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10/08/2007: "MURRAY ISLAND ...... turtle hunters"

(top) Demonstrating the art of turtle catching by leaping onto one from a moving boat.

(below) A captured green turtle is brought ashore. Ben Cropp rolls tape on the action, son Dean Cropp assisting the locals.

Murray Islanders are permitted to catch turtles to compliment their otherwise limited food supply.

When asked what is best food between fish and turtle meat, the answer was fish is best.