"I'd catch turtles and put them in my zoo."

He would usually fish for a few hours and then sneaked off to catch turtles, frogs, or salamanders.

A moratorium on catching turtles has been in force since 1995.

The inhabitants of the island have caught and consumed green turtles as a source of protein.

They did so successfully, while catching turtles, dorado, and flying fish to eat.

They built themselves huts on platforms above the water and caught turtles in the bayous.

He had caught turtles and used meat to trap sea birds such as cormorants.

Nor caught turtles like the other children did.

Other shrimpers said they, too, catch very few turtles.

An exemption is provided for licensed turtle farms that need to catch turtles in the wild to serve as their breeding stock.