What’s Happening With Gill Nets?

Excerpt From Oceana.org

The turtle pictured above, a critically endangered Kemp’s ridley, swallowed a large hook and was also struck by a boat.   Beasley [rehabber of Sea Turtle Hospital] spoke passionately against gillnets. “My colleagues in other states ask, ‘why do you get so many turtles?’ My answer? Gillnets,” she said. “It’s a sad thing. There’s a reason  other states have gotten rid of gillnets.” At 72, she said she’d love to see them outlawed in her lifetime.