ML16250A235
| ML16250A235 | |
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 09/04/2016 |
| From: | Weege S - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Koperski M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML16250A235 (9) | |
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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Steve Weege <steveweege@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2016 2:45 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; Terri.Taylor@fpl.com
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[External_Sender] August 2016 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: August 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
Subject:
Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary August 2016
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for August 2016. This month, we captured twenty-three (23) Caretta caretta, three (3) Chelonia mydas, and one (1) Eretmochelys imbricata in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. Two sea turtles were sent for rehabilitation during the month of August. Both strandings this month were non-causal. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) was consulted for each stranding and the appropriate form was filed with the state through the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network.
One loggerhead and one green turtle were sent to rehabilitation facilities for non-causal injuries this month. On August 6th, a large subadult loggerhead was hand captured from the boat as it floated down the intake canal immediately after entrainment. The turtle was emaciated with a heavy epibiont load. There were old healed wounds across the carapace and multiple healed notches in both rear flippers. The turtle was picked up by Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) staff and taken back to LMC in Juno Beach for rehabilitation. On August 26th, an emaciated juvenile green turtle was removed from the surface of the permanent 5-inch barrier net in the morning. It was in poor condition and had a heavy epibiont load. Inwater Research Group biologists transported the turtle to LMC in Juno Beach for rehabilitation. Both of these live strandings were considered non-causal.
Throughout the month, the permanent 5-inch barrier net experienced severe loads of filamentous algae and only light amounts of comb jellies. 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.
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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.
Jensen Beach, FL 34957 sweege@inwater.org (772) 349-7252 2
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[External_Sender] August 2016 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 9/4/2016 2:45:17 PM Received Date: 9/4/2016 2:45:25 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 "Terri.Taylor@fpl.com" <Terri.Taylor@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Meghan Koperski" <Meghan.Koperski@myfwc.com>
Tracking Status: None Post Office: mail.gmail.com Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 3167 9/4/2016 2:45:25 PM August 2016 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 76805 Monthly Report Notes 2016.pdf 57282
FPL St Lucie Capture Summary 2016.pdf 77751 Power Plant Causal Turtles.pdf 87672 Options Priority: Standard Return Notification: No Reply Requested: No Sensitivity: Normal Expiration Date:
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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL AUGUST 2016 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 8/2/2016 Caretta caretta MMA518/MMA519 78.3 79.1 85.5 79.4 57.9 62.8 70.0 South net 8/4/2016 Caretta caretta 1 MMA520/MMA521 93.0 94.0 105.0 90.9 73.8 69.4 110.3 South net 8/4/2016 Caretta caretta MMA522/MMA523 81.7 82.4 90.9 87.7 63.0 61.3 82.6 South net 8/4/2016 Caretta caretta MMA524/MMA525 71.4 72.5 78.3 73.9 60.0 56.3 54.1 North net 8/6/2016 Chelonia mydas 2 LLP304 40.8 41.2 43.4 39.1 32.6 33.6 8.7 South net 8/6/2016 Caretta caretta MMA526/MMA527 65.5 66.8 70.4 70.4 54.2 51.8 42.2 South net 8/6/2016 Caretta caretta 3 RCW160806-01 83.9 84.4 91.3 83.5 59.3 62.9 68.1 Hand capture 8/7/2016 Caretta caretta MMA528/MMA529 68.0 69.6 73.8 72.3 58.4 54.5 48.9 South net 8/7/2016 Caretta caretta 4 MMA530/MMA531 91.2 93.0 97.7 91.8 70.5 74.2 116.9 South net 8/7/2016 Caretta caretta MMA532/MMA533 77.0 78.3 85.0 78.3 60.9 59.1 64.4 North net 8/7/2016 Caretta caretta 5 MMA534/MMA535 88.3 88.3 92.7 87.9 66.0 69.5 92.9 South net 8/9/2016 Chelonia mydas 6 4A61073F34 54.2 54.5 58.0 49.1 40.2 43.0 18.5 Hand capture 8/9/2016 Caretta caretta 7 LLS246/LLS247 76.7 78.4 84.5 80.9 62.6 56.1 66.0 Hand capture 8/9/2016 Caretta caretta 8 MMA536/MMA537 81.4 83.9 88.2 85.0 66.6 59.6 75.7 Hand capture 8/9/2016 Caretta caretta 9 MMA538/MMA539 75.8 76.8 82.4 72.5 60.4 57.3 60.7 Hand capture
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 8/9/2016 Caretta caretta MMA540/MMA541 60.1 61.5 53.5 64.7 53.2 47.6 35.9 Hand capture 8/9/2016 Caretta caretta 10 MMA542/MMA543 96.5 97.7 105.1 96.1 70.5 73.4 132.3 Hand capture 8/15/2016 Caretta caretta MMA544/MMA545 83.2 84.6 89.6 84.2 56.1 62.3 91.2 North net 8/19/2016 Caretta caretta MMA546/MMA547 59.4 60.9 66.0 62.1 52.2 48.4 32.3 South net 8/19/2016 Caretta caretta MMA548/MMA549 75.1 76.3 81.3 78.0 64.0 57.8 56.5 Hand capture 8/19/2016 Caretta caretta 11 MMA550 88.1 89.0 96.7 87.2 66.2 67.0 98.7 South net 8/19/2016 Eretmochelys 12 RRV991/RRV992 66.0 68.4 83.0 75.8 56.2 55.4 50.2 Hand capture imbricata 8/20/2016 Caretta caretta MMA551/MMA552 62.5 64.2 69.5 67.4 54.3 50.1 36.1 North net 8/24/2016 Caretta caretta MMA553/MMA554 59.9 61.0 65.8 64.9 50.8 46.7 30.2 Dip net 8/26/2016 Chelonia mydas 13 CRM160826-01 28.0 28.3 30.2 26.2 22.7 23.4 2.0 Barrier net 8/29/2016 Caretta caretta MMA555/MMA556 73.1 74.6 80.1 76.4 61.8 56.7 61.7 North net 8/30/2016 Caretta caretta MMA557/MMA558 74.6 75.9 80.4 81.1 65.1 58.0 62.2 North net
NOTES
- 1. Adult female. Tail length = 270 mm.
- 2. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/22/13, 1/25/14, 12/3/15, 2/28/16 and 8/6/16.
- 3. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# RCW160806-01. Large subadult loggerhead hand captured from the boat as it floated down the intake canal immediately after entrainment. The turtle was emaciated with a heavy epibiont load. There were old healed wounds across the carapace and multiple healed notches in both rear flippers. The turtle was picked up by Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) staff and taken back to LMC in Juno Beach for rehabilitation.
- 4. Adult female. Tail length = 205 mm. Skull exposed from moderate fresh scrapes.
- 5. Adult female. Tail length = 210 mm. Turtle missing small portion of right posterior carapace (healed). Large scar on side of neck.
- 6. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/15/08, 3/23/10, 10/29/11, 12/27/11, 12/17/12, 1/22/14, 1/13/15, 5/15/16 and 8/9/16.
- 7. Adult male. Tail length = 313 mm. Sex determination based on tail length. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 1/28/07, 8/23/07, 2/15/16 and 8/9/16.
- 8. Adult male. Tail length = 289 mm. Sex determination based on tail length. Old healed wound/ indentation in anterior carapace.
- 9. STRANGE TAG, originally tagged by UCF 1/20/03 and 9/15/06. Old 9 cm x 20 cm scar in middle of carapace.
- 10. Adult female. Tail length = 270 mm.
- 11. Adult female. Tail length = 199 mm. Turtle missing 15% of left front flipper (healed) and 95% of right front flipper (partially healed). Two healed cracks in middle of posterior carapace measuring 8 cm and 19.5 cm long.
- 12. STRANGE TAG (PIT & Inconel Tags), female hawksbill originally tagged by Larry Wood offshore on Paul's Reef, Palm Beach County on 6/22/05 (SSCL = 46.7 cm). Extreme kyphosis.
- 13. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# CRM160826-01. A severely emaciated juvenile green turtle was removed from the surface of the permanent 5-inch barrier net in the morning. It was in poor condition and had a heavy epibiont load. Inwater Research Group biologists transported the turtle to LMC in Juno Beach for rehabilitation.
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 Aug-16 Date Aug-16 Date Aug-16 Date Aug-16 Date Aug-16 Date Aug-16 Date Captures 23 256 3 121 1 3 0 1 0 6 27 387 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 1 11 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 20 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Aug-16 Date Aug-16 Date Aug-16 Date Aug-16 Date Aug-16 Date Aug-16 Date None 2 33 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 55 Minor 19 200 2 84 1 3 0 0 0 6 22 293 Moderate 2 23 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 39 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with Mod/Sev Scrapes 8.7% 9.0% 0.0% 12.4% 0.0% 0.0% N/A 100.0% N/A 0.0% 7.4% 10.1%
Injury/Mortality
StLuciePowerPlantCausalTurtles 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 **2016 TotalsbySpecies TotalCaptures 538 623 484 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 302 275 274 256 4,907 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 394 286 428 267 101 299 161 444 217 127 197 134 181 121 3,357 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 3 34 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 944 914 917 692 330 725 424 751 521 362 503 414 465 387 8,349
- Theloggerheadcausalinjuriesandmortalitiesin2006wereallhatchlings.
- 2016isapartialyear.