Turtle Rescue

Waste in our oceans is a serious threat to marine life, with plastic bags and drifting nets of particular impact to turtles.  Drifting nets are called 'ghost nets' as although they are no longer in use -they continue to capture fish and other marine animals for decades after being discarded.

This video shows just how significant this impact is -four turtles caught in one discarded net. 

Soneva Fushi's Mr. Friday Zidhan was accompanying his guests on a picnic on a remote uninhabited island, when him and his guests came across these turtles. Luckily they were floating at the surface so could breathe.  With the help of his guests he was able to free all four turtles -a great outcome -but also a lesson learned about the impact these ghost nets have.

We ask any guests if they see such nets, to please take them out of the water, or to contact one of our hosts.

One of four turtles trapped in a ghost net

Mr Friday Zidhan hard at work to free the turtles

Cutting the nets away

Releasing the first turtle

Releasing the second turtle

All four turtles survived and were released...