The carcass of another dead turtle, weighing 30-35kg, was found on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali within 48 hours on Tuesday.
Jewel Rana, a member of the Kuakata Dolphin Conservation Committee, spotted the tortoise near the Zero Point tourist park at 10am. Another tortoise was also found dead on Sunday.
He said that other members of the committee were informed when they saw the turtle floating with the tide.
Later, they recovered the turtle and buried it on the beach.
Ruman Imtiaz Tushar, team leader of the Kuakata Dolphin Conservation Committee, said the scientific name of the male turtle was “Lepidocelium Olivacia”.
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Sagarika Smriti, an associate researcher at the Eco-Fish 2 Bangladesh project, said the dead turtle had been floating for several days. “However, the DNA test might reveal the cause of the death.”
She further said: “It seems that the turtles are dying more in the deep sea fishing trawling nets. We are moving towards some more new methods so that the cause of death can be determined.”
Tariqul Islam, sub-divisional forest conservator of Patuakhali, told Dhaka Tribune that the primary cause of the death of the turtle could be a lack of awareness on the part of the fishermen and loss of marine balance.
In the last two months, more than 11 dead dolphins, turtles and other marine animals have been spotted on Kuakata beach.
Dead baby sharks, fishes seized in Barguna
Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Coast Guard raided a fishing trawler named “FB Al Mehedi” on Bishkhali river in Barguna and seized 160kg baby sharks and 40 baby stingray (shapla-pata) fish on Tuesday.
At the time, nine fishermen on the trawler were also detained, said Coast Guard Patharghata Station Contingent Commander M Jamir Hossain.
Bangladesh Coast Guard members seize 160kg baby sharks and 40 baby stingray fish after raiding a trawler in Barguna on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 CollectedPatharghata Upazila Fisheries Officer Jayant Kumar Apu said that the detainees in the mobile court were fined Tk5,000 and the confiscated sharks and fishes were buried.
Meanwhile, Barguna District Fisheries Officer Biswajit Kumar Dev said: “Killing sharks is completely illegal and it is very sad to catch baby shapla-pata fishes. Such operations by the Coast Guard and the Fisheries Department will continue.”