2023
14 July 2023
2023 Tour de Turtles - 03
Richie Moretti, center, watches as children get a close look at “Marcia,” a juvenile green sea turtle, before the reptile was released off the Florida Keys Friday, July 14, 2023, at Sombrero Beach in Marathon, Fla. “Marcia,” named by her rescuers after being found off Marathon suffering from positive buoyancy disorder, was rehabilitated at the Keys-based Turtle Hospital and was fitted with a satellite-tracking transmitter Friday before being released to participate in the Tour de Turtles, an online educational tracking program coordinated by the Sea Turtle Conservancy. Beginning Aug. 1, the initiative is to follow 12 sea turtles for three months. Moretti founded the hospital in 1986. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
14 July 2023
2023 Tour de Turtles - 02
“Marcia,” a juvenile green sea turtle, swims through a wave Friday, July 14, 2023, at Sombrero Beach in Marathon, Fla. “Marcia,” named by her rescuers after being found off Marathon suffering from positive buoyancy disorder, was rehabilitated at the Keys-based Turtle Hospital and was fitted with a satellite-tracking transmitter and released off the Florida Keys Friday to participate in the Tour de Turtles, an online educational tracking program coordinated by the Sea Turtle Conservancy. Beginning Aug. 1, the initiative is to follow 12 sea turtles for three months. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
14 July 2023
2023 Tour de Turtles - 01
Bette Zirkelbach, left, and Richie Moretti, right, watch as “Marcia,” a juvenile green sea turtle, is released off the Florida Keys Friday, July 14, 2023, at Sombrero Beach in Marathon, Fla. “Marcia,” named by her rescuers after being found off Marathon suffering from positive buoyancy disorder, was rehabilitated at the Keys-based Turtle Hospital and was fitted with a satellite-tracking transmitter and released Friday to participate in the Tour de Turtles, an online educational tracking program coordinated by the Sea Turtle Conservancy. Beginning Aug. 1, the initiative is to follow 12 sea turtles for three months. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)