KUALA TERENGGANU: Two green turtle carcasses were found on the beaches of Paka and Kerteh yesterday.
State Fisheries Department director Abdul Khalil Abdul Karim said the first carcass was spotted by a worker near a food premise near Paka beach.
He said the male turtle, identified to be from the Chelonia Mydas species was partly decomposed.
Abdul Khalil said a second male carcass of the same species was found by a member of the public at Kerteh beach in the evening.
"Both turtle carcasses were partly decomposed. The turtles are believed to have died a week ago at sea," he said.
Initial investigations indicate that the turtles may have died after being trapped in fishermen nets.