ML14339A627
| ML14339A627 | |
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 12/03/2014 |
| From: | Weege S - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Steve Weege [steveweege@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 11:45 AM To: Meghan Koperski Cc: Audra Livergood - NOAA Federal; Ed Hollowell; Jodie Gless; John Jones; Ken Frehafer; Marine Turtle Permit; Michael Bresette; EndangeredSpecies Resource; SCO@dep.state.fl.us; Vince Munne; Cody Mott; Jeff Guertin; Ryan Welsh
Subject:
November 2014 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: November 2014 Marine Turtle Captures.rtf; Monthly Report Notes 2014.xls; FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2014.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 November 2014
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for November 2014. This month, we captured thirteen (13) Caretta caretta and eleven (11) Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. Two sea turtles were sent for rehabilitation and there were no mortalities for the month of November. As with all sea turtle strandings at the Saint Lucie Plant (alive or dead), the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) was consulted and a stranding form was filed with the state through the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network. Neither of the stranding incidents in November were considered causal to power plant operations.
There were two non-causal stranding events this past month. On November 11th, a juvenile loggerhead was captured in the tangle nets with an apparent boat strike injury. The turtle had propeller damage to the right anterior carapace that extended through to the plastron. Inwater Research Group (IRG) personnel transported the turtle to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) in Juno Beach for rehabilitation. On November 13th, a juvenile green turtle was dip-netted that had been attacked by a shark. There was a large arc-shaped bite mark across the carapace with the body cavity exposed in the upper right quadrant. This turtle was picked up by a volunteer and taken back to LMC for rehabilitation.
Throughout the month, the 5-inch barrier net experienced severe loads of jellyfish that entered into the intake canal system, whereas algae entrainment was moderate. Inwater Research Group biologists performed around-the-clock monitoring of the intake canal and barrier net system when jellyfish intrusion was severe. On November 25th, Underwater Engineering Services cleaned the temporary 5-inch barrier net of accumulated biota and debris. Through these combined efforts, the temporary barrier net was maintained well above the waterline and no turtles were observed beyond the 5-inch net. Construction of a permanent 5-inch barrier net is currently underway and completion has been projected for early 2015.
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 2014. 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 tracks all causal injuries and mortalities incurred by sea turtles at the St. Lucie Plant since 2002.
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Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely, Steve 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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November 2014 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 12/3/2014 11:45:21 AM Received Date: 12/3/2014 11:45:43 AM From: Steve Weege Created By: steveweege@gmail.com Recipients:
"Audra Livergood - NOAA Federal" <audra.livergood@noaa.gov>
Tracking Status: None "Ed Hollowell" <Ed.Hollowell@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Jodie Gless" <Jodie_Gless@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "John Jones" <John.Jones@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Ken Frehafer" <Ken_Frehafer@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Marine Turtle Permit" <MTP@myfwc.com>
Tracking Status: None "Michael Bresette" <mbresette@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "EndangeredSpecies Resource" <EndangeredSpecies.Resource@nrc.gov>
Tracking Status: None "SCO@dep.state.fl.us" <SCO@dep.state.fl.us>
Tracking Status: None "Vince Munne" <Vince.Munne@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Cody Mott" <cmott@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Jeff Guertin" <jguertin@gmail.com>
Tracking Status: None "Ryan Welsh" <rwelsh@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Meghan Koperski" <Meghan.Koperski@MyFWC.com>
Tracking Status: None Post Office: mail.gmail.com Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 3350 12/3/2014 11:45:43 AM November 2014 Marine Turtle Captures.rtf 15242 Monthly Report Notes 2014.xls 147008 FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2014.xls 168000 Power Plant Causal Turtles.xlsx 18457 Options Priority: Standard Return Notification: No
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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL NOVEMBER 2014 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 11/8/2014 Chelonia mydas 1 LLA176/LLA177 60.6 61.0 65.1 58.0 46.3 50.8 30.4 North net 11/8/2014 Caretta caretta LLA178/LLA179 64.9 66.0 71.5 68.8 55.8 51.6 38.7 South net 11/8/2014 Caretta caretta LLA180/LLA181 65.6 67.4 71.5 70.0 54.5 50.6 42.0 North net 11/10/2014 Caretta caretta LLA182/LLA183 66.7 68.9 74.1 73.2 57.3 50.5 45.0 South net 11/11/2014 Caretta caretta 2 JRG141111-01 58.1 58.9 62.7 60.6 49.7 47.6 31.9 South net 11/11/2014 Caretta caretta LLA184 77.5 79.1 85.0 76.2 61.7 60.4 69.0 South net 11/12/2014 Caretta caretta LLA185/LLA186 62.5 63.6 68.4 68.1 54.0 49.2 37.3 South net 11/13/2014 Chelonia mydas LLA187/LLA188 33.6 34.3 36.0 32.6 27.9 28.3 5.0 South net 11/13/2014 Chelonia mydas 3 RCW141113-01 27.7 28.5 29.4 25.9 23.4 22.4 2.6 Dip net 11/15/2014 Chelonia mydas LLA189 29.8 30.2 32.0 27.7 23.9 24.6 3.4 Dip net 11/16/2014 Caretta caretta 4 484C395F41 71.6 73.2 77.6 72.7 58.6 53.7 54.2 South net 11/17/2014 Chelonia mydas LLA190/LLA191 40.1 40.2 42.7 37.4 30.5 31.7 8.3 South net 11/18/2014 Chelonia mydas 5 LLA192/LLA193 54.7 54.8 58.8 52.1 44.0 45.1 22.3 South net 11/18/2014 Caretta caretta LLA194/LLA195 66.4 68.0 73.6 69.4 56.8 52.5 42.0 North net 11/19/2014 Chelonia mydas 6 LLA089 41.4 41.5 43.8 38.5 32.5 35.4 9.7 South net
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 11/20/2014 Caretta caretta LLA196/LLA197 71.0 73.6 78.6 77.9 60.1 57.0 59.9 North net 11/21/2014 Chelonia mydas 982000363063212 24.8 24.9 26.2 22.9 20.1 20.4 1.8 Barrier net 11/23/2014 Chelonia mydas 982000362868273 28.9 30.0 31.0 28.0 25.2 24.8 3.6 South net 11/23/2014 Chelonia mydas 7 BBP274 51.1 51.5 54.9 49.5 40.8 41.9 18.8 South net 11/24/2014 Chelonia mydas LLA198 68.4 68.9 73.6 70.1 57.5 57.3 48.0 North net 11/24/2014 Caretta caretta LLA199/LLA200 65.6 66.0 72.2 69.8 55.0 51.7 41.6 North net 11/25/2014 Caretta caretta LLA201/LLA202 66.4 66.7 71.4 70.3 56.1 52.1 39.4 North net 11/30/2014 Caretta caretta LLA203/LLA204 65.0 66.0 70.5 67.6 56.0 52.1 39.8 North net 11/30/2014 Caretta caretta LLA205/LLA206 64.5 66.2 70.4 68.9 56.6 53.7 45.3 North net
NOTES
- 1. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 1/9/11, 5/20/13 and 11/8/14. New inconel tags inserted. Deep moderate fresh scrape on head.
- 2. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# JRG141111-01. Juvenile loggerhead with fresh prop wounds to right anterior carapace (broken bone exposed). Inwater Research Group personnel transported the turtle to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) in Juno Beach for rehabilitation.
- 3. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# RCW141113-01. Shark attack victim with arc-shaped bite mark across carapace; the body cavity was exposed in the upper right quadrant. The turtle was taken to LMC for rehabilitation.
- 4. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 1/12/07, 2/28/07, 7/12/07, 8/5/07, 9/8/07, 3/31/09, 12/2/09, 3/22/10, 10/12/10, 6/23/11, 10/20/11, 4/27/12, 5/20/12, 7/1/12 and 11/16/14. Multiple tag scars in both front flippers; no new Inconel tags inserted.
- 5. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/6/10 and 11/18/14. One extra vertebral scute.
- 6. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/28/14 and 11/19/14. Turtle had minor healed flipper damage.
- 7. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/4/07, 10/20/11, 7/21/12, 12/12/12, 1/6/13, 4/3/13, 1/6/14, 4/26/14 and 11/23/14. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {moderate}, Total Tumor Score = 11).
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 Nov- Date Nov- Date Nov- Date Nov- Date Nov- Date Nov- Date Captures 13 253 11 120 0 3 0 0 0 2 24 378 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-causal Mortalities 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Causal Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sent to rehab 1 10 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Nov- Date Nov- Date Nov- Date Nov- Date Nov- Date Nov- Date None 3 34 6 26 0 2 0 0 0 1 9 63 Minor 10 196 4 83 0 1 0 0 0 1 14 281 Moderate 0 23 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 9.2% N/A 0.0% N/A N/A N/A 0.0% 4.2% 9.0%
St Lucie Power Plant Causal Turtles 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total Captures 270 341 538 623 484 Loggerhead Injuries 0 0 0 0 1 Mortalities 1 0 0 1 0 Total Captures 321 292 394 286 428 Green Injuries 0 0 1 0 3 Mortalities 4 2 1 1 1 Total Captures 2 0 4 2 0 Leatherback Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 Total Captures 1 0 2 1 3 Kemp's Ridley Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 Total Captures 6 3 6 2 2 Hawksbill Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 Injury & Mortality Yearly Totals 5 2 2 2 5 Total Captures per Year 600 636 944 914 917
- The loggerhead causal injuries and mortalities in 2006 were all hatchlings.
- 2014 is a partial year.
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 **2014 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 303 31
- 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
- 21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 267 101 299 161 444 217 127 196 40 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 1 5 3 5 1 3 3 0 692 330 725 424 751 521 362 503 74
Injury / Mortality Totals by Species 4,745 5
3 3,573 16 21 17 0
0 21 0
0 37 0
0 69 8,393
Injury / Mortality St Lucie Power Plant Causal Turtles 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 **2014 Totals by Species Total Captures 341 538 623 484 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 303 253 4,697 Loggerhead Injuries 0 0 0 1 *3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 Mortalities 0 0 1 0 *21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Total Captures 292 394 286 428 267 101 299 161 444 217 127 196 120 3,332 Green Injuries 0 1 0 3 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 16 Mortalities 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 2 0 17 Total Captures 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 15 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 0 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 20 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 3 6 2 2 2 1 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 33 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 2 2 2 5 32 1 5 3 5 1 3 3 0 64 Total Captures per Year 636 944 914 917 692 330 725 424 751 521 362 503 378 8,097
- The loggerhead causal injuries and mortalities in 2006 were all hatchlings.
- 2014 is a partial year.