ML16308A093
| ML16308A093 | |
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 11/02/2016 |
| 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, November 02, 2016 2:34 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] October 2016 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: October 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 October 2016
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for October 2016. This month, we captured fourteen (14) Caretta caretta, sixteen (16) Chelonia mydas and one (1) Eretmochelys imbricata in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. Three sea turtles were sent for rehabilitation and there was one mortality recorded during the month of October. 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 were three loggerhead sea turtles that were sent for rehabilitation for non-causal injuries this month. On October 11th, an adult female loggerhead was recovered from the intake canal with an old deep wound in the anterior carapace (necrotic tissue and dead bone present). On October 13th, an emaciated and lethargic subadult loggerhead was captured with Debilitated Loggerhead Turtle Syndrome. On October 23rd, another emaciated subadult loggerhead in poor condition was recovered from the tangle nets. Each time, FWC was consulted and Inwater Research Group biologists transported the turtles to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for rehabilitation. All live strandings this month were considered non-causal.
There was one causal mortality during the month of October. On October 9th, an adult female loggerhead was hand captured immediately after entrainment into the intake canal that was extremely lethargic. It had apparent old boat strike injuries consisting of a partially healed wound on the left side of the head and an old impact wound/crack in the posterior carapace. The turtle was also missing 90% of the left front flipper and 50% of the right front flipper (both partially healed). The turtle later died en route to rehab at LMC and was subsequently transferred to FWC so that a necropsy could be performed. Originally designated as non-causal, this turtle was determined to have drowned. According to the necropsy, the cause of death was forced submergence and the causality status was changed to causal.
Throughout the month, the permanent 5-inch barrier net experienced light-to-moderate loads of jellyfish and only negligible amounts of algae. A scheduled short-term power plant outage began towards the end of 1
September. Consequently, flow rates in the canal system have abated considerably. In addition, baseline water levels in the intake canal have risen due to the reduced flow rates, as some of the circulation pumps were powered down for the outage. Even still, the new 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 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] October 2016 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 11/2/2016 2:33:44 PM Received Date: 11/2/2016 2:33:50 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 3724 11/2/2016 2:33:50 PM October 2016 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 78033 Monthly Report Notes 2016.pdf 59629
FPL St Lucie Capture Summary 2016.pdf 79846 Power Plant Causal Turtles.pdf 89845 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 OCTOBER 2016 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 10/3/2016 Caretta caretta MMA622/MMA623 62.5 63.8 67.1 67.9 54.7 50.2 35.3 South net 10/9/2016 Caretta caretta 1 CRM161009-01 94.5 95.6 101.3 91.0 70.2 Hand capture 10/10/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA624/MMA625 69.8 70.0 74.4 63.2 53.6 57.2 42.2 South net 10/10/2016 Caretta caretta MMA626/MMA627 62.5 63.4 68.0 63.2 51.7 49.2 33.3 South net 10/11/2016 Caretta caretta 2 STW161011-01 88.1 89.4 92.9 87.7 73.8 South net 10/13/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA628/MMA629 44.7 45.5 47.0 40.4 35.1 37.1 10.9 North net 10/13/2016 Caretta caretta 3 STW161013-01 60.9 61.7 65.5 63.7 53.5 49.2 28.6 South net 10/14/2016 Caretta caretta MMA630/MMA631 61.6 63.0 66.5 64.1 52.7 49.0 33.9 South net 10/14/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA632 27.2 27.6 28.1 23.6 22.2 23.4 2.7 North net 10/14/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA633/MMA634 45.9 46.5 48.1 41.5 36.7 37.7 11.6 South net 10/15/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA635/MMA636 42.8 42.9 45.1 39.3 33.4 33.1 10.2 South net 10/15/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA637/MMA638 49.7 49.8 52.5 45.5 38.3 40.2 15.5 South net 10/15/2016 Caretta caretta MMA639/MMA640 60.4 61.5 64.8 61.9 51.2 46.8 26.7 North net 10/16/2016 Chelonia mydas 982000364968109 23.5 23.6 24.2 20.6 18.9 19.1 1.5 Dip net 10/16/2016 Caretta caretta MMA641/MMA642 80.3 82.0 87.9 82.8 69.0 63.4 74.1 South net
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 10/17/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA643/MMA644 30.2 31.0 31.9 29.6 26.9 25.2 4.0 North net 10/17/2016 Caretta caretta MMA645/MMA646 66.2 67.6 71.5 68.1 54.9 51.3 41.8 South net 10/19/2016 Eretmochelys MMA647/MMA648 48.3 51.3 54.0 45.5 37.3 38.8 14.6 South net imbricata 10/19/2016 Caretta caretta MMA649/MMA650 59.5 61.2 64.9 64.3 52.8 47.8 36.0 North net 10/21/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA651/MMA652 51.5 52.0 54.0 47.5 40.2 43.5 16.6 North net 10/22/2016 Chelonia mydas 982000365093638 29.1 29.3 30.3 24.3 22.6 23.8 2.9 South net 10/22/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA653/MMA654 45.0 45.5 47.5 42.0 36.9 37.7 10.9 North net 10/22/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA655/MMA656 50.6 51.4 53.6 49.2 40.9 42.2 17.0 South net 10/23/2016 Caretta caretta 4 CRM161023-01 61.7 62.3 66.6 64.3 52.6 47.5 29.3 North net 10/23/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA657/MMA658 40.0 40.4 41.8 35.0 31.3 32.4 7.0 North net 10/23/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA659/MMA660 46.9 46.9 48.5 41.6 36.1 37.7 11.8 South net 10/23/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA661/MMA662 68.5 69.4 73.5 63.9 52.6 55.8 39.1 South net 10/25/2016 Caretta caretta 5 LLP245/MMA665 59.1 59.8 62.5 63.3 50.0 44.5 27.8 North net 10/25/2016 Caretta caretta MMA663/MMA664 65.5 66.4 71.4 67.5 57.0 50.2 41.7 South net 10/28/2016 Caretta caretta MMA666/MMA667 59.7 61.6 69.3 70.2 55.0 50.6 38.9 North net 10/30/2016 Chelonia mydas 6 MMA668/MMA669 56.3 56.5 59.0 47.5 38.7 45.8 20.7 South net
NOTES
- 1. Adult female. REHAB (CAUSAL MORTALITY). Stranding# CRM161009-01. Adult female loggerhead with old boat strike injuries. Partially healed wound on left side of head and old impact wound/crack in the left posterior carapace. Turtle missing 90% of left front flipper and 50% of right front flipper (both partially healed). Turtle was very lethargic. Ventral measurements were not taken due to the condition of the animal. The turtle later died en route to rehab at Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC). Later transferred to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and a necropsy was performed. Originally designated as non-causal, this turtle was determined to have drowned. According to the necropsy the cause of death was forced submergence and the causality status was changed.
- 2. Adult female. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# STW161011-01. Adult female loggerhead with old 5cm x 14cm wound in left anterior carapace (deep with necrotic tissue and dead bone). No ventral measurements or weight due to injuries. After consultation with FWC, Inwater Research Group biologists transported the turtle to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for rehab.
- 3. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# STW161013-01. Emaciated and lethargic subadult loggerhead.
After consultation with FWC, Inwater Research Group biologists transported the turtle to LMC for rehab.
Update 10/20/16: "Reilly" is chronically debilitated, anemic and slightly hypoglycemic; Antibiotics, iron supplementation, parenteral nutrition, and fluid treatments have been initiated.
- 4. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# CRM161023-01. Emaciated subadult loggerhead in poor condition recovered from the tangle nets. Heavy epibiont load; Debilitated Loggerhead Turtle Syndrome. After consultation with FWC, Inwater Research Group biologists transported the turtle to LMC for rehabilitation.
- 5. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/15/15 and 10/25/16. Possible shark bite to right posterior carapace (10% missing, healed). Turtle also missing 75% of right rear flipper (healed). "Auntie Roe" was a successfully released rehab turtle originally sent to LMC on 10/15/15. Satellite tag applied by rehab center was missing on this capture event.
- 6. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 5/29/09, 7/24/09, 11/18/11, 4/11/13, 2/9/15, 7/2/15 and 10/30/16. New Inconel tags inserted on this capture event. Turtle missing entire right rear flipper (healed); Flipper was lost after 7/2/15.
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 Oct-16 Date Oct-16 Date Oct-16 Date Oct-16 Date Oct-16 Date Oct-16 Date Captures 14 297 16 146 1 4 0 1 0 6 31 454 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Sent to Rehab 4 15 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 24 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Oct-16 Date Oct-16 Date Oct-16 Date Oct-16 Date Oct-16 Date Oct-16 Date None 2 40 5 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 69 Minor 12 233 11 101 0 3 0 0 0 6 23 343 Moderate 0 24 0 17 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 42 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with Mod/Sev Scrapes 0.0% 8.1% 0.0% 11.6% 0.0% 0.0% N/A 100.0% N/A 0.0% 0.0% 9.3%
Injury/MortalityTotals
StLuciePowerPlantCausalTurtles 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 **2016 bySpecies TotalCaptures 538 623 484 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 302 275 274 297 4,948 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 1 3 TotalCaptures 394 286 428 267 101 299 161 444 217 127 197 134 181 146 3,382 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 4 35 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 1 67 TotalCapturesperYear 944 914 917 692 330 725 424 751 521 362 503 414 465 454 8,416
- Theloggerheadcausalinjuriesandmortalitiesin2006wereallhatchlings.
- 2016isapartialyear.