Dancing Tides (151 page)

“
So turtles g
e
t
ca
u
g
ht
a
ll t
h
e
tim
e
?
”

“U
.S.
r
e
g
ul
a
tions
re
qui
r
e
a
TED
,
T
u
r
tle
E
x
c
lud
e
r
De
vi
c
e
onb
o
ar
d
c
omm
er
c
i
a
l
f
ishing v
e
ss
e
ls.
B
ut th
e
y
still
g
e
t
hung
up now
a
nd
a
g
a
in.
L
ook, think of
it like
this. Cl
a
n
c
e
isn
’
t
re
sponsible
f
or
the
tu
r
tle
in
g
e
sti
n
g
the
b
a
g
.
W
e
’
r
e
a
ll on the
hook
f
or
th
a
t.
B
ut if
Cl
a
n
c
e
h
a
dn
’
t
f
ound him in his n
e
t, h
e’
d h
a
ve
di
e
d
f
o
r
su
re
.
T
his
w
a
y
, the
tu
r
tle
g
e
ts a
s
e
c
ond
c
h
a
n
c
e
a
t livin
g
.
”

A
nd
a
noth
e
r
r
ea
son she
d
idn
’
t
ea
t
f
ish, Co
r
d
r
e
a
son
e
d b
ef
o
r
e
he
a
sk
e
d,
“
W
h
a
t h
a
pp
e
ns on
c
e
w
e
g
e
t the
l
ea
th
e
r
b
a
c
k onbo
ar
d
?
”

“Kee
p him
a
live
if
w
e
ca
n.
Ge
t him b
ac
k to the
ce
nt
e
r
A
S
A
P,
r
un some
di
a
g
nosti
c
s, s
e
e
if
B
ra
n Sulliv
a
n
c
a
n
re
mo
v
e
the
pl
a
sti
c
—su
r
g
i
ca
l
l
y
.
”

“T
h
e
r
e’
s nothing
b
o
r
ing
a
bout
y
o
u
r
li
fe
,
y
ou kn
o
w
th
a
t,
Ke
e
g
a
n.”

She
l
a
u
g
h
e
d out loud.
“
I
g
u
e
ss not.
O
h, look, th
e
y
’r
e
a
bout
f
i
f
t
y
y
a
r
ds out.
L
e
t
’
s g
e
t
rea
d
y
.”

T
he
f
ish
er
m
e
n
m
a
de
su
r
e
the
h
ar
n
e
ss s
e
c
u
r
e
d the
l
ea
th
er
b
ac
k
a
s it hook
e
d
a
r
ound his middle
b
ef
o
r
e
hoisting
it
out of
the
side
of
the
l
a
u
n
c
h
a
nd ov
e
r
to the
M
oon
l
ight
M
il
e
.
T
he
wa
iting
c
on
t
a
in
e
r
Co
r
d
a
nd
Ke
e
g
a
n
h
a
d
a
l
r
ea
d
y
f
i
ll
e
d
w
ith pl
e
n
t
y
of
w
a
t
e
r
m
a
de
su
r
e
the
tu
r
tle
c
ould m
a
int
a
in his n
a
tu
r
a
l s
w
imming
motion
w
hi
l
e
in t
ra
nsit.

Co
r
d
’
s
f
i
r
st look
a
t the
r
e
ptile
told him the
hu
g
e
l
e
a
th
er
b
a
c
k l
a
bo
r
e
d to live
with
the
e
i
g
ht-in
c
h pi
e
c
e
of
w
hite
pl
a
stic
b
a
g
d
a
n
g
ling
fr
o
m its mouth.
“T
h
a
t
’
s a
g
o
od si
g
n,
r
i
g
ht?
M
a
y
b
e it didn
’
t
g
e
t too
fa
r
in
a
n
d
g
e
t s
w
a
llo
we
d
a
n
y
far
t
h
e
r
a
lo
n
g
the
d
i
g
e
stive
t
r
ac
t,”
Co
r
d
c
omm
e
n
t
e
d, hop
ef
ul.

“
Poor
thin
g
.
H
e’
s just a
b
a
b
y
, too
.
”

“Y
ou
’
r
e
kiddin
g
?
He’
s hu
g
e
.
”

“Tr
ust me
th
e
y
g
e
t
w
a
y
b
ig
g
e
r
t
h
a
n this.
B
e
g
l
a
d
h
e
is
n’
t
n
in
e-
hund
re
d po
u
nds.”

W
hile
she
ra
dio
e
d B
ra
n,
g
ivi
n
g
him th
e
ir
ETA
,
C
o
r
d stood n
e
x
t to the
c
on
t
a
in
e
r
p
e
er
i
n
g in,
fa
s
c
in
a
t
e
d.
“
W
e
ca
n
’
t
re
m
o
ve
the
h
a
r
n
e
ss.”