Interview With Miss Dutton, Allagash Science Teacher
Miss Dutton went to Mexico to study sea turtles. We decided to interview her for our project!
When you were in Mexico studying sea turtles, did you ever see trash in the ocean? “Yeah, there were many dumps near the ocean with things such as toilets, diapers, dead animals, and all of their trash. So some of it had floated into the ocean.”
Do you think it is possible for trash from our beaches to travel down to Mexico or farther? “It would be difficult for trash in Maine to get to Mexico, but for the west coast states it would be a lot easier.”
If you saw trash in the ocean when you were down in Mexico, would you have picked it up? “Mhm, I picked up plastic.”
Was there ever a dead turtle on the beach? was it in a net? “I saw dead sea turtles in the dumps, but it was only the shells.”
Did you ever see men fishing with big nets? “No but we did find an illegal net with fish and two turtles that we saved.”
What kinds of sea turtles did you see in Mexico? “I saw the leatherback and the green
Did you see female sea turtles laying eggs? “No, it wasn’t birthing season.”
Did you see turtles eating while you were in Mexico? “No, I didn’t.”
Did there seem to be enough fish to support the population of sea turtles?
“Yeah, the population of fish was able to support the sea turtles.”
Were the people in Mexico aware of the population of sea turtles? “They were aware of the population, but it didn’t stop them from eating them because it was like they wanted to eat as much as they could before they were gone.”
Do you think that there are right and wrong nets to use when fishing? “I know that there are dangerous nets, but I don’t think that there are right and wrong nets to use, just the more dangerous ones are easier to be using.”
How big of an impact do you think the disappearance if sea turtles would make? “Every species is valuable to the sea, so i’m not sure about the impact it will make on the other animals that survive in that same environment.”
We want to thank Miss. Dutton for interviewing her. Hopefully you got another perspective on this turtle issue.
When you were in Mexico studying sea turtles, did you ever see trash in the ocean? “Yeah, there were many dumps near the ocean with things such as toilets, diapers, dead animals, and all of their trash. So some of it had floated into the ocean.”
Do you think it is possible for trash from our beaches to travel down to Mexico or farther? “It would be difficult for trash in Maine to get to Mexico, but for the west coast states it would be a lot easier.”
If you saw trash in the ocean when you were down in Mexico, would you have picked it up? “Mhm, I picked up plastic.”
Was there ever a dead turtle on the beach? was it in a net? “I saw dead sea turtles in the dumps, but it was only the shells.”
Did you ever see men fishing with big nets? “No but we did find an illegal net with fish and two turtles that we saved.”
What kinds of sea turtles did you see in Mexico? “I saw the leatherback and the green
Did you see female sea turtles laying eggs? “No, it wasn’t birthing season.”
Did you see turtles eating while you were in Mexico? “No, I didn’t.”
Did there seem to be enough fish to support the population of sea turtles?
“Yeah, the population of fish was able to support the sea turtles.”
Were the people in Mexico aware of the population of sea turtles? “They were aware of the population, but it didn’t stop them from eating them because it was like they wanted to eat as much as they could before they were gone.”
Do you think that there are right and wrong nets to use when fishing? “I know that there are dangerous nets, but I don’t think that there are right and wrong nets to use, just the more dangerous ones are easier to be using.”
How big of an impact do you think the disappearance if sea turtles would make? “Every species is valuable to the sea, so i’m not sure about the impact it will make on the other animals that survive in that same environment.”
We want to thank Miss. Dutton for interviewing her. Hopefully you got another perspective on this turtle issue.