Sea Turtle Rescue: Tangled in Fishing Net

NOAA scientists clearing the Pacific Ocean of discarded fishing nets and other dangerous trash found a green sea turtle still alive but entangled in a net. The divers were able to cut the net and free the turtle. Mark Manuel, the operations manager of NOAA’s Coral Reef Ecosystem Division’s Marine Debris Project in the northern Hawaiian islands, describes the untangling. VIDEO: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration SENIOR PRODUCER: Jeff Hertrick ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Jed Winer EDITOR: Jennifer Murph