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1 NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From:

Steve Weege <steveweege@gmail.com>

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Friday, February 05, 2016 10:58 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; Kristin.Eaton@fpl.com

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[External_Sender] January 2016 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments:

January 2016 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf; Monthly Report Notes 2016.pdf; FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2016.pdf; Power Plant Causal Turtles.pdf Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469

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Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary January 2016

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for January 2016. This month, we captured twenty-nine (29) Caretta caretta and thirty-six (36) Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. Six sea turtles were sent for rehabilitation and there were three mortalities recorded during the month of January; all of the strandings were non-causal. As with all sea turtle strandings at the St. 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.

Four loggerheads were sent to rehabilitation facilities for non-causal injuries this month. On January 6th, a subadult loggerhead was hand-captured along the bank of the power plant intake canal. The turtle was emaciated and lethargic with three old wounds in the carapace. The wounds were deep, extending into the body cavity and not healed. There was also a healing gash in the head (not a fresh scrape). The cause of the injuries could not be ascertained. The FWC stranding coordinator transported the turtle to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton for rehabilitation. On January 11th, a subadult loggerhead was hand captured that was in poor condition. The turtle was emaciated, lethargic and unable to swim (Debilitated Loggerhead Turtle Syndrome). After consultation with FWC, Inwater Research Group biologists (IRG) transported the turtle partway to the rehabilitation facility at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne. On January 16th, a large subadult loggerhead was found resting on the bottom of the intake canal in shallow water. It was emaciated and lethargic with heavy epibiont coverage (Debilitated Loggerhead Turtle Syndrome). The cavity around the heart was visible and the plastron was soft and concave. The Loggerhead Marinelife Center staff transported the turtle partway to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation. On January 29th, an underweight subadult loggerhead in poor condition was recovered from the intake canal (captured in the tangle nets). Longline monofilament was coming out of the mouth. There was also a large partially healed wound in the carapace which extended around to the plastron and into the body cavity. Multiple old wounds riddled the carapace, exposing patches of bone. IRG

2 transported the turtle partway to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation. All of the aforementioned live loggerhead strandings were considered non-causal.

Two green turtles were sent to rehabilitation facilities for non-causal injuries this month. On January 10th, a juvenile green turtle with moderate fibropapillomatosis was proactively removed from the FPL intake canal with a dip net. Large sections of the carapacial scutes were sloughing off and reddish underneath, indicative of infection. There was also fishing line coming out of the mouth. The FWC stranding coordinator picked up the turtle the next day and transported it to the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota for rehabilitation. On January 25th, another juvenile green turtle with moderate papilloma tumors was removed from the intake canal. This turtle was captured with a dip net while it was floating at the surface. It was lethargic and underweight, with moderate fresh scrapes. The FWC stranding coordinator also picked up and transported this turtle to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton for rehabilitation. Both live green turtle strandings were considered non-causal.

There were three non-causal green mortalities recorded during the month of January. On January 2nd, a severely decomposed juvenile green turtle was recovered from the permanent 5-inch barrier net. The turtle was missing all of its flippers, its head, and plastron. Only part of the carapace and some internal organs remained. On January 13th, a moderately decomposed juvenile green turtle was recovered by hand as it floated down the intake canal. It was bloated and its scales were sloughing off. Although there was no salient cause of death, it was too decomposed to necropsy. Nevertheless, it was presumed to have been entrained postmortem based on the state of decomposition, as well as how and where it was discovered in the intake canal. On January 29th, a severely decomposed juvenile green turtle was recovered from the permanent 5-inch barrier net. The flippers were mostly decomposed and the carapace was falling apart. There were no obvious injuries or abnormalities.

None of the three green turtle mortalities this month were considered causal.

Throughout the month, the permanent 5-inch barrier net experienced light-to-moderate loads of algae and jellyfish that entered into the intake canal system. Inwater Research Group biologists also performed around-the-clock monitoring of the intake canal and barrier net system while the power plant conducted minor equipment repairs and maintenance. Overall, the barrier net has performed as designed and 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 2016. 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 2003.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

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

4160 NE Hyline Dr.

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

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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL JANUARY 2016 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(kg) 1/1/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP380 26.5 26.8 28.1 25.3 22.8 21.9 2.5 Hand capture 1/2/2016 Chelonia mydas 1 JRG160102-01 22.8 22.8 25.2 22.8 17.9 Barrier net 1/2/2016 Caretta caretta LLP381/LLP382 65.8 66.4 72.0 68.5 53.6 50.1 35.3 South net 1/3/2016 Chelonia mydas 2 LLP383/LLP384 55.7 56.2 59.2 51.2 44.9 46.5 22.6 South net 1/3/2016 Caretta caretta LLP385/LLP386 66.1 67.2 73.8 67.6 51.9 48.6 38.8 North net 1/3/2016 Caretta caretta LLP387/LLP388 63.6 64.5 68.7 65.3 52.3 50.8 42.7 Dip net 1/4/2016 Chelonia mydas 3 LLP389 59.5 60.0 63.5 60.0 45.9 47.8 27.0 South net 1/6/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP390/LLP391 32.8 32.9 34.7 28.6 25.4 27.0 4.2 Dip net 1/6/2016 Caretta caretta LLP392/LLP393 64.9 66.0 71.7 70.4 57.5 52.2 43.9 North net 1/6/2016 Caretta caretta 4 RCW160106-01 61.9 62.9 68.3 67.0 51.6 47.7 Hand capture 1/7/2016 Chelonia mydas 5 LLP394/LLP395 60.2 61.0 65.5 56.0 47.7 51.9 29.5 South net 1/7/2016 Caretta caretta LLP396/LLP397 67.9 70.6 77.0 73.3 60.6 52.5 45.0 North net 1/7/2016 Caretta caretta LLP398/LLP399 63.8 65.1 69.5 67.5 54.5 49.8 36.0 North net 1/8/2016 Chelonia mydas 982000364883660 25.7 26.0 27.0 23.6 22.2 21.1 2.2 Dip net 1/8/2016 Caretta caretta LLP400/LLP401 77.1 78.6 82.6 81.9 65.1 59.5 63.8 North net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(kg) 1/8/2016 Chelonia mydas 6 LLP402/LLP403 49.1 49.4 52.0 45.4 38.0 41.4 16.0 Dip net 1/9/2016 Chelonia mydas 7 LLH622 54.2 54.7 57.6 52.4 42.7 44.5 19.3 North net 1/10/2016 Caretta caretta LLP404/LLP405 66.0 68.5 74.7 68.3 54.4 51.7 45.2 North net 1/10/2016 Chelonia mydas 8 MJT160110-01 42.7 43.2 46.2 39.9 34.2 33.7 9.1 Dip net 1/11/2016 Caretta caretta LLP407/LLP408 74.0 75.3 80.0 74.2 58.2 56.7 53.2 Barrier net 1/11/2016 Caretta caretta LLP409/LLP410 66.0 66.4 72.0 69.5 55.5 51.1 44.2 North net 1/11/2016 Caretta caretta 9 RCW160111-01 67.4 68.4 72.2 72.1 55.5 53.7 38.0 Hand capture 1/12/2016 Chelonia mydas 982000364963948 27.4 28.0 28.8 24.5 21.6 22.3 2.3 South net 1/12/2016 Caretta caretta LLP411/LLP412 76.1 78.5 83.4 80.0 62.5 57.7 61.7 North net 1/12/2016 Caretta caretta LLP413/LLP414 62.2 63.5 68.7 66.3 54.0 49.2 38.0 North net 1/13/2016 Chelonia mydas 10 STW160113-01 27.2 27.6 29.3 24.7 21.9 21.7 3.6 Hand capture 1/14/2016 Chelonia mydas 11 4A5A473052 45.9 46.6 50.0 42.0 35.8 39.3 13.6 Dip net 1/16/2016 Chelonia mydas 982000364963651 26.9 27.3 28.8 25.0 22.4 22.3 2.5 Dip net 1/16/2016 Caretta caretta LLP415/LLP416 57.1 58.0 63.4 57.4 49.0 46.9 29.7 North net 1/16/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP417 28.5 29.0 30.3 26.9 24.2 23.5 2.8 Dip net 1/16/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP418/LLP419 30.5 30.8 32.1 27.7 25.2 25.5 3.5 Dip net 1/16/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP420 26.2 26.7 28.0 23.3 21.2 23.0 2.2 Dip net 1/16/2016 Caretta caretta 12 STW160116-01 78.9 80.4 85.7 77.1 61.7 58.0 47.3 Dip net 1/17/2016 Chelonia mydas 13 BBP274 51.6 51.8 55.3 49.2 41.4 42.1 17.5 South net 1/17/2016 Caretta caretta LLP421/LLP422 62.9 64.0 68.4 64.5 54.4 50.0 38.5 North net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(kg) 1/17/2016 Chelonia mydas 14 LLP423/LLP424 40.7 40.9 42.3 38.1 32.7 32.8 8.4 South net 1/17/2016 Caretta caretta LLP425/LLP426 63.1 64.4 69.3 69.2 56.4 50.2 39.9 South net 1/17/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP427/LLP428 56.9 57.4 60.9 53.8 45.0 48.1 22.6 North net 1/20/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP429/LLP430 32.2 32.4 34.4 30.2 26.5 27.0 4.5 South net 1/20/2016 Caretta caretta LLP431/LLP432 69.2 70.9 75.1 70.8 58.0 51.4 44.5 North net 1/22/2016 Caretta caretta LLP433/LLP434 67.8 68.7 74.0 70.6 55.7 52.7 46.0 North net 1/24/2016 Caretta caretta LLP435/LLP436 71.6 72.8 79.9 74.5 61.6 54.0 55.9 North net 1/24/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP438 29.5 29.6 30.8 26.1 24.3 24.2 3.3 South net 1/24/2016 Chelonia mydas 15 YYR307/LLP437 51.1 51.3 54.4 50.0 42.0 42.5 18.8 South net 1/25/2016 Chelonia mydas 982000364835022 27.0 27.2 29.0 24.5 21.7 21.9 2.6 Dip net 1/25/2016 Chelonia mydas 982000365097122 26.1 27.7 30.0 26.0 23.3 23.3 2.8 Dip net 1/25/2016 Caretta caretta LLP439/LLP440 57.0 58.3 62.0 59.0 49.2 45.3 30.1 North net 1/25/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP441/LLP442 35.2 36.2 38.5 35.0 29.8 29.6 6.2 North net 1/25/2016 Chelonia mydas 16 RCW160125-01 31.8 32.0 34.4 31.1 24.9 25.7 5.6 Dip net 1/26/2016 Caretta caretta LLP443/LLP444 55.0 55.9 60.2 58.1 47.9 45.0 25.1 North net 1/26/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP445 25.3 25.6 27.2 23.3 20.5 21.0 2.3 Hand capture 1/29/2016 Chelonia mydas 17 CRM160129-01 27.7 27.9 30.0 Barrier net 1/29/2016 Caretta caretta 18 JRG160129-01 62.1 62.8 70.1 66.8 54.3 49.1 34.8 North net 1/30/2016 Chelonia mydas 19 LLA328 52.4 52.9 56.5 49.9 41.2 42.8 18.8 South net 1/30/2016 Chelonia mydas 20 LLP446/LLP447 90.5 91.4 95.1 83.3 71.4 71.5 96.3 North net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(kg) 1/30/2016 Caretta caretta 21 LLP448/LLP449 70.2 72.3 78.0 70.9 57.2 52.3 49.2 North net 1/30/2016 Caretta caretta LLP450 68.2 69.5 73.8 73.1 57.5 54.0 49.3 South net 1/30/2016 Caretta caretta LLP451/LLP452 53.9 54.4 59.6 56.1 46.6 42.4 21.4 North net 1/30/2016 Caretta caretta LLP453/LLP454 59.8 61.8 67.2 66.4 55.1 47.7 36.9 North net 1/30/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP455 25.0 25.4 26.1 22.7 21.0 20.3 2.1 Hand capture 1/30/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP456/LLP457 44.0 44.7 47.3 42.7 37.1 34.8 10.5 North net 1/30/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP458 23.9 24.2 25.1 22.0 19.8 19.8 1.9 North net 1/31/2016 Chelonia mydas 22 EEP345/EEP346 47.5 47.7 50.4 43.9 36.7 38.8 14.3 South net 1/31/2016 Chelonia mydas 23 LLA364/LLA365 56.2 56.6 59.4 52.7 44.7 47.8 25.0 North net 1/31/2016 Caretta caretta LLP459/LLP460 59.7 61.3 67.0 64.3 53.8 47.9 38.2 Dip net

NOTES

1. DEAD (NON-CAUSAL MORTALITY). Stranding# JRG160102-01. Severely decomposed juvenile green turtle recovered from the 5-inch barrier net. Turtle missing all flippers, head and plastron. Only part of carapace and some organs remain. Weight estimated at 1.0kg.
2. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/6/08, 5/18/11, 10/11/11, 6/14/13, 6/23/14, 3/11/15 and 1/3/16. New Inconel tags inserted on this capture event. Deep moderate 7cm scrape in right side of plastron (healing).
3. 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, 12/4/06, 12/9/07, 2/10/08, 4/3/08, 9/14/08, 11/26/08, 12/18/08, 12/14/09, 1/11/10, 9/21/10, 7/25/11, 10/13/11, 7/12/12, 12/16/12, 8/19/13, 2/12/14, 5/7/14 and 1/4/16. New Inconel tag inserted on this capture event.

Moderate fresh scrape beneath tomium on right side. Turtle has healed flipper damage.

4. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# RCW160106-01. Subadult loggerhead hand-captured along the bank of the intake canal. Turtle was emaciated and lethargic with three old wounds in carapace. Wounds were deep, extending into the body cavity, and not healed. Healing gash in head (not a fresh scrape).

Cause of injuries unknown. Weight estimated at 20kg. Transported to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton by the FWC stranding coordinator Morgan Young.

5. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {moderate}, Total Tumor Score = 2). Tumors appear to be regressing. Turtle has extra scutes: 5 right costal & 6 vertebral scutes.
6. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/24/14 and 1/8/16. New Inconel tags inserted on this capture event.
7. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/23/09, 3/23/10, 9/22/10, 1/31/11, 10/13/11, 11/17/11, 12/20/12, 3/27/15, 8/3/15 and 1/9/16.
8. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# MJT160110-01. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {moderate},

Total Tumor Score = 26). Large sections of scutes sloughing off in anterior carapace, red underneath (possible infection). Moderate fresh scrapes in anterior carapace where scutes are coming off. Fishing line coming out of mouth. FWC stranding coordinator picked up the turtle the next day and transported it to the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota for rehabilitation.

9. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# RCW160111-01. Subadult loggerhead hand captured in the intake canal in poor condition. The turtle was emaciated, lethargic and unable to swim (Debilitated Loggerhead Turtle Syndrome). Inwater Research Group biologists transported the turtle partway to the rehabilitation facility at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne.
10. DEAD (NON-CAUSAL MORTALITY). Stranding# STW160113-01. Moderately decomposed juvenile green turtle recovered by hand as it floated down the intake canal. Bloated, scales sloughing.

Rhampotheca fell off as we picked it up. No salient cause of death but too decomposed to necropsy.

Consulted with FWC. Presumed to have been entrained post mortem based on the state of decomposition, as well as how and where it was discovered in the intake canal.

11. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/4/08, 8/18/09, 9/15/09, 6/20/12, 10/3/12, 12/6/12, 3/22/13, 7/11/13, 9/3/14, 12/29/14 and 1/14/16.

PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 1). Tumor was on proximal trailing edge of flipper at tagging location. Deep moderate fresh scrape on top of head (skull exposed).

12. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# STW160116-01. Large subadult loggerhead found resting on the bottom of the power plant intake canal in shallow water. Emaciated and lethargic with heavy epibiont coverage - Debilitated Loggerhead Turtle Syndrome. Cavity around the heart visible. Plastron soft and concave. Elongated tail (possible male). Loggerhead Marinelife Center staff transported the turtle partway to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation.
13. 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, 7/26/14, 11/23/14, 3/10/15 and 1/17/16.

PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 3 {heavy}, Total Tumor Score = 11). Very large pap on flipper, possibly where a tag scar might be. Turtle very active with good body condition (released).

14. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/26/10 and 1/17/16. Moderate scrape on top of head.
15. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/6/08, 12/6/11, 4/12/13, 7/16/13 and 1/24/16. Moderate scrape above right eye.
16. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# RCW160125-01. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {moderate},

Total Tumor Score = 35). Juvenile green turtle in poor condition removed from the intake canal. The turtle was captured with a dip net while it was floating at the surface. It was lethargic and underweight with moderate fibropapillomatosis. There was also a moderate fresh scrape measuring 2cm by 3cm on the rear flipper. The FWC stranding coordinator picked up and transported the turtle to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton for rehabilitation.

17. DEAD (NON-CAUSAL MORTALITY). Stranding# CRM160129-01. Severely decomposed juvenile green turtle recovered from the permanent 5-inch barrier net. Flippers 90% decomposed and carapace 10%

decomposed. No obvious injuries or abnormalities. Weight estimated at 2.0 kg.

18. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# JRG160129-01. Underweight subadult loggerhead in poor condition recovered from the intake canal of the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant (captured in the tangle nets).

Longline monofilament coming out of mouth. Large partially healed wound in the left anterior carapace, wraps around to the plastron and extends into the body cavity. Multiple old wounds across length of carapace (bone exposed). Partially healed laceration in right front flipper. Heavy epibiont coverage.

Inwater Research Group biologists transported the turtle partway to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation.

19. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/29/08, 1/17/14, 5/7/14, 1/27/15, 3/1/15, 12/23/15 and 1/30/16.
20. Adult male. Tail length = 470 mm. Large 6cm nodule on proximal ventral side of left front flipper (not a papilloma tumor).
21. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/23/08, 9/17/08, 1/10/09, 3/17/09, 12/18/09, 9/25/10, 11/11/10, 5/18/13, 8/31/13, 7/15/14 and 1/30/16.
22. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/14/13 and 1/31/16. Inconel tag #EEP346 removed - scale healing abnormally at tagging site.
23. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/16/12, 2/14/15 and 1/31/16.

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

Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Captures 29 29 36 36 0

0 0

0 0

0 65 65 Causal Mortalities 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 Non-Causal Mortalities 0

0 3

3 0

0 0

0 0

0 3

3 Causal Injuries 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 Sent to Rehab 4

4 2

2 0

0 0

0 0

0 6

6 Fresh Scrapes Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date None 5

5 8

8 0

0 0

0 0

0 13 13 Minor 21 21 20 20 0

0 0

0 0

0 41 41 Moderate 3

3 8

8 0

0 0

0 0

0 11 11 Severe 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 Percent with Mod/Sev Scrapes 10.3%

10.3%

22.2%

22.2%

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 16.9%

16.9%

Overall Totals Hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea)

Loggerheads (Caretta caretta)

Green turtles (Chelonia mydas)

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 **2016 Injury / Mortality Totals by Species Total Captures 538 623 484 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 303 275 275 29 4,682 Injuries 0

0 1

  • 3 0

1 1

0 0

1 1

0 0

0 5

Mortalities 0

1 0

  • 21 0

0 0

1 0

0 0

0 0

0 2

Total Captures 394 286 428 267 101 299 161 444 217 127 196 134 180 36 3,270 Injuries 1

0 3

7 0

2 2

1 0

0 0

0 0

0 16 Mortalities 1

1 1

1 1

2 0

3 1

2 2

0 4

0 19 Total Captures 4

2 0

1 1

0 1

2 0

2 2

0 2

0 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

Total Captures 2

1 3

3 0

2 0

7 0

0 0

2 7

0 27 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

Total Captures 6

2 2

2 1

4 2

3 2

1 2

3 1

0 31 Injuries 0

0 0

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    • 2016 is a partial year.

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Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for January 2016. This month, we captured twenty-nine (29) Caretta caretta and thirty-six (36) Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. Six sea turtles were sent for rehabilitation and there were three mortalities recorded during the month of January; all of the strandings were non-causal. As with all sea turtle strandings at the St. 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.

Four loggerheads were sent to rehabilitation facilities for non-causal injuries this month. On January 6th, a subadult loggerhead was hand-captured along the bank of the power plant intake canal. The turtle was emaciated and lethargic with three old wounds in the carapace. The wounds were deep, extending into the body cavity and not healed. There was also a healing gash in the head (not a fresh scrape). The cause of the injuries could not be ascertained. The FWC stranding coordinator transported the turtle to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton for rehabilitation. On January 11th, a subadult loggerhead was hand captured that was in poor condition. The turtle was emaciated, lethargic and unable to swim (Debilitated Loggerhead Turtle Syndrome). After consultation with FWC, Inwater Research Group biologists (IRG) transported the turtle partway to the rehabilitation facility at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne. On January 16th, a large subadult loggerhead was found resting on the bottom of the intake canal in shallow water. It was emaciated and lethargic with heavy epibiont coverage (Debilitated Loggerhead Turtle Syndrome). The cavity around the heart was visible and the plastron was soft and concave. The Loggerhead Marinelife Center staff transported the turtle partway to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation. On January 29th, an underweight subadult loggerhead in poor condition was recovered from the intake canal (captured in the tangle nets). Longline monofilament was coming out of the mouth. There was also a large partially healed wound in the carapace which extended around to the plastron and into the body cavity. Multiple old wounds riddled the carapace, exposing patches of bone. IRG

2 transported the turtle partway to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation. All of the aforementioned live loggerhead strandings were considered non-causal.

Two green turtles were sent to rehabilitation facilities for non-causal injuries this month. On January 10th, a juvenile green turtle with moderate fibropapillomatosis was proactively removed from the FPL intake canal with a dip net. Large sections of the carapacial scutes were sloughing off and reddish underneath, indicative of infection. There was also fishing line coming out of the mouth. The FWC stranding coordinator picked up the turtle the next day and transported it to the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota for rehabilitation. On January 25th, another juvenile green turtle with moderate papilloma tumors was removed from the intake canal. This turtle was captured with a dip net while it was floating at the surface. It was lethargic and underweight, with moderate fresh scrapes. The FWC stranding coordinator also picked up and transported this turtle to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton for rehabilitation. Both live green turtle strandings were considered non-causal.

There were three non-causal green mortalities recorded during the month of January. On January 2nd, a severely decomposed juvenile green turtle was recovered from the permanent 5-inch barrier net. The turtle was missing all of its flippers, its head, and plastron. Only part of the carapace and some internal organs remained. On January 13th, a moderately decomposed juvenile green turtle was recovered by hand as it floated down the intake canal. It was bloated and its scales were sloughing off. Although there was no salient cause of death, it was too decomposed to necropsy. Nevertheless, it was presumed to have been entrained postmortem based on the state of decomposition, as well as how and where it was discovered in the intake canal. On January 29th, a severely decomposed juvenile green turtle was recovered from the permanent 5-inch barrier net. The flippers were mostly decomposed and the carapace was falling apart. There were no obvious injuries or abnormalities.

None of the three green turtle mortalities this month were considered causal.

Throughout the month, the permanent 5-inch barrier net experienced light-to-moderate loads of algae and jellyfish that entered into the intake canal system. Inwater Research Group biologists also performed around-the-clock monitoring of the intake canal and barrier net system while the power plant conducted minor equipment repairs and maintenance. Overall, the barrier net has performed as designed and 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 2016. 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 2003.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

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

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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL JANUARY 2016 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(kg) 1/1/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP380 26.5 26.8 28.1 25.3 22.8 21.9 2.5 Hand capture 1/2/2016 Chelonia mydas 1 JRG160102-01 22.8 22.8 25.2 22.8 17.9 Barrier net 1/2/2016 Caretta caretta LLP381/LLP382 65.8 66.4 72.0 68.5 53.6 50.1 35.3 South net 1/3/2016 Chelonia mydas 2 LLP383/LLP384 55.7 56.2 59.2 51.2 44.9 46.5 22.6 South net 1/3/2016 Caretta caretta LLP385/LLP386 66.1 67.2 73.8 67.6 51.9 48.6 38.8 North net 1/3/2016 Caretta caretta LLP387/LLP388 63.6 64.5 68.7 65.3 52.3 50.8 42.7 Dip net 1/4/2016 Chelonia mydas 3 LLP389 59.5 60.0 63.5 60.0 45.9 47.8 27.0 South net 1/6/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP390/LLP391 32.8 32.9 34.7 28.6 25.4 27.0 4.2 Dip net 1/6/2016 Caretta caretta LLP392/LLP393 64.9 66.0 71.7 70.4 57.5 52.2 43.9 North net 1/6/2016 Caretta caretta 4 RCW160106-01 61.9 62.9 68.3 67.0 51.6 47.7 Hand capture 1/7/2016 Chelonia mydas 5 LLP394/LLP395 60.2 61.0 65.5 56.0 47.7 51.9 29.5 South net 1/7/2016 Caretta caretta LLP396/LLP397 67.9 70.6 77.0 73.3 60.6 52.5 45.0 North net 1/7/2016 Caretta caretta LLP398/LLP399 63.8 65.1 69.5 67.5 54.5 49.8 36.0 North net 1/8/2016 Chelonia mydas 982000364883660 25.7 26.0 27.0 23.6 22.2 21.1 2.2 Dip net 1/8/2016 Caretta caretta LLP400/LLP401 77.1 78.6 82.6 81.9 65.1 59.5 63.8 North net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(kg) 1/8/2016 Chelonia mydas 6 LLP402/LLP403 49.1 49.4 52.0 45.4 38.0 41.4 16.0 Dip net 1/9/2016 Chelonia mydas 7 LLH622 54.2 54.7 57.6 52.4 42.7 44.5 19.3 North net 1/10/2016 Caretta caretta LLP404/LLP405 66.0 68.5 74.7 68.3 54.4 51.7 45.2 North net 1/10/2016 Chelonia mydas 8 MJT160110-01 42.7 43.2 46.2 39.9 34.2 33.7 9.1 Dip net 1/11/2016 Caretta caretta LLP407/LLP408 74.0 75.3 80.0 74.2 58.2 56.7 53.2 Barrier net 1/11/2016 Caretta caretta LLP409/LLP410 66.0 66.4 72.0 69.5 55.5 51.1 44.2 North net 1/11/2016 Caretta caretta 9 RCW160111-01 67.4 68.4 72.2 72.1 55.5 53.7 38.0 Hand capture 1/12/2016 Chelonia mydas 982000364963948 27.4 28.0 28.8 24.5 21.6 22.3 2.3 South net 1/12/2016 Caretta caretta LLP411/LLP412 76.1 78.5 83.4 80.0 62.5 57.7 61.7 North net 1/12/2016 Caretta caretta LLP413/LLP414 62.2 63.5 68.7 66.3 54.0 49.2 38.0 North net 1/13/2016 Chelonia mydas 10 STW160113-01 27.2 27.6 29.3 24.7 21.9 21.7 3.6 Hand capture 1/14/2016 Chelonia mydas 11 4A5A473052 45.9 46.6 50.0 42.0 35.8 39.3 13.6 Dip net 1/16/2016 Chelonia mydas 982000364963651 26.9 27.3 28.8 25.0 22.4 22.3 2.5 Dip net 1/16/2016 Caretta caretta LLP415/LLP416 57.1 58.0 63.4 57.4 49.0 46.9 29.7 North net 1/16/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP417 28.5 29.0 30.3 26.9 24.2 23.5 2.8 Dip net 1/16/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP418/LLP419 30.5 30.8 32.1 27.7 25.2 25.5 3.5 Dip net 1/16/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP420 26.2 26.7 28.0 23.3 21.2 23.0 2.2 Dip net 1/16/2016 Caretta caretta 12 STW160116-01 78.9 80.4 85.7 77.1 61.7 58.0 47.3 Dip net 1/17/2016 Chelonia mydas 13 BBP274 51.6 51.8 55.3 49.2 41.4 42.1 17.5 South net 1/17/2016 Caretta caretta LLP421/LLP422 62.9 64.0 68.4 64.5 54.4 50.0 38.5 North net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(kg) 1/17/2016 Chelonia mydas 14 LLP423/LLP424 40.7 40.9 42.3 38.1 32.7 32.8 8.4 South net 1/17/2016 Caretta caretta LLP425/LLP426 63.1 64.4 69.3 69.2 56.4 50.2 39.9 South net 1/17/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP427/LLP428 56.9 57.4 60.9 53.8 45.0 48.1 22.6 North net 1/20/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP429/LLP430 32.2 32.4 34.4 30.2 26.5 27.0 4.5 South net 1/20/2016 Caretta caretta LLP431/LLP432 69.2 70.9 75.1 70.8 58.0 51.4 44.5 North net 1/22/2016 Caretta caretta LLP433/LLP434 67.8 68.7 74.0 70.6 55.7 52.7 46.0 North net 1/24/2016 Caretta caretta LLP435/LLP436 71.6 72.8 79.9 74.5 61.6 54.0 55.9 North net 1/24/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP438 29.5 29.6 30.8 26.1 24.3 24.2 3.3 South net 1/24/2016 Chelonia mydas 15 YYR307/LLP437 51.1 51.3 54.4 50.0 42.0 42.5 18.8 South net 1/25/2016 Chelonia mydas 982000364835022 27.0 27.2 29.0 24.5 21.7 21.9 2.6 Dip net 1/25/2016 Chelonia mydas 982000365097122 26.1 27.7 30.0 26.0 23.3 23.3 2.8 Dip net 1/25/2016 Caretta caretta LLP439/LLP440 57.0 58.3 62.0 59.0 49.2 45.3 30.1 North net 1/25/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP441/LLP442 35.2 36.2 38.5 35.0 29.8 29.6 6.2 North net 1/25/2016 Chelonia mydas 16 RCW160125-01 31.8 32.0 34.4 31.1 24.9 25.7 5.6 Dip net 1/26/2016 Caretta caretta LLP443/LLP444 55.0 55.9 60.2 58.1 47.9 45.0 25.1 North net 1/26/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP445 25.3 25.6 27.2 23.3 20.5 21.0 2.3 Hand capture 1/29/2016 Chelonia mydas 17 CRM160129-01 27.7 27.9 30.0 Barrier net 1/29/2016 Caretta caretta 18 JRG160129-01 62.1 62.8 70.1 66.8 54.3 49.1 34.8 North net 1/30/2016 Chelonia mydas 19 LLA328 52.4 52.9 56.5 49.9 41.2 42.8 18.8 South net 1/30/2016 Chelonia mydas 20 LLP446/LLP447 90.5 91.4 95.1 83.3 71.4 71.5 96.3 North net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(kg) 1/30/2016 Caretta caretta 21 LLP448/LLP449 70.2 72.3 78.0 70.9 57.2 52.3 49.2 North net 1/30/2016 Caretta caretta LLP450 68.2 69.5 73.8 73.1 57.5 54.0 49.3 South net 1/30/2016 Caretta caretta LLP451/LLP452 53.9 54.4 59.6 56.1 46.6 42.4 21.4 North net 1/30/2016 Caretta caretta LLP453/LLP454 59.8 61.8 67.2 66.4 55.1 47.7 36.9 North net 1/30/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP455 25.0 25.4 26.1 22.7 21.0 20.3 2.1 Hand capture 1/30/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP456/LLP457 44.0 44.7 47.3 42.7 37.1 34.8 10.5 North net 1/30/2016 Chelonia mydas LLP458 23.9 24.2 25.1 22.0 19.8 19.8 1.9 North net 1/31/2016 Chelonia mydas 22 EEP345/EEP346 47.5 47.7 50.4 43.9 36.7 38.8 14.3 South net 1/31/2016 Chelonia mydas 23 LLA364/LLA365 56.2 56.6 59.4 52.7 44.7 47.8 25.0 North net 1/31/2016 Caretta caretta LLP459/LLP460 59.7 61.3 67.0 64.3 53.8 47.9 38.2 Dip net

NOTES

1. DEAD (NON-CAUSAL MORTALITY). Stranding# JRG160102-01. Severely decomposed juvenile green turtle recovered from the 5-inch barrier net. Turtle missing all flippers, head and plastron. Only part of carapace and some organs remain. Weight estimated at 1.0kg.
2. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/6/08, 5/18/11, 10/11/11, 6/14/13, 6/23/14, 3/11/15 and 1/3/16. New Inconel tags inserted on this capture event. Deep moderate 7cm scrape in right side of plastron (healing).
3. 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, 12/4/06, 12/9/07, 2/10/08, 4/3/08, 9/14/08, 11/26/08, 12/18/08, 12/14/09, 1/11/10, 9/21/10, 7/25/11, 10/13/11, 7/12/12, 12/16/12, 8/19/13, 2/12/14, 5/7/14 and 1/4/16. New Inconel tag inserted on this capture event.

Moderate fresh scrape beneath tomium on right side. Turtle has healed flipper damage.

4. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# RCW160106-01. Subadult loggerhead hand-captured along the bank of the intake canal. Turtle was emaciated and lethargic with three old wounds in carapace. Wounds were deep, extending into the body cavity, and not healed. Healing gash in head (not a fresh scrape).

Cause of injuries unknown. Weight estimated at 20kg. Transported to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton by the FWC stranding coordinator Morgan Young.

5. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {moderate}, Total Tumor Score = 2). Tumors appear to be regressing. Turtle has extra scutes: 5 right costal & 6 vertebral scutes.
6. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/24/14 and 1/8/16. New Inconel tags inserted on this capture event.
7. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/23/09, 3/23/10, 9/22/10, 1/31/11, 10/13/11, 11/17/11, 12/20/12, 3/27/15, 8/3/15 and 1/9/16.
8. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# MJT160110-01. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {moderate},

Total Tumor Score = 26). Large sections of scutes sloughing off in anterior carapace, red underneath (possible infection). Moderate fresh scrapes in anterior carapace where scutes are coming off. Fishing line coming out of mouth. FWC stranding coordinator picked up the turtle the next day and transported it to the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota for rehabilitation.

9. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# RCW160111-01. Subadult loggerhead hand captured in the intake canal in poor condition. The turtle was emaciated, lethargic and unable to swim (Debilitated Loggerhead Turtle Syndrome). Inwater Research Group biologists transported the turtle partway to the rehabilitation facility at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne.
10. DEAD (NON-CAUSAL MORTALITY). Stranding# STW160113-01. Moderately decomposed juvenile green turtle recovered by hand as it floated down the intake canal. Bloated, scales sloughing.

Rhampotheca fell off as we picked it up. No salient cause of death but too decomposed to necropsy.

Consulted with FWC. Presumed to have been entrained post mortem based on the state of decomposition, as well as how and where it was discovered in the intake canal.

11. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/4/08, 8/18/09, 9/15/09, 6/20/12, 10/3/12, 12/6/12, 3/22/13, 7/11/13, 9/3/14, 12/29/14 and 1/14/16.

PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 1). Tumor was on proximal trailing edge of flipper at tagging location. Deep moderate fresh scrape on top of head (skull exposed).

12. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# STW160116-01. Large subadult loggerhead found resting on the bottom of the power plant intake canal in shallow water. Emaciated and lethargic with heavy epibiont coverage - Debilitated Loggerhead Turtle Syndrome. Cavity around the heart visible. Plastron soft and concave. Elongated tail (possible male). Loggerhead Marinelife Center staff transported the turtle partway to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation.
13. 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, 7/26/14, 11/23/14, 3/10/15 and 1/17/16.

PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 3 {heavy}, Total Tumor Score = 11). Very large pap on flipper, possibly where a tag scar might be. Turtle very active with good body condition (released).

14. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/26/10 and 1/17/16. Moderate scrape on top of head.
15. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/6/08, 12/6/11, 4/12/13, 7/16/13 and 1/24/16. Moderate scrape above right eye.
16. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# RCW160125-01. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {moderate},

Total Tumor Score = 35). Juvenile green turtle in poor condition removed from the intake canal. The turtle was captured with a dip net while it was floating at the surface. It was lethargic and underweight with moderate fibropapillomatosis. There was also a moderate fresh scrape measuring 2cm by 3cm on the rear flipper. The FWC stranding coordinator picked up and transported the turtle to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton for rehabilitation.

17. DEAD (NON-CAUSAL MORTALITY). Stranding# CRM160129-01. Severely decomposed juvenile green turtle recovered from the permanent 5-inch barrier net. Flippers 90% decomposed and carapace 10%

decomposed. No obvious injuries or abnormalities. Weight estimated at 2.0 kg.

18. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# JRG160129-01. Underweight subadult loggerhead in poor condition recovered from the intake canal of the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant (captured in the tangle nets).

Longline monofilament coming out of mouth. Large partially healed wound in the left anterior carapace, wraps around to the plastron and extends into the body cavity. Multiple old wounds across length of carapace (bone exposed). Partially healed laceration in right front flipper. Heavy epibiont coverage.

Inwater Research Group biologists transported the turtle partway to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation.

19. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/29/08, 1/17/14, 5/7/14, 1/27/15, 3/1/15, 12/23/15 and 1/30/16.
20. Adult male. Tail length = 470 mm. Large 6cm nodule on proximal ventral side of left front flipper (not a papilloma tumor).
21. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/23/08, 9/17/08, 1/10/09, 3/17/09, 12/18/09, 9/25/10, 11/11/10, 5/18/13, 8/31/13, 7/15/14 and 1/30/16.
22. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/14/13 and 1/31/16. Inconel tag #EEP346 removed - scale healing abnormally at tagging site.
23. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/16/12, 2/14/15 and 1/31/16.

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

Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Captures 29 29 36 36 0

0 0

0 0

0 65 65 Causal Mortalities 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 Non-Causal Mortalities 0

0 3

3 0

0 0

0 0

0 3

3 Causal Injuries 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 Sent to Rehab 4

4 2

2 0

0 0

0 0

0 6

6 Fresh Scrapes Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date Jan-16 Year to Date None 5

5 8

8 0

0 0

0 0

0 13 13 Minor 21 21 20 20 0

0 0

0 0

0 41 41 Moderate 3

3 8

8 0

0 0

0 0

0 11 11 Severe 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 Percent with Mod/Sev Scrapes 10.3%

10.3%

22.2%

22.2%

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 16.9%

16.9%

Overall Totals Hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea)

Loggerheads (Caretta caretta)

Green turtles (Chelonia mydas)

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 **2016 Injury / Mortality Totals by Species Total Captures 538 623 484 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 303 275 275 29 4,682 Injuries 0

0 1

  • 3 0

1 1

0 0

1 1

0 0

0 5

Mortalities 0

1 0

  • 21 0

0 0

1 0

0 0

0 0

0 2

Total Captures 394 286 428 267 101 299 161 444 217 127 196 134 180 36 3,270 Injuries 1

0 3

7 0

2 2

1 0

0 0

0 0

0 16 Mortalities 1

1 1

1 1

2 0

3 1

2 2

0 4

0 19 Total Captures 4

2 0

1 1

0 1

2 0

2 2

0 2

0 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

Total Captures 2

1 3

3 0

2 0

7 0

0 0

2 7

0 27 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

Total Captures 6

2 2

2 1

4 2

3 2

1 2

3 1

0 31 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

5 32 1

5 3

5 1

3 3

0 4

0 66 944 914 917 692 330 725 424 751 521 362 503 414 465 65 8,027

  • The loggerhead causal injuries and mortalities in 2006 were all hatchlings.
    • 2016 is a partial year.

St Lucie Power Plant Causal Turtles Total Captures per Year Loggerhead Green Leatherback Kemp's Ridley Hawksbill Injury & Mortality Yearly Totals

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