印度尼西亚当局在旅游岛巴厘岛于周二将20只受保护的绿海龟放归大海。
Indonesian authorities on the tourist island of Bali have released 20 protected green sea turtles back into the ocean Tuesday.
印度尼西亚巴厘岛 — — 印度尼西亚当局在旅游岛巴厘岛于周二将20只受保护的绿海龟放归大海，此前这些海龟在一艘看似被野生动物走私者在警方突袭后遗弃的空船上被发现并被查获。
FIRDIA LISNAWATI SERANGAN ISLAND, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities on the tourist island of Bali released 20 protected green sea turtles back into the ocean Tuesday after they were found and seized on an empty boat seemingly abandoned by wildlife smugglers fleeing a police raid.
警官们在巴厘岛南部的塞朗安岛（也称为龟岛）的一个保护中心对海龟进行了最后的检查。随后，他们用蓝色布料小心地抱起海龟，并用小型卡车将其运送到海岸线。
Officers conducted final checks on the turtles at a conservation center on Serangan Island, also known as Turtle Island, in southern Bali. They then carefully lifted the turtles using blue cloths and transported them by small truck to the shoreline.
巴厘岛海警在周六因当地居民举报疑似该地区存在海龟走私活动而行动，成功挫败了一起在塞朗安岛海域走私22只绿海龟（学名：Chelonia mydas）的企图。
Marine police officers in Bali on Saturday foiled an attempt to smuggle 22 green sea turtles, known by the scientific name Chelonia mydas, in the waters off Serangan Island after receiving a report from residents who suspected sea turtle smuggling activity in the area.
巴厘岛水空警察局的古斯蒂·阿刚·普尔纳马·维拉哈迪周二表示，这22只海龟中仍有2只身体不适，需要接受治疗后才能同样被放归。
Two of the 22 turtles are still sick and need to be treated before they can also be released, Gusti Agung Purnama Wirahadi from the Bali Water and Air Police said Tuesday.
所有海龟均为印度尼西亚受保护物种，当时在船上被发现时均存活，但当警官到达时，涉嫌走私者已经逃离现场。
All of the turtles, which are protected species in Indonesia, were found alive on the boat, but the suspected smugglers had already fled the scene by the time officers arrived.
“我们希望不再有人敢于捕捉、饲养或交易这些受保护物种，”维拉哈迪说。
“We hope that no one will dare to capture, keep, or trade these protected species anymore,” Wirahadi said.
自1990年起，印度尼西亚的海龟种类就在保护和渔业法律下获得法律保护。2018年环境部的一项规定进一步明确了该国水域中六种海龟的保护措施。此外，其他政府法规也禁止其交易。
Turtle species in Indonesia have been legally protected under conservation and fisheries laws since 1990. A 2018 Environment Ministry regulation further clarified protections for the six species of sea turtles found in the country’s waters. Additional government regulations also prohibit their trade.
根据亚利桑那州立大学研究人员2022年的一项全球研究，绿海龟在2020年前的30年间占海龟被杀总数的56%。
According to a 2022 global study by researchers at Arizona State University, the green sea turtle accounted for 56% of sea turtle killings in the 30-year period to 2020.
巴厘岛曾是绿海龟走私的主要枢纽之一，部分原因在于巴厘岛印度教历史上使用龟肉作供品——巴厘岛印度教是该岛约450万人口的主要宗教。
Bali was once a major hub for green sea turtle trafficking, driven in part by the historical use of turtle meat in offerings in Balinese Hinduism, the predominant religion on the island of about 4.5 million people.
6月，巴厘岛当局在对岛上佩加梅坦海岸的一次突击行动中挫败了一起非法交易21只受保护绿海龟的企图，并逮捕了一名67岁男子，该男子涉嫌在受保护动物被分发出售前将其存放。美联社作家埃德娜·塔里根（Edna Tarigan）
In June, authorities in Bali foiled an attempt to illegally trade 21 protected green sea turtles during a raid on the island’s Pegametan coast and arrested a 67-year-old man suspected of storing the protected animals before they were distributed for sale. Associated Press writer Edna Tarigan