ML12255A209
| ML12255A209 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie, Summer  |
| Issue date: | 09/01/2012 |
| From: | Weege S - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Koperski M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| Download: ML12255A209 (8) | |
Text
1 NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From:
Stephen Weege [steveweege@yahoo.com]
Sent:
Saturday, September 01, 2012 11:26 AM To:
Meghan Koperski Cc:
Dave Niebch; Dave Clark; Ed Hollowell; Jodie Gless; Ken Frehafer; Mike Bresette; Shelley Norton; Vince Munne; EndangeredSpecies Resource; MTP@MyFWC.com; SCO@dep.state.fl.us
Subject:
August 2012 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments:
Monthly Report Notes 2012.pdf; August 2012 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf; FPL St Lucie Capture Summary 2012.pdf Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469
Subject:
Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary August 2012
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for August 2012. This month, we captured nineteen (19) Caretta caretta and seven (7) Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. There were no mortalities or sea turtles sent for rehabilitation in August.
Throughout the month, the 5 barrier net experienced light to severe loads of debris that entered into the intake canal. The principle constituents of entrained debris were either jellyfish or algae. Jellyfish entrainment ranged from light to moderate in severity, whereas algae stretched the gamut from light to severe. Although typically categorized as light, there was one day when the algae was categorized as severe. Still, the temporary barrier net performed as designed and no turtles have been observed beyond the 5-inch net. To date, Florida Power &
Light and Morgan & Eklund, Inc. continue to work together on the installation of a permanent 5-inch barrier net.
A planned 99-day power plant outage began in the second week of August. As a result, the flow rate in the intake canal has greatly diminished and the water level has risen significantly. Due to the combined effects of tidal action and outage conditions, a 20-foot portion of the 8-inch A-1-A net is now at the waterline. FPL has been apprised of the issue and is currently working on a solution.
The tag numbers and morphometric data for all turtles captured during the month have been included (see attachments/addendums). Also included is a spreadsheet for all captures, mortalities, injuries, and causal events delineated by species and by month for the year 2012. In addition, this spreadsheet tracks fresh scrapes incurred on captured turtles for the current month, as well as the entire year.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely, Steve
2 Steve Weege Sr. Environmental Specialist Inwater Research Group, Inc.
4160 NE Hyline Dr.
Jensen Beach, FL 34957 sweege@inwater.org (772) 349-7252
Hearing Identifier:
NRR_PMDA Email Number:
461 Mail Envelope Properties (1346513154.59679.YahooMailNeo)
Subject:
August 2012 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date:
9/1/2012 11:25:54 AM Received Date:
9/1/2012 11:38:24 AM From:
Stephen Weege Created By:
steveweege@yahoo.com Recipients:
"Dave Niebch" <david_niebch@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Dave Clark" <dclark@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Ed Hollowell" <Ed_Hollowell@FPL.com>
Tracking Status: None "Jodie Gless" <Jodie_Gless@FPL.com>
Tracking Status: None "Ken Frehafer" <Ken_Frehafer@FPL.com>
Tracking Status: None "Mike Bresette" <mbresette@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Shelley Norton" <Shelley.Norton@NOAA.gov>
Tracking Status: None "Vince Munne" <Vince_Munne@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "EndangeredSpecies Resource" <EndangeredSpecies.Resource@nrc.gov>
Tracking Status: None "MTP@MyFWC.com" <MTP@MyFWC.com>
Tracking Status: None "SCO@dep.state.fl.us" <SCO@dep.state.fl.us>
Tracking Status: None "Meghan Koperski" <Meghan.Koperski@MyFWC.com>
Tracking Status: None Post Office:
web130204.mail.mud.yahoo.com Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 2252 9/1/2012 11:38:24 AM Monthly Report Notes 2012.pdf 81406 August 2012 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 77894 FPL St Lucie Capture Summary 2012.pdf 113550 Options Priority:
Standard Return Notification:
No Reply Requested:
No Sensitivity:
Normal Expiration Date:
Recipients Received:
Monthly reports due by the 10th.
Notes should include the following:
Adults Recaptures Strange Tags Tag Returns Papillomas Mortalities Rehab Turtles Hybrids (choose >)
NOTES
- 1. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 5/27/12 and 8/1/12.
- 2. Adult female. Tail length = 221 mm.
- 3. Adult female. Tail length = 210 mm.
- 4. Adult female. Tail length = 173 mm.
- 5. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 5/21/08, 11/17/11 and 8/9/12.
- 6. Adult female. Tail length = 185 mm. Turtle missing 100% of right rear flipper (healed).
- 7. PAPILLOMAS (Tumor Score = 5). Minor tumors on rear flippers.
- 8. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/30/08, 11/7/11, 5/20/12 and 8/9/12. PAPILLOMAS (Tumor Score = 1). One small tumor on right front flipper.
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
MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL AUGUST 2012 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm)
(kg) 8/1/2012 Caretta caretta 1
BBR191/BBR192 64.7 65.4 68.5 66.0 57.8 50.3 40.3 Hand capture 8/1/2012 Caretta caretta 2
BBR351/BBR352 91.1 92.2 96.2 86.6 69.0 67.7 105.5 Hand capture 8/1/2012 Caretta caretta BBR353/BBR354 80.8 82.7 87.7 79.8 61.2 64.8 86.9 Hand capture 8/1/2012 Caretta caretta BBR355/BBR356 69.6 70.4 76.2 74.6 60.8 54.9 51.1 Hand capture 8/1/2012 Caretta caretta BBR357/BBR358 63.7 65.1 70.4 70.2 53.8 50.1 43.3 Hand capture 8/1/2012 Caretta caretta BBR359/BBR360 54.6 56.1 61.1 57.0 47.8 43.1 23.8 Hand capture 8/1/2012 Caretta caretta BBR361/BBR362 63.6 64.7 70.3 66.2 65.4 51.2 39.0 Hand capture 8/3/2012 Caretta caretta BBR363/BBR364 58.5 59.6 64.8 64.5 52.9 47.6 36.5 Hand capture 8/4/2012 Caretta caretta BBR365/BBR366 66.0 67.5 70.5 71.0 56.5 52.0 43.0 Hand capture 8/4/2012 Caretta caretta BBR367/BBR368 64.1 65.2 68.4 68.4 54.4 50.1 38.1 Hand capture 8/4/2012 Caretta caretta BBR369/BBR370 61.5 63.9 66.1 62.2 53.2 48.4 34.7 Hand capture 8/7/2012 Caretta caretta 3
BBR371/BBR372 93.4 94.5 99.4 84.9 65.6 70.6 103.4 South net 8/7/2012 Chelonia mydas BBR373/BBR374 40.3 40.6 43.7 34.8 30.4 33.3 8.2 South net 8/8/2012 Caretta caretta 4
BBR376/BBR377 86.3 86.9 93.5 84.2 61.9 65.9 79.8 South net 8/9/2012 Chelonia mydas 5 BBP382 38.5 38.6 39.5 33.4 30.6 31.6 7.0 Hand capture
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm)
(kg) 8/9/2012 Caretta caretta 6
BBR378/BBR379 85.5 86.3 92.0 86.0 69.1 65.7 85.0 Hand capture 8/9/2012 Caretta caretta BBR380/BBR381 61.6 62.4 65.1 65.0 53.1 49.0 33.2 Hand capture 8/9/2012 Caretta caretta BBR382/BBR383 72.4 74.1 80.0 76.6 60.6 56.6 62.0 Hand capture 8/9/2012 Chelonia mydas BBR384/BBR385 73.6 74.0 77.6 66.1 55.6 58.5 48.1 Hand capture 8/9/2012 Chelonia mydas 7 BBR386/BBR387 54.8 54.9 57.0 49.8 43.7 45.7 20.9 Hand capture 8/9/2012 Chelonia mydas 8 YYR423 44.8 44.8 46.7 42.0 35.2 36.4 11.7 Hand capture 8/13/2012 Caretta caretta BBR388/BBR389 66.2 66.9 71.9 68.6 55.6 51.8 42.3 South net 8/16/2012 Chelonia mydas BBR390/BBR391 43.3 43.6 45.9 39.2 35.0 36.5 10.8 South net 8/24/2012 Caretta caretta BBR392/BBR393 81.0 83.5 87.6 77.5 62.3 64.4 80.1 South net 8/25/2012 Caretta caretta BBR394/BBR395 64.4 65.1 70.9 68.7 56.8 52.8 44.0 Hand capture 8/27/2012 Chelonia mydas 982000167840723 26.9 27.2 28.2 24.0 21.6 23.2 2.4 Dip net
Aug-12 Year to Date Aug-12 Year to Date Aug-12 Year to Date Aug-12 Year to Date Aug-12 Year to Date Aug-12 Year to Date Captures 19 171 7
48 0
1 0
2 0
0 26 222 Causal Mortalities 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Non-causal Mortalities 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Causal Injuries 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1 Sent to rehab 0
6 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
6 Fresh Scrapes Aug-12 Year to Date Aug-12 Year to Date Aug-12 Year to Date Aug-12 Year to Date Aug-12 Year to Date Aug-12 Year to Date None 7
33 2
10 0
0 0
0 0
0 9
43 Minor 11 122 5
34 0
0 0
2 0
0 16 158 Moderate 1
16 0
4 0
1 0
0 0
0 1
21 Severe 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 5.3%
9.4%
0.0%
8.3%
N/A 100.0%
N/A 0.0%
N/A N/A 3.8%
9.5%
Leatherbacks Loggerheads Green turtles (Caretta caretta)
(Chelonia mydas)
Overall Totals Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
(Dermochelys coriacea)
Hawksbills