DEC Environmental Conservation Officers Save Leatherback Turtle Off Orient Point (State of New York)

(Source: State of New York) For Release: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) on a routine boat safety check and marine enforcement monitoring patrol off of Orient Point on Saturday, July 6, were able to release an approximate five-foot long leatherback sea turtle that had become ensnared in a lobster buoy. ECOs were patrolling in an area approximately two miles off of Orient Point in the fast moving waters of Plum Gut when they came upon the animal....