Saturday morning, he said he went to a fishing spot west of Kaunakakai and noticed the smell of rotting flesh along the shore. He told KITV4 that as he looked through the mangrove trees, he saw the insides of turtles were strewn across the branches and roots.



Davis counted four shells of honu that he believes were killed by irresponsible fishermen. His theory: they were gill fishing with nets, and caught the turtles, maybe by accident- but instead of freeing the turtles, killed them.