Aquarium staff rehabilitating stranded sea turtle

Jim Rice (center), coordinator of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network, transports a stranded Green sea turtle, assisted by staff members from Moolack Shores. A visitor found the turtle Monday night on Moolack Beach. Oregon Coast Aquarium staff is rehabilitating the turtle. (Courtesy photo by Nadine Fuller)

SOUTH BEACH - The Oregon Coast Aquarium husbandry staff is rehabilitating a stranded sea turtle found Monday night on Moolack Beach in Newport.

The male Green sea turtle was transported to the Oregon Coast Aquarium, in cooperation with the U.S. Marine Fisheries Service (USMFS) and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS). The Aquarium is authorized to possess, rehabilitate and transport sea turtles, with the goal of releasing them back into their natural habitat.

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