Minalabac Camarines Sur (June 20 2011) - A large tropical green turtle (Chelonian mydas) was released back to sea after it was trapped in a fish net in Ragay Gulf off Bagulatao, a coastal village here.
Town Mayor Gil Basmayor Jr., said Philip Oco, a fisherman who caught the turtle, turned over the sea animal to authorities upon learning that it is already included in the list of endangered species.