Working as a Divemaster and a Biologist in the British Virgin Islands, I've been conducting several research dives, turtle tagging, coral monitoring, leading certified divers in my ten week season. As a biologist, the research I am most passionate about is turtle tagging. There are 7 species of sea turtle worldwide and six of them are critically endangered. Here in the BVI, after receiving a permit from the Association of Reef Keepers, ARK, I have been tagging green and hawksbill sea turtles. From the data I have gathered, the BVI is sanctuary and nursery for these turtles. I have yet to catch a sexually mature turtle, all of them being juvenile. But something distressing I witnessed was the carcass of hawksbill turtle that was entangled in a bundle of mooring line. I am only left to believe that the hawksbill was suffocated from the cluster of debris. This is a very direct illustration of how pollution can harm wildlife. Sadly, this isn't a rare occurrence. All people have to do is look at certain issues of National Geographic and see similar instances. But I am happy to say that I have not seen another deceased turtle since.  Of course I m also distracted by all of the flamboyant species of fish and certifying scuba divers. I think this is an eventful summer.