The U.S. Coast Guard over the weekend rescued an 800-pound leatherback turtle after it became entangled in fishing gear off the coast of New Jersey, and it was all caught on camera.
A Coast Guard crew from Station Cape May and the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine carried out the rescue on Saturday about 30 miles offshore South Jersey.
All ended well after crews worked to untangle the turtle from the line and the turtle swam away.
Leatherback turtles are the largest, deepest diving, and most migratory and wide ranging of all sea turtles and can grow up to 2,000 pounds, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Leatherbacks are currently listed as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
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U.S. efforts to expand the country’s icebreaker fleet continue to pick up steam. At the NATO summit in The Hague President Trump confirmed that the U.S. was in negotiations with Finland to buy up to 15 icebreakers from the country, including acquiring a used vessel available currently.
On the way to its initial Arctic deployment U.S. Coast Guard polar icebreaker Storis (WAGB 21) has transited through the Panama Canal. The polar class 3-equivalent vessel departed from the Bollinger Shipyards in Pascagoula, Mississippi on June 3, 2025.
The construction of the first heavy icebreaker built in the United States in nearly five decades continues to inch along. The Department of Homeland Security approved the start of “full production” on the initial Polar Security Cutter on April 30, 2025.
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