Media interested in attending the event must RSVP with the Coast Guard Public Affairs office at 305-415-6683 no later than 3:30 p.m. All media seeking entry into Coast Guard Air Station Miami are required to have government issued identification and media credentials.
WHO: U.S. Coast Guardsmen, Miami Sea Aquarium staff
WHAT: Aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts, transporting five endangered Loggerhead sea turtles to Coast Guard Air Station Miami to be transferred to the Miami Sea Aquarium for rehabilitation.
WHEN: 6:00 p.m. (Arrival time is tentative, delays possible due to weather)
WHERE: 14750 NW 44th Ct, Opa-locka, FL 33054
Sea turtles, including Loggerheads, feed in Cape Cod Bay during the summer months and frequently become trapped by the geography of the Cape Cod pennisula, which prevents them from swimming south as colder weather arrives in the fall. All sea turtles in the U.S. are protected under the Endangered Species Act. The Coast Guard, in coordination with other federal and state agencies, enforces marine resource management and protection regimes to preserve healthy stocks of fish and other living marine resources.