ML093340316

Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary for December 2007

ML093340316
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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	01/07/2008
From:	Logan D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Balsam B, Wexler E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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1 Balsam, Briana From:

Dennis Logan Sent:

Monday, January 07, 2008 1:04 PM To:

Briana Balsam; Elizabeth Wexler

Subject:

Fwd: December St. Lucie sea turtle report Attachments:

Dec07rep.rtf; Notes07.xls Categories:

Work Deadline Braina and Liz, Here is a monthly summary of endangered sea turtle takes at the St. Lucie plant. St. Lucie began copying us starting with the new year--I think they were already sending monthly summaries to Fish and Wildlife. This should make it easier to check our spreadsheet. I thought this would come to us through RIDS, and we might have to make an adjustment so that it does.

Dennis

>>> <Michael_Bresette@fpl.com> 1/7/2008 11:27:36 AM >>>

Mrs. Meghan Koperski January 7, 2007 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Bureau of Protected Species Management P.O. Box 3478 Tequesta, FL 33469

Subject:

Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary December 2007

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for December 2007. In December, we captured four (4) Caretta caretta and twelve (12) Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on South Hutchinson Island.

The temporary, primary barrier net is now in place and effectively containing all turtles in the canal to the east of that location. All turtles captured in December were released back to the ocean on the day of capture. Tag numbers and morphmetric data for all turtles are attached. Beginning in January we will quantify the number and severity of scrapes incurred by sea turtles entrained through the intake pipes. We will then be able to compare these data to previous year's data to determine what impact cleaning of the pipes has on reducing sea turtle injuries.

Please contact me at your convenience if you have any questions or comments.

Sincerely,

2 Michael J. Bresette Sr. Environmental Specialist Quantum Resources, Inc.

(See attached file: Dec07rep.rtf)(See attached file: Notes07.xls)

MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL DECEMBER 2007 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(kg) 12/2/2007 Chelonia mydas 1 YYB179/YYB180 54.3 54.6 57.8 50.0 42.5 45.9 23.0 South net 12/3/2007 Chelonia mydas 2 YYB110 44.3 44.5 47.7 41.4 34.6 37.2 12.1 South net 12/3/2007 Chelonia mydas 3 YYB181 42.7 42.8 46.2 38.5 32.3 35.6 10.4 South net 12/4/2007 Chelonia mydas 4 YYB182/YYB183 60.2 60.3 65.9 62.9 50.5 48.8 31.6 South net 12/5/2007 Chelonia mydas 5 38.7 38.9 42.2 35.0 29.8 31.7 7.7 South net 12/6/2007 Chelonia mydas 6 38.0 39.5 42.1 36.3 31.8 32.3 7.5 North net 12/9/2007 Chelonia mydas 7 41.8 42.1 44.5 37.9 32.6 34.3 9.1 North net 12/9/2007 Chelonia mydas 8 RRM837 46.6 46.6 49.3 45.0 36.9 37.4 13.0 South net 12/17/2007 Caretta caretta 9

YYB108/YYB109 62.0 63.0 69.0 66.2 54.3 49.7 34.7 South net 12/19/2007 Caretta caretta YYB184/YYB185 72.3 73.5 77.1 74.9 60.5 58.1 54.3 South net 12/20/2007 Chelonia mydas 28.3 28.7 30.3 26.5 24.2 23.8 2.9 South net 12/22/2007 Caretta caretta 10 64.0 64.8 70.2 68.0 53.4 50.4 37.0 North net 12/26/2007 Chelonia mydas YYB186 31.1 32.0 34.2 29.8 27.2 25.9 4.1 South net 12/29/2007 Chelonia mydas YYB188 29.3 30.0 32.0 28.1 25.3 25.6 3.3 South net 12/30/2007 Caretta caretta YYB189/YYB190 71.4 72.8 79.5 74.0 59.2 57.8 58.5 North net 12/31/2007 Chelonia mydas YYB191 42.6 43.0 45.0 40.3 33.6 33.6 9.7 North net

NOTES

1. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/15/03, 7/17/03, 11/26/03, 4/1/04, 5/14/05, 7/2/05, 7/23/05, 10/17/05, 5/10/06, 8/21/06 and 9/25/06..

2. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/23/04, 8/11/06, 8/23/06, 9/30/06, 3/6/07 and 8/19/07.

3. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/11/04, 9/13/05, 4/26/06 and 7/16/06.

4. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/25/03 and 4/5/05.

5. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/9/05, 9/23/05, 10/29/05, 2/2/06, 4/29/06, 6/26/06, 8/16/06, 1/2/07 and 10/11/07.

6. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/10/05, 9/21/06, 12/18/06 and 4/21/07.

7. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/5/05, 9/23/06, 10/10/06, 10/24/06 and 12/28/06.

8. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 3/1/04, 11/3/04, 11/21/04, 7/8/05, 8/12/05, 9/13/05, 4/24/06, 9/29/06, 11/19/06 and 12/4/06.

9. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/18/07, 8/21/07, 8/24/07,9/2/07, 9/10/07 and 10/25/07.

10. STRANGE TAG. Whereabouts of original capture still pending.

SMCL = Straight Minimum Carapace Length SMCL = Straight Standard Carapace Length CSCL = Curved Standard Carapace Length CMCW = Curved Maximum Carapace Width SMCW = Straight Maximum Carapace Width SMPL = Straight Midline Plastron Length