Posts from July 2011

Lobster Mini-Season kicks off every year in July along Florida’s coastal waters. The Florida Spiny Lobster is a hot commodity and lobster hunters will soon[…]

              Hollarry, a loggerhead sea turtle who arrived at The Turtle Hospital in January, was released by boat on Thursday, July 21. Hollarry was[…]

            Last month Dr. Mader performed surgery on Karsten’s jaw removing two hooks; one from his beak and another from his throat. Although it must[…]

Forest, brought in byFWC & NOAA, received his name from the forest-like growth of algae on his shell when he arrived on the June 26th.[…]

  Cosimo weighs 54.1 pounds and is part-Loggerhead, part piggy! He was brought in byFWC& NOAA on June 25 with a serious crab impaction. The[…]

Debi was also rescued by FWC and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) while conducting their Florida Bay “Capture Turtle Project”. Dr. Doug Mader, of[…]

On July 10 The Turtle Hospital will be releasing Goody, a 108 pound loggerhead sea turtle who was rescued on May 28, 8 miles south[…]

Kruck, a 46 pound green sea turtle was found floating by the Boy Scouts of Marathon at Hens & Chickens Reef. Kruck had three healed[…]