![]() If you see someone disturbing or harming a sea turtle or nest, call the Police Department for immediate assistance. If you spot nesting activity or a sick, injured, dead or disturbed turtle or nest, call South Carolina’s Department of Natural Resources at 1-80. Fireworks, lights, flash photography, and noise will disturb sea turtles! Disturbances can result in “false crawl,” meaning the mother returned to the ocean without leaving hatchlings on the beach. Federal penalties for disturbing sea turtles include jail time and fines up to $15,000 for each offense, with the maximum federal fine for harming a threatened species being $25,000.īeachgoers, stay away from sand dunes, keep dogs on leashes at all times, put all trash and recyclables in solid waste containers, fill in beach holes and smash sand castles before leaving each day. Feeding or touching turtles in any way, including shining a light on them, is considered a disturbance. Do not harm, harass, pick up, ride, straddle, restrain, jump over, injure, kill or otherwise disturb sea turtles. Turtle hatchlings should not be picked up and placed in the ocean, as they need to crawl on their own to set their navigational compass and increase their chance of survival. The law states that “no person may take, possess, disturb, mutilate, destroy, cause to be destroyed, sell, offer for sale, transfer, molest or harass any marine sea turtle or its nests or eggs at any times.” If you see a sea turtle in the ocean or on the beach, stay away from it. Sea turtles are federally protected under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Turtle Protection Act. Call master framer Louis Aliotta directly at The FrameCenter, located within the gallery, is open Wednesday through Friday,ġ2 noon – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467. CurrentĬlass listings are on the gallery website, with frequent updates on the gallery There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students.Īrt classes and workshops are currently being offered on a limited basis. Pottery, and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique home décor items Paintings, watermedia, pastels, photography, hand-blown glass, fused glass, Featuring work by over 100 fine North and SouthĬarolina artists, the gallery is well known in the area for its collection of oil ![]() Visitors and a growing local community of full-time residents seeking fine art for Located in coastal Brunswick County, Sunset River Gallery caters to both area Artist Pat Puckett, Palmettos Along the Bank, oil, 24 x 48
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