LUCENA CITY —- At least 1,723 baby sea turtles, locally known as “pawikan,” had been freed to their natural habitat in Tayabas Bay off Sariaya town in Quezon province since the start of this year.
On March 3, another 67 newly hatched olive ridley sea turtles were released in the coastal village of Bignay 1 of the town, according to Sherwin Rosales, a fisheries technician at the municipal government’s agriculture office.
Rosales said it was the last batch of baby turtles that were returned to the bay this hatching season.
Similar events took place in other coastal villages, but some have not been documented by the municipal agriculture office, he said.
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