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NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) June 2016 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report
ML16195A066
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Issue date: 07/11/2016
From: Weege S
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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Steve Weege <steveweege@gmail.com>

Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 4:15 PM 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; Kristin.Eaton@fpl.com; Jonathan Gorham

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

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for June 2016. This month, we captured thirty-four (34) Caretta caretta and eight (8) 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.

The permanent 5-inch barrier net encountered severe loads of comb jellies and filamentous algae during the month of June. Unlike the small gelatinous comb jellies, or ctenophores, filamentous algae can interfere with the operation of the power plant by restricting access to sufficient quantities of clean cooling water. As such, Inwater Research Group biologists performed around-the-clock monitoring of the intake canal and barrier net system during the end of the month when the influx of algae was the heaviest. Overall, the barrier net has performed as designed and no turtles have been observed beyond the 5-inch net this month.

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 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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[External_Sender] June 2016 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 7/11/2016 4:15:03 PM Received Date: 7/11/2016 4:15:07 PM From: Steve Weege Created By: steveweege@gmail.com Recipients:

"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 "debbie.spring@noaa.gov" <debbie.spring@noaa.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Kristin.Eaton@fpl.com" <Kristin.Eaton@fpl.com>

Tracking Status: None "Jonathan Gorham" <jgorham@inwater.org>

Tracking Status: None "Meghan Koperski" <Meghan.Koperski@myfwc.com>

Tracking Status: None Post Office: mail.gmail.com Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 1964 7/11/2016 4:15:07 PM June 2016 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 77184 Monthly Report Notes 2016.pdf 55384 FPL St Lucie Capture Summary 2016.pdf 78222 Power Plant Causal Turtles.pdf 87725

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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL JUNE 2016 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 6/1/2016 Caretta caretta 1 LLS549/LLS550 83.7 86.4 92.7 80.8 40.0 65.5 77.7 North net 6/2/2016 Chelonia mydas 2 4A591B0149 52.5 52.7 56.6 49.5 41.4 42.7 19.6 Hand capture 6/2/2016 Caretta caretta 3 EEL596/EEL597 98.8 100.2 109.5 94.9 72.1 74.8 146.1 Hand capture 6/2/2016 Caretta caretta 4 LLS551/LLS552 98.4 100.5 109.5 97.8 73.4 75.2 135.0 North net 6/2/2016 Caretta caretta 5 LLS553/LLS554 67.8 69.2 73.1 69.9 54.8 50.5 41.2 Hand capture 6/2/2016 Caretta caretta 6 LLS555/LLS556 90.5 92.8 99.1 91.1 72.9 70.4 107.1 Hand capture 6/2/2016 Caretta caretta LLS557/LLS558 62.5 63.7 69.1 69.5 58.3 51.7 48.1 Hand capture 6/5/2016 Caretta caretta 7 LLS559/LLS560 95.8 96.5 101.5 94.9 74.3 70.5 123.8 Hand capture 6/5/2016 Caretta caretta 8 LLS561/LLS562 87.3 88.4 95.0 84.0 63.5 66.5 103.8 Hand capture 6/5/2016 Caretta caretta LLS563/LLS564 80.9 82.2 87.7 80.2 63.5 61.9 77.6 Hand capture 6/5/2016 Caretta caretta LLS565/LLS566 65.9 66.8 71.6 70.5 55.0 51.4 38.4 Hand capture 6/8/2016 Caretta caretta 9 LLS567/LLS568 84.8 85.4 94.0 87.1 70.4 65.8 102.9 Hand capture 6/8/2016 Caretta caretta 10 LLS570/LLS571 93.8 93.8 99.5 89.2 71.8 73.0 115.4 Hand capture 6/8/2016 Caretta caretta 11 LLS572/LLS573 95.0 95.2 102.1 94.4 70.5 72.4 122.1 South net 6/10/2016 Caretta caretta LLS574/LLS575 77.6 79.6 84.1 75.2 59.7 58.0 66.6 North net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 6/12/2016 Caretta caretta 12 LLS577/LLS578 73.3 74.9 80.1 76.5 62.5 56.0 55.0 North net 6/13/2016 Chelonia mydas 13 LLA141/LLS303 49.8 50.4 53.9 46.5 38.8 41.5 17.2 Hand capture 6/13/2016 Caretta caretta 14 LLS579/LLS580 89.7 89.9 94.5 89.5 70.2 66.9 97.2 Hand capture 6/14/2016 Caretta caretta 15 LLS581/LLS582 93.5 94.9 99.0 90.5 73.7 75.9 123.5 Hand capture 6/14/2016 Caretta caretta LLS583/LLS584 70.1 71.1 76.0 77.6 61.8 56.6 54.7 Hand capture 6/16/2016 Chelonia mydas 16 LLS445 42.8 43.1 45.7 41.5 34.1 35.0 10.0 Hand capture 6/16/2016 Caretta caretta 17 LLS587/LLS588 65.7 67.9 72.7 68.5 54.7 51.9 41.4 Hand capture 6/17/2016 Caretta caretta 18 LLS589/LLS590 88.2 90.0 96.4 88.1 67.2 70.2 110.9 Hand capture 6/21/2016 Caretta caretta 19 LLS591/LLS592 91.7 93.5 98.9 89.6 68.5 70.4 113.4 North net 6/22/2016 Chelonia mydas 20 LLS593/LLS594 89.1 89.9 94.0 93.0 72.4 73.1 101.5 North net 6/22/2016 Caretta caretta 21 LLS595/LLS596 86.2 87.2 91.6 84.0 65.9 66.5 87.0 North net 6/22/2016 Caretta caretta 22 LLS597/LLS598 85.3 86.7 92.3 85.4 66.8 65.0 88.7 North net 6/23/2016 Caretta caretta 23 LLS599/LLS600 94.0 94.6 103.8 97.0 74.1 73.9 109.9 North net 6/23/2016 Caretta caretta MMA401/MMA402 51.8 52.5 56.9 55.9 46.5 41.1 21.2 North net 6/24/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA403 28.8 29.1 30.0 25.6 23.2 24.0 2.9 Barrier net 6/25/2016 Caretta caretta 24 LLS421/LLS422 62.8 64.3 69.1 67.8 54.5 50.4 35.5 Hand capture 6/25/2016 Caretta caretta 25 MMA404/MMA405 95.3 95.9 104.6 91.1 70.2 74.4 107.1 South net 6/25/2016 Caretta caretta MMA406/MMA407 82.8 83.5 90.8 80.9 63.5 64.3 82.5 Hand capture 6/26/2016 Caretta caretta 26 MMA408/MMA409 89.1 90.5 96.0 91.5 70.0 68.2 Hand capture 6/26/2016 Caretta caretta MMA410/MMA411 81.5 81.7 87.0 82.9 63.0 63.6 80.6 Hand capture

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 6/27/2016 Chelonia mydas 27 LLA141/LLS303 49.7 50.6 53.6 46.3 38.5 41.5 16.8 North net 6/28/2016 Caretta caretta MMA412/MMA413 72.6 73.9 80.8 78.1 57.1 56.7 61.2 South net 6/29/2016 Caretta caretta 28 MMA414/MMA415 83.8 86.2 89.6 79.7 66.9 64.3 79.8 North net 6/29/2016 Caretta caretta MMA416/MMA417 68.8 70.3 74.1 74.8 59.1 54.3 56.0 Hand capture 6/29/2016 Caretta caretta MMA418/MMA419 80.1 82.7 87.4 81.4 62.9 62.1 72.0 Hand capture 6/30/2016 Chelonia mydas 29 MMA420/MMA421 89.9 90.2 93.8 87.1 72.4 71.6 88.0 Hand capture 6/30/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA422/MMA423 41.4 42.5 44.6 40.1 33.7 35.3 8.7 North net

NOTES

1. Adult female. Tail length = 155 mm.
2. 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, 1/30/16 and 6/2/16. Multiple tag scars present -

no new Inconel tags applied.

3. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/29/13 and 6/2/16. Adult female. Tail length = 280 mm.
4. Adult female. Tail length = 260 mm. Moderate deep fresh scrapes on top of head and anterior carapace.
5. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/6/14, 3/2/15 and 6/2/16. Held for FPL Turtle Excluder Device testing (turtle #1 was kept four days).
6. Adult female. Tail length = 201 mm. TAG RETURN (6/11/16), nesting 1 mile south of Sebastien Inlet.
7. Adult male. Tail length = 415 mm.
8. Adult female. Tail length = 235 mm.
9. Adult female. Tail length = 176 mm.
10. Adult female. Tail length = 225 mm.
11. Adult female. Tail length = 250 mm.
12. Held for FPL Turtle Excluder Device testing (turtle #2 was kept four days).
13. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/9/10, 4/3/13, 6/5/13, 12/2/13, 9/28/14, 11/4/15, 2/25/16 and 6/13/16.
14. Adult female. Tail length = 210 mm.
15. Adult female. Tail length = 240 mm. Old healed flipper damage and mating scars on neck.
16. 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, 6/15/13, 3/8/15, 3/28/15. 4/19/16 and 6/16/16.
17. Held for FPL Turtle Excluder Device testing (turtle #3 was kept four days).
18. Adult female. Tail length = 230 mm.
19. Adult female. Tail length = 240 mm.
20. Adult male. Tail length = 328 mm.
21. Adult female. Tail length = 245 mm.
22. Adult female. Tail length = 195 mm.
23. Adult female. Tail length = 210 mm.
24. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/9/16 and 6/25/16. Carbuncle on neck.
25. Adult female. Tail length = 212 mm.
26. Adult female. Tail length = 180 mm.
27. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/9/10, 4/3/13, 6/5/13, 12/2/13, 9/28/14, 11/4/15, 2/25/16, 6/13/16 and 6/27/16.
28. Adult female. Tail length = 219 mm.
29. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 5/18/13 and 6/30/16. Adult male. Tail length = 387 mm. Soft plastron.

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 (Eretmochelys (Dermochelys (Lepidochelys (Caretta caretta)

(Chelonia mydas) imbricata) coriacea) kempii) Overall Totals Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Jun-16 Date Jun-16 Date Jun-16 Date Jun-16 Date Jun-16 Date Jun-16 Date Captures 34 192 8 114 0 1 0 1 0 6 42 314 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Causal Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sent to Rehab 0 10 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 18 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Jun-16 Date Jun-16 Date Jun-16 Date Jun-16 Date Jun-16 Date Jun-16 Date None 6 27 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 47 Minor 27 152 8 80 0 1 0 0 0 6 35 239 Moderate 1 13 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 28 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with Mod/Sev Scrapes 2.9% 6.8% 0.0% 12.3% N/A 0.0% N/A 100.0% N/A 0.0% 2.4% 8.9%

Injury/MortalityTotals

StLuciePowerPlantCausalTurtles 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 **2016 bySpecies TotalCaptures 538 623 484 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 302 275 274 192 4,843 Loggerhead 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 TotalCaptures 394 286 428 267 101 299 161 444 217 127 197 134 181 114 3,350 Green 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 TotalCaptures 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 18 Leatherback 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 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 7 6 33 Kemp'sRidley 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 6 2 2 2 1 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 32 Hawksbill 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 Injury&MortalityYearlyTotals 2 2 5 32 1 5 3 5 1 3 3 0 4 0 66 TotalCapturesperYear 944 914 917 692 330 725 424 751 521 362 503 414 465 314 8,276

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