ML15189A243
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 07/01/2015 |
| From: | Weege S - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Koperski M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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1 NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From:
Steve Weege [steveweege@gmail.com]
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Wednesday, July 01, 2015 10:06 AM To:
Meghan Koperski Cc:
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; debbie.spring@noaa.gov; Max Toebe
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[External_Sender] June 2015 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments:
June 2015 Marine Turtle Captures.rtf; Monthly Report Notes 2015.pdf; Power Plant Causal Turtles.pdf; FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2015.pdf Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469
Subject:
Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary June 2015
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for June 2015. This month, we captured forty-three (43) Caretta caretta and four (4) Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. There were no mortalities and only one sea turtle was sent for rehabilitation in June. 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.
There was one sea turtle that was sent to a rehabilitation facility for non-causal injuries this month. On June 21st, a subadult loggerhead was hand captured in the FPL intake canal with a 3ft section of 50lb monofilament fishing line coming out of its mouth and throat. After consultation with FWC, Inwater Research Group personnel transported the turtle to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for rehabilitation. X-rays revealed an ingested fishing hook which was successfully removed from its stomach. The animal is currently being treated with fluids and antibiotics as it continues to recover. This stranding event was not considered causal to power plant operations.
Throughout the month, the 5-inch barrier net experienced severe loads of comb jellyfish that entered into the intake canal system, whereas algae entrainment was light. Overall, there was no significant impact on the barrier net system and the new barrier net has performed as designed; no turtles have been observed beyond the 5-inch 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 2015. 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.
2 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
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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL JUNE 2015 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm)
(kg) 6/1/2015 Caretta caretta LLH692/LLH693 57.8 59.6 63.3 64.2 52.0 47.1 32.4 North net 6/1/2015 Caretta caretta 1
LLH694/LLH695 91.5 91.8 98.8 86.8 72.2 70.8 107.5 South net 6/1/2015 Caretta caretta LLH696/LLH697 62.6 63.9 69.3 67.5 56.7 49.7 40.2 South net 6/3/2015 Caretta caretta LLH699/LLH700 67.1 68.3 74.1 70.0 54.9 52.3 40.5 South net 6/3/2015 Caretta caretta 2
LLH701/LLH702 84.0 85.5 93.6 89.1 69.1 65.9 100.4 South net 6/5/2015 Caretta caretta 3
LLH703/LLH704 96.5 97.9 108.0 100.1 78.4 76.5 143.3 South net 6/5/2015 Caretta caretta LLH705/LLH706 78.4 80.3 86.8 80.5 60.4 62.7 67.1 South net 6/5/2015 Caretta caretta 4
LLH707/LLH708 93.6 96.2 103.4 90.1 71.7 68.6 112.1 South net 6/6/2015 Chelonia mydas 5 LLH709/LLH710 92.5 92.8 97.5 92.6 75.3 73.2 102.8 South net 6/6/2015 Caretta caretta 6
LLH711/LLH712 89.6 90.3 98.1 88.6 66.4 67.2 100.4 Hand capture 6/6/2015 Caretta caretta LLH713/LLH714 64.7 66.0 71.7 66.4 53.8 49.5 38.8 Hand capture 6/6/2015 Caretta caretta LLH715/LLH716 67.1 67.7 73.4 74.1 57.6 51.4 47.2 North net 6/7/2015 Caretta caretta LLH717/LLH718 60.4 61.9 65.7 64.6 53.7 48.3 33.7 South net 6/7/2015 Caretta caretta LLH719/LLH720 65.8 67.0 70.9 68.8 58.4 54.0 42.6 North net 6/8/2015 Caretta caretta 7
LLH721/LLH722 90.3 92.3 99.1 92.4 73.7 71.0 112.6 North net
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm)
(kg) 6/8/2015 Caretta caretta 8
LLH723/LLH724 87.6 89.4 97.2 87.0 70.8 67.3 94.0 North net 6/13/2015 Caretta caretta LLH725/LLH726 58.8 60.1 64.7 63.7 53.0 48.1 35.4 South net 6/14/2015 Caretta caretta LLH727/LLH728 64.4 65.5 70.8 68.2 57.1 51.4 43.0 Hand capture 6/14/2015 Caretta caretta LLH729/LLH730 82.1 83.3 91.2 80.5 61.5 62.9 72.3 Hand capture 6/14/2015 Caretta caretta LLH731/LLH732 61.3 62.8 68.3 66.0 54.5 49.0 37.2 Hand capture 6/15/2015 Chelonia mydas 9 EEP686 52.0 52.1 55.7 51.3 41.5 42.3 19.0 Hand capture 6/15/2015 Caretta caretta LLH733/LLH734 79.4 79.6 84.0 84.3 66.5 64.6 88.7 Hand capture 6/15/2015 Caretta caretta 10 LLH735/LLH736 88.6 91.1 97.7 89.6 68.6 68.2 103.9 Hand capture 6/15/2015 Caretta caretta 11 LLH737/LLH738 83.4 85.0 90.5 80.4 62.8 63.8 76.9 Hand capture 6/15/2015 Caretta caretta LLH739/LLH740 64.6 65.4 69.9 66.7 56.2 49.3 43.2 Hand capture 6/15/2015 Caretta caretta 12 LLH741/LLH742 84.4 85.8 93.5 82.8 67.7 65.3 83.5 Hand capture 6/15/2015 Caretta caretta LLH743/LLH744 78.1 79.7 86.5 77.4 61.5 59.6 69.2 Hand capture 6/16/2015 Caretta caretta LLH745/LLH746 82.2 83.0 85.7 82.5 63.0 64.1 79.7 North net 6/17/2015 Caretta caretta 13 LLH747/LLH748 94.5 94.9 101.5 100.1 79.7 74.2 132.2 Hand capture 6/17/2015 Caretta caretta LLH749/LLH750 69.0 70.3 75.4 71.0 58.3 55.2 48.3 Hand capture 6/17/2015 Chelonia mydas 14 LLH751 49.7 49.8 53.8 48.0 38.4 41.0 16.1 Hand capture 6/17/2015 Chelonia mydas 15 LLH752/LLH753 44.8 45.5 48.2 43.9 36.4 36.5 13.0 Hand capture 6/19/2015 Caretta caretta LLH754/LLH755 70.9 72.2 77.0 71.9 60.3 56.5 50.5 South net 6/20/2015 Caretta caretta 16 LLH756/LLH757 80.4 89.5 81.0 65.5 64.5 83.4 Hand capture 6/20/2015 Caretta caretta LLH758/LLH759 63.3 64.4 67.9 68.6 56.1 50.7 38.3 Hand capture
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm)
(kg) 6/21/2015 Caretta caretta LLH760/LLH761 82.6 83.3 89.3 86.4 66.4 61.7 89.5 Hand capture 6/21/2015 Caretta caretta LLH762/LLH763 80.1 81.2 85.6 76.4 64.1 61.4 68.8 Hand capture 6/21/2015 Caretta caretta 17 STW150621-01 66.6 68.7 72.3 72.4 57.1 55.7 50.9 Hand capture 6/23/2015 Caretta caretta LLH764/LLH765 74.1 75.9 81.8 72.8 57.4 55.4 56.1 Hand capture 6/23/2015 Caretta caretta 18 LLH766/LLH767 89.9 91.2 95.8 90.9 73.2 70.7 109.4 Hand capture 6/24/2015 Caretta caretta 19 LLH768/LLH769 89.1 90.9 97.8 92.3 75.0 71.7 107.0 South net 6/24/2015 Caretta caretta 20 LLH770/LLH771 87.0 87.4 93.2 84.9 70.2 65.0 95.0 North net 6/25/2015 Caretta caretta LLH772/LLH773 56.5 57.7 61.1 61.5 49.7 45.0 29.4 North net 6/26/2015 Caretta caretta 21 LLH774/LLH775 99.4 99.8 106.9 95.2 72.6 77.6 147.1 North net 6/27/2015 Caretta caretta LLH776/LLH777 78.4 81.3 86.5 81.7 63.1 60.6 72.5 South net 6/28/2015 Caretta caretta 22 LLH778/LLH779 95.2 95.7 104.1 96.4 76.4 71.9 132.3 North net 6/29/2015 Caretta caretta 23 LLH780/LLH781 90.4 90.7 98.9 89.6 67.7 71.8 108.0 South net
NOTES
- 1. Adult female. Tail length = 189 mm.
- 2. Adult female. Tail length = 181 mm. Shark rakings evident on left anterior carapace.
- 3. Adult female. Tail length = 205 mm.
- 4. Adult male. Tail length = 420 mm. Moderate fresh scrape to upper right eyelid.
- 5. Adult male. Tail length = 410 mm. Possible healing hooking wound in right side of jaw.
- 6. Adult female. Tail length = 233 mm. Moderate fresh scrape on right side of head (skull exposed).
- 7. Adult female. Tail length = 217 mm.
- 8. Adult female. Tail length = 177 mm.
- 9. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/5/08, 5/10/11, 6/13/11, 7/25/11, 7/7/12, 2/5/13, 3/20/13, 5/7/14, 1/3/15, 4/16/15 and 6/15/15.
PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {moderate}, Total Tumor Score = 10).
- 10. Adult female. Tail length = 209 mm. STRANGE TAG (PIT tag #466B0F424C). Tagging information sent to Peter Eliazar at the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research (UF). Moderate fresh scrape in left anterior carapace.
- 11. Adult female. Tail length = 223 mm. Mating scar in ventral surface of neck (3cm x 7cm).
- 12. Adult female. Tail length = 177 mm.
- 13. Adult female. Tail length = 228 mm. Shark attack victim. Large arc-shaped bite out of right posterior carapace (36cm in diameter). Turtle also missing 30% of right rear flipper. Injuries are old/healed.
- 14. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 5/31/12, 4/27/13, 11/5/13, 1/21/14, 7/3/14 and 6/17/15. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light},
Total Tumor Score = 1). One small tumor on rear flipper. New Inconel tag inserted today.
- 15. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/21/13, 1/29/14 and 6/17/15. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 1).
New Inconel tags inserted on this capture event.
- 16. Carapace damage prevented biologists from obtaining a straight minimum carapace length (SMCL). Two cracks originating from between the pygals and splitting through the carapace. The wounds extend through the bone at the anterior end and are in the process of healing (not from entrainment).
- 17. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# STW150621-01. Subadult loggerhead hand captured in the FPL intake canal with a 3ft section of 50lb monofilament fishing line coming out of its mouth/throat. After consultation with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Inwater Research Group personnel transported the turtle to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for rehabilitation.
- 18. Adult female. Tail length = 258 mm. Possible old boat strike trauma; Large healed gash in right posterior carapace measuring 40cm long by 5cm wide. Mating wounds on neck.
- 19. Adult female. Tail length = 205 mm. Moderate fresh scrape above left eye.
- 20. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/28/05 and 6/24/15. Adult female. Tail length = 200 mm.
- 21. Adult female. Tail length = 191 mm. Mating scar on ventral side of neck.
- 22. Adult female. Tail length = 256 mm.
- 23. Adult female. Tail length = 226 mm. Deep moderate fresh scrape above left eye.
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
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
- 2015 Injury/Mortality
TotalsbySpecies TotalCaptures 341 538 623 484 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 303 275 168 4,887 Injuries 0
0 0
1
- 3 0
1 1
0 0
1 1
0 0
5 Mortalities 0
0 1
0
- 21 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
2 TotalCaptures 292 394 286 428 267 101 299 161 444 217 127 196 134 86 3,432 Injuries 0
1 0
3 7
0 2
2 1
0 0
0 0
0 16 Mortalities 2
1 1
1 1
1 2
0 3
1 2
2 0
1 18 TotalCaptures 0
4 2
0 1
1 0
1 2
0 2
2 0
2 17 Injuries 0
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 0
TotalCaptures 0
2 1
3 3
0 2
0 7
0 0
0 2
6 26 Injuries 0
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 0
TotalCaptures 3
6 2
2 2
1 4
2 3
2 1
2 3
0 33 Injuries 0
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 0
2 2
2 5
32 1
5 3
5 1
3 3
0 1
65 636 944 914 917 692 330 725 424 751 521 362 503 414 262 8,395
- Theloggerheadcausalinjuriesandmortalitiesin2006wereallhatchlings.
- 2015isapartialyear.
StLuciePowerPlantCausalTurtles TotalCapturesperYear Loggerhead Green Leatherback Kemp'sRidley Hawksbill Injury&MortalityYearlyTotals
Jun-15 Year to Date Jun-15 Year to Date Jun-15 Year to Date Jun-15 Year to Date Jun-15 Year to Date Jun-15 Year to Date Captures 43 168 4
86 0
0 0
2 0
6 47 262 Causal Mortalities 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1 Non-causal Mortalities 0
0 0
2 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 1
6 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 1
6 Fresh Scrapes Jun-15 Year to Date Jun-15 Year to Date Jun-15 Year to Date Jun-15 Year to Date Jun-15 Year to Date Jun-15 Year to Date None 2
16 0
12 0
0 0
0 0
0 2
28 Minor 31 99 4
42 0
0 0
1 0
3 35 145 Moderate 10 11 0
2 0
0 0
0 0
0 10 13 Severe 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 23.3%
6.5%
0.0%
2.3%
N/A N/A N/A 0.0%
N/A 0.0%
21.3%
5.0%
Loggerheads Green turtles (Caretta caretta)
(Chelonia mydas)
Overall Totals Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
(Dermochelys coriacea)
Hawksbills Leatherbacks