Endangered turtles released into wild  

中国渔政部门在三沙永兴岛放流500只绿海龟

23日的西沙永兴岛海风宜人，500只绿海龟从沙滩上游向大海，其中五只成年海龟安装了卫星信标，将为研究绿海龟洄游迁徙提供重要数据。

Sansha (CNS) -- Five hundred green turtles, a rare and endangered species, were released into the ocean at Yongxing Island on Tuesday. Five of them were equipped with satellite homing devices which will allow scientists to track their migration.

The activity was organized by the Fishery Bureau of China's Ministry of Agriculture and local authorities, who also returned one million Babylonia areolatas (gastropods) and three tons of eucheuma (seaweed) to enrich fishery resources.

We protect ecology, make rational use of resources and protect endangered species through such activities, said Li Yanliang, an officer from the Ministry of Agriculture.