river otters. Cousteau is the founder of Plant A Fish, a nonprofit dedicated…
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Clearwater Marine Aquarium officials went to release one juvenile Green Sea Turtle in St. Augustine and ended up returning with another ailing terrapin.
Clearwater Marine Aquarium officials went to release one juvenile green sea turtle in St. Augustine and ended up returning with another ailing terrapin. Labatt, a juvenile green sea turtle, was ready for release after more than a year of recovery at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. She was struck by a boat that left blue paint on her severely damaged carapace (top part of the shell) and cracked plastron (bottom part), aquarium officials said. An employee of St. Augustine Ecotours found Labatt on Feb. 14, 2012. She was taken to the Marine Science Center in Volusia County. That is where a small number of fibropapilloma tumors were discovered. Only a few places in Florida treat the condition. The Clearwater Marine Aquarium is one of them. Dr…
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Clearwater Marine Aquarium released Fat Albert and Hold Up, two young sea turtles, at Honeymoon Island on Tuesday morning. Albert, a green turtle, was rescued off of Honeymoon Island in May with buoyancy trouble.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Sea Also: Chilly Waters Welcome Sea Turtles Back to Honeymoon Island
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Clearwater Marine Aquarium turtle team rescuers released a Kemp's Ridley and a green sea turtle at Honeymoon Island State Park on Tuesday morning.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Cold, wispy winds didn’t hinder the release of two rescued turtles at Honeymoon Island State Park on Tuesday morning. Small, white caps tipped the waves nipping at the seawall, inviting “Hold Up” an endangered Kemp's Ridley, and Fat Albert, a juvenile green sea turtle rehabilitated by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, back to the water. Mike Anderson, who heads the aquarium’s turtle program, said the turtles came to the aquarium with different needs. First in the water was Hold Up. The little Kemp's Ridley sea turtle was rescued after being found with a fishing hook in its mouth near the Redington Long Pier. He got his name because he came to the aquarium at the end of a Sunday shift, holding up staff from leaving for the day, Anderson said …
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Drew, a 135-pound loggerhead sea turtle, was released Wednesday morning on Clearwater Beach.
Drew couldn't wait for her release Wednesday morning on Clearwater Beach near the Palm Pavilion. Drew, a 135-pound loggerhead sea turtle, was found emaciated, weighing just 105 pounds, and floating in shallow water near Honeymoon Island on June 30. She was also was having trouble diving when rescuers found her. After a few months of rehabilitation with the Clearwater Marine Aquarium turtle team, Drew was ready to get back to sea. This is the fifth turtle rescued, rehabilitated and released by the aquarium this year. Editor's Note: Photographer Jeremiah Khokhar captured these photos from the release. He posted others on his Facebook page here. Did you make it to the release? Share your photos of Drew here. Just click the "Upload Photos and …
Drew, a 135-pound loggerhead sea turtle, found floating in shallow water near Honeymoon Island this summer will be released Wednesday morning near the Palm Pavilion on Clearwater Beach.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The turtle team at Clearwater Marine Aquarium is preparing to release its fifth rehabilitated turtle of the year. Drew, a 135-pound loggerhead sea turtle rescued near Honeymoon Island, will be released at 10 a.m. Wednesday on Clearwater Beach near the Palm Pavilion. She was emaciated and found floating in shallow water near Honeymoon Island on June 30. Drew also was having trouble diving. She weighed 105 pounds when rescuers first admitted her but has overcome her buoyancy problem and weighs 135 pounds. Related coverage:
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Thirteen sea turtles, the first hatchlings of the season, arrived Saturday from a nest on Sand Key thought to be wiped out because of Tropical Storm Debby, according to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.
Nest No. 5 on Sand Key is one of many thought to be wiped out because of Tropical Storm Debby. Turns out, the nest is the first to offer sea turtle hatchlings this season. Thirteen tiny sea turtles marched to the sea in the early dawn hours of Saturday, July 7, according to Krista Rosado, spokeswoman for the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, which monitors sea turtle nesting along 26 miles of Pinellas Beaches. “We weren’t sure if (the nest) lost them all or not,” Rosado said. Nearly all sea turtle nests were thought to be wiped out. Many eggs from nest No. 5 were washed out. Of the 125 eggs laid in it, only 13 hatched, and really the effects of Debby will not be known until the end of the nesting season, Rosado said. There usually can be up to …
Monday, July 2, 2012
About 120 sea turtle nesting sites were destroyed in the wake of Debby’s damage, according to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.
David Yates called it a tragedy. The last few years seemed pretty good for rebounding sea turtle populations — nesting numbers were steady, the president of the Clearwater Marine Aquarium said. Then this year, already there were about 120 nests, up from about 70 last year, Yates said. But after high water, winds and rains battered the beach as part of Debby’s destruction, Yates estimates about 85 percent of the nests were wiped out. “Beach erosion happens,” Yates said. About 100 volunteers monitor Pinellas beaches during the sea turtle nesting season, which started May 1. Nests are staked off and later watched as the hatchlings make their way to the water by moonlight. There still is hope for this season, Yates said. About 12 new nests …
Friday, May 18, 2012
The juvenile green sea turtle was "gasping for air" and "struggling to swim" about 200 yards from Honeymoon Island State Park, according to the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission. It will be rehabilitated at Clearwater Marine Aquarium.
Rescuers pulled a sick juvenile green sea turtle from the water off Honeymoon Island State Park Friday morning, according to a news release from the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission. The turtle was gasping for air and struggling to swim when it was spotted about 200 yards from shore. Two Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers who were on water patrol at Anclote Key were on the scene within minutes of the 10:36 a.m. call, the news release states. The turtle was taken to Clearwater Marine Aquarium to be rehabilitated. It suffers from buoyancy concerns and fibropapilloma tumors, which are caused by a virus, Krista Rosado, spokeswoman for Clearwater Marine Aquarium, said in an email. Clearwater Marine Aquarium has …
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Volunteers at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium help support community education and the rescue and rehabilitation of local wildlife.
Do you want to give back to your community, but aren't sure where or how to start? To make it easy for you to connect with organizations in need, Patch is running a special end-of-year series, The 12 Days of Volunteering. Through Jan. 1, we will bring you one volunteer opportunity a day from a local nonprofit group. Day 12: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Perhaps best known as the home of Winter the Dolphin, the Clearwater Marine Aquarium provides wildlife rescue and rehabilitation to local animals in need. Volunteers work alongside staff members and interns to provide educational opportunities for the community and to assist with the operation and upkeep of the facilities. There are volunteer opportunities at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in…
Anthony Salmeri
8:20 am on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
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