A dead sea turtle, one of the protected animals in Indonesia, was sighted in the waters off Misokoon Island in Raja Ampat district, West Papua province, over .
West Papua police arrest resident with two protected hawksbill turtles 5 hours ago
A seized hawksbill turtle (Foto Antara Papua Barat/ Ernes Broning Kakisina) Sorong, W Papua (ANTARA) - West Papua Police s marine unit apprehended a local resident over possession of two endangered sea turtles that the suspect allegedly caught in the protected conservation areas of Suprau Tanjung Kausari in Sorong City.
One of the two hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) is alive, while the other one had died, Head of Law Enforcement Affairs at the West Papua Police s Marine Unit Commissioner Syarifur Rahman noted in a statement that ANTARA quoted here on Monday.