ML13191A948

NRR E-mail Capture - June 2013 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report

ML13191A948
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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	07/05/2013
From:	Weege S - No Known Affiliation
To:	Koperski M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Stephen Weege [steveweege@yahoo.com]

Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 5:08 PM To: Meghan Koperski Cc: Dave Niebch; Mike Bresette; MTP@MyFWC.com; SCO@dep.state.fl.us; Vince Munne; Audra

- NOAA Federal; John Jones; Dave Clark; Ed Hollowell; Jodie Gless; Ken Frehafer; Shelley Norton; EndangeredSpecies Resource

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June 2013 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: June 2013 Marine Turtle Captures.rtf; Monthly Report Notes 2013.xls; FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2013.xls; Power Plant Causal Turtles.xlsx Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469

Subject:

Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary June 2013

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for June 2013. This month, we captured forty-two (42) Caretta caretta and eleven (11) 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 June.

Throughout the month, the 5-inch barrier net experienced severe loads of jellyfish that entered into the intake canal system; whereas algae entrainment was light. On June 1st, Underwater Engineering Services, Inc. (UESI) performed the quarterly net inspections on the barrier nets within the intake canal system (specifically, the temporary 5-inch; 8-inch A-1-A; and the Underwater Intrusion Detection System, or 10-inch U.I.D.S. nets). No holes were uncovered during the quarterly net inspection. On June 14th, UESI also inspected and cleaned the temporary 5-inch barrier net in response to a severe jellyfish event. Overall, the temporary barrier net has performed as designed and no turtles have been observed beyond the 5-inch net. To date, Florida Power &

Light continues to work towards the installation of a permanent 5-inch barrier net.

The tag numbers and morphometric data for all turtles captured during the month have been included with this report (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 2013. In addition, this spreadsheet also tracks fresh scrapes incurred on captured turtles for the current month, as well as the entire year. An additional Excel spreadsheet was added this year that tracks all causal injuries and mortalities incurred by sea turtles at the St.

Lucie Plant since 2001.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Sincerely, Steve 1

Steve Weege Sr. Environmental Specialist Inwater Research Group, Inc.

4160 NE Hyline Dr.

Jensen Beach, FL 34957 sweege@inwater.org (772) 349-7252 2

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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL JUNE 2013 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 6/1/2013 Caretta caretta 1 EEA484/EEA485 85.3 86.4 93.1 84.3 69.1 64.1 87.3 North net 6/1/2013 Caretta caretta 2 EEA486/EEA487 100.4 102.6 109.0 92.0 71.0 75.8 143.2 South net 6/1/2013 Caretta caretta EEA488/EEA489 74.0 74.0 81.0 78.6 64.7 60.4 69.7 Hand capture 6/2/2013 Caretta caretta 3 EEA490/EEA491 88.5 93.6 99.1 86.0 65.7 66.9 96.2 South net 6/2/2013 Caretta caretta EEA492/EEA493 81.6 82.8 90.5 84.5 66.7 62.4 78.1 Hand capture 6/2/2013 Caretta caretta EEA494/EEA495 58.0 59.1 64.1 63.7 53.1 46.9 30.4 Hand capture 6/3/2013 Caretta caretta 4 EEA496/EEA497 90.1 91.3 99.9 85.4 69.9 67.1 105.4 South net 6/5/2013 Chelonia mydas 5 BBR464/BBR465 39.5 39.9 42.6 37.0 31.8 32.3 8.4 Hand capture 6/5/2013 Chelonia mydas 6 EEA498/EEA499 94.4 94.5 98.9 87.7 68.4 77.3 104.7 Hand capture 6/5/2013 Chelonia mydas 7 EEA500/EEL501 94.4 94.7 100.7 91.5 76.7 75.7 111.3 Hand capture 6/5/2013 Chelonia mydas 8 EEL502/EEL503 97.8 98.0 104.1 96.4 74.5 77.4 130.1 Hand capture 6/5/2013 Chelonia mydas 9 UUB950 44.0 44.4 47.6 41.3 35.0 36.9 12.5 Hand capture 6/7/2013 Caretta caretta 10 EEL504/EEL505 99.3 99.3 107.9 90.9 71.4 76.2 133.8 South net 6/9/2013 Caretta caretta EEL506/EEL507 79.7 80.5 64.4 87.9 82.0 61.8 78.0 South net 6/10/2013 Caretta caretta 11 EEL508/EEL509 89.5 91.5 95.7 84.4 69.6 68.6 103.4 South net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 6/10/2013 Caretta caretta 12 EEL510/EEL511 88.8 90.0 94.5 82.9 67.4 69.4 90.5 South net 6/12/2013 Caretta caretta 13 EEL512/EEL513 99.9 100.0 104.4 96.9 76.6 78.8 131.2 Hand capture 6/12/2013 Caretta caretta EEL514/EEL515 77.3 79.2 86.2 82.3 64.5 63.4 72.4 Hand capture 6/12/2013 Caretta caretta EEL516/EEL518 61.9 62.2 66.5 65.1 52.8 48.2 33.4 Hand capture 6/13/2013 Caretta caretta EEL519/EEL520 65.7 66.7 72.5 68.4 54.0 50.1 39.5 South net 6/14/2013 Chelonia mydas 14 EEL521/EEL522 50.6 50.9 54.3 46.7 40.9 42.3 17.8 South net 6/14/2013 Caretta caretta EEL523/EEL524 59.7 60.6 66.8 63.4 53.6 46.7 33.3 North net 6/15/2013 Chelonia mydas 15 BBR464/BBR465 39.2 39.4 43.0 37.0 31.9 32.1 7.9 Hand capture 6/15/2013 Chelonia mydas 16 EEL517/EEL525 106.1 106.3 112.6 101.4 79.3 85.5 171.1 Hand capture 6/15/2013 Caretta caretta 17 EEL551/EEL552 87.7 88.0 93.0 84.9 67.5 67.5 85.0 Hand capture 6/16/2013 Caretta caretta 18 EEL553/EEL554 93.1 95.4 102.6 89.7 72.9 75.7 131.7 South net 6/16/2013 Caretta caretta 19 EEL555/EEL556 90.1 91.2 97.1 92.0 74.5 73.8 119.9 Hand capture 6/16/2013 Caretta caretta 20 EEL557/EEL558 104.0 105.6 112.7 97.7 78.8 82.3 170.1 North net 6/16/2013 Caretta caretta EEL559/EEL560 68.4 68.7 74.3 69.6 55.4 50.9 39.7 Hand capture 6/20/2013 Caretta caretta EEL561/EEL562 71.6 72.9 77.6 74.1 57.7 55.4 56.1 South net 6/21/2013 Caretta caretta 21 EEL563/EEL564 95.7 96.5 102.4 92.6 71.9 75.4 135.9 North net 6/21/2013 Chelonia mydas EEL565/EEL566 47.4 48.8 50.6 43.3 37.4 39.1 12.9 South net 6/24/2013 Caretta caretta EEL567/EEL568 82.1 82.6 87.7 84.3 61.4 64.2 81.0 South net 6/24/2013 Caretta caretta 22 EEL569/EEL570 89.7 90.8 101.0 89.0 67.6 68.0 103.7 South net 6/26/2013 Caretta caretta EEL571/EEL572 56.2 57.1 63.0 61.9 50.8 45.8 27.0 Hand capture

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 6/26/2013 Caretta caretta EEL573/EEL574 59.4 60.4 65.6 62.8 51.2 47.3 33.3 Hand capture 6/26/2013 Caretta caretta EEL575/EEL576 56.2 57.4 63.5 62.3 50.9 48.1 29.5 Hand capture 6/27/2013 Caretta caretta 23 A8438/A8439 61.2 62.6 69.1 66.3 55.6 49.1 38.8 Hand capture 6/27/2013 Caretta caretta EEL577/EEL578 46.6 32.9 Hand capture 6/28/2013 Caretta caretta 24 EEL579/EEL580 86.1 87.7 96.2 86.5 66.2 62.7 80.8 Hand capture 6/28/2013 Caretta caretta EEL581/EEL582 78.5 79.7 85.8 78.3 62.6 62.8 75.9 Hand capture 6/28/2013 Caretta caretta 25 EEL583/EEL584 86.8 87.4 92.2 84.4 66.2 67.3 85.4 Hand capture 6/28/2013 Chelonia mydas 26 EEL586/EEL587 41.7 42.1 45.2 39.4 33.2 35.2 9.4 Hand capture 6/28/2013 Caretta caretta 27 EEL588/EEL589 98.6 98.7 107.7 94.8 73.8 75.9 147.6 Hand capture 6/28/2013 Caretta caretta 28 EEL590/EEL591 90.8 92.2 99.1 96.4 74.1 71.0 127.1 Hand capture 6/28/2013 Caretta caretta 29 EEL592/EEL593 94.5 96.5 101.4 89.2 73.9 75.3 130.1 North net 6/28/2013 Caretta caretta 30 EEL594/EEL595 84.7 85.2 93.5 85.1 67.8 66.4 93.8 Hand capture 6/29/2013 Caretta caretta 31 EEL596/EEL597 98.5 100.3 110.0 94.7 74.2 75.8 135.7 Hand capture 6/29/2013 Caretta caretta 32 EEL598/EEL599 88.3 89.3 98.0 85.7 66.0 68.5 98.5 Hand capture 6/29/2013 Caretta caretta EEL600/EEL601 67.2 68.7 72.8 71.3 58.5 54.7 48.6 Hand capture 6/29/2013 Caretta caretta EEL602/EEL603 65.3 66.5 71.5 70.0 57.6 51.8 42.4 Hand capture 6/29/2013 Chelonia mydas 33 EEL604/EEL605 91.1 92.4 99.5 91.0 72.7 75.3 123.8 Hand capture 6/29/2013 Caretta caretta EEL606/EEL607 60.3 61.4 67.5 63.5 54.1 46.7 31.4 Hand capture

NOTES

1. Adult female. Tail length = 208 mm. Deep moderate fresh scrape on top of head.

2. Adult female. Tail length = 235 mm. Turtle missing 50% of right front flipper (healed). Possible shark attack victim based on old healed rake marks on carapace and extensive scar tissue in remaining portion of flipper.

3. Adult female. Tail length = 255 mm.

4. Adult female. Tail length = 229 mm.

5. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/24/12, 1/30/13, 5/8/13 and 6/5/13. Skull exposed from moderate fresh scrape behind right eye.

6. Adult male. Tail length = 367 mm. Turtle has soft plastron.

7. Adult male. Tail length = 420 mm. Multiple deep fresh scrapes in anterior carapace and skull exposed from deep, moderate fresh scrape to top of head.

8. Adult female. Tail length = 307 mm. Mating wounds from males' claws in both shoulders at margins of carapace.

9. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/9/10, 4/3/13 and 6/5/13.

10. Adult female. Tail length = 190 mm.

11. Adult female. Tail length = 290 mm. Partially healed wounds on the right front flipper. Shark rakings in the plastron.

12. Adult female. Tail length = 205 mm.

13. Adult female. Tail length = 277 mm. Possible mating scars on ventral surface of neck.

14. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/6/08, 5/18/11, 10/11/11 and 6/14/13.

15. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/24/12, 1/30/13, 5/8/13, 6/5/13 and 6/15/13.

16. Adult female. Tail length = 305 mm. Mating wounds evident.

17. Adult female. Tail length = 215 mm.

18. Adult female. Tail length = 228 mm.

19. Adult female. Tail length = 234 mm.

20. Adult female. Tail length = 281 mm. Deep cuts (healing) in both front flippers and ventral side of neck - cause unknown. Deep fresh scrape above right eye (skull exposed). Broken phalanges in left front flipper and bleeding cuts in both front flippers.

21. Adult female. Tail length = 309 mm.

22. Adult female. Tail length = 171 mm. Turtle missing 25% of right front flipper (healed).

23. STRANGE TAG (Inconel tags A8438 and A8439). Hooking wound in right shoulder.

24. Adult female. Tail length = 255 mm. Possible hooking wound behind lower tomium.

25. Adult female. Tail length = 170 mm.

26. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 3/19/08 and 6/28/13.

27. Adult female. Tail length = 222 mm.

28. Adult female. Tail length = 222 mm.

29. Adult female. Tail length = 305 mm.

30. Adult female. Tail length = 172 mm.

31. Adult female. Tail length = 283 mm.

32. Adult female. Tail length = 175 mm.

33. Adult female. Tail length = 245 mm. Turtle has minor healed flipper damage and multiple wounds between rear flippers (inguinal and tail). Shark rakings in posterior carapace.

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

Loggerheads Green turtles Hawksbills Leatherbacks Kemp's ridley (Chelonia (Eretmochelys (Dermochelys (Lepidochelys (Caretta caretta) mydas) imbricata) coriacea) kempii) Overall Totals Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Jun-13 Date Jun-13 Date Jun-13 Date Jun-13 Date Jun-13 Date Jun-13 Date Captures 42 172 11 103 0 2 0 1 0 0 53 278 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-causal Mortalities 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Causal Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sent to rehab 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Jun-13 Date Jun-13 Date Jun-13 Date Jun-13 Date Jun-13 Date Jun-13 Date None 13 31 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 45 Minor 26 129 9 78 0 0 0 1 0 0 35 208 Moderate 3 12 2 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 25 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 7.1% 7.0% 18.2% 11.7% N/A 50.0% N/A 0.0% N/A N/A 9.4% 9.0%

Injury / Mortality St Lucie Power Plant Causal Turtles 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 **2013 Totals by Species Total Captures 270 341 538 623 484 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 172 4,583 Loggerhead Injuries 0 0 0 0 1 *3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 Mortalities 1 0 0 1 0 *21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 Total Captures 321 292 394 286 428 267 101 299 161 444 217 127 103 3,440 Green Injuries 0 0 1 0 3 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 16 Mortalities 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 19 Total Captures 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 16 Leatherback Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Captures 1 0 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 19 Kemp's Ridley Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Captures 6 3 6 2 2 2 1 4 2 3 2 1 2 36 Hawksbill Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Injury / Mortality Yearly Totals 5 2 2 2 5 32 1 5 3 5 1 3 0 66 Total Captures per Year 600 636 944 914 917 692 330 725 424 751 521 362 278 8,094

• The loggerhead causal injuries and mortalities in 2006 were all hatchlings.

• • 2013 is a partial year