St. Maarten Records Third Deceased Sea turtle due to a Boat Strike for 2020. | SMN News

PHILIPSBURG:— Last week the Nature Foundation received a report of a dead sea turtle on Simpson Bay beach close to the Beacon Hill area. The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) clearly died due to a boat strike in Simpson Bay waters and washed up onshore. The year 2020 started not that long ago and already three green sea turtle lost their life due to boat traffic, whereby the cause of death is a strike with speeding boat engines.
 “We were very sad to find the dead sea turtle, especially as due to COVID 19 measurements hardly any boat

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