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Line entanglement can pose a great risk to sea turtles. For this reason, local marine life experts say that anglers should know proper protocol for accidentally hooking a turtle, especially when fishing from a pier.
Many anglers who accidentally hook a turtle with their fishing line simply cut the line and then let the turtle go rather than remove the hook or call the FWC.
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