ML17037D112
| ML17037D112 | |
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 02/02/2017 |
| From: | Weege S - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML17037D112 (9) | |
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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Steve Weege <steveweege@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 8:17 AM To: 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] January 2017 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: January 2017 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf; Monthly Report Notes 2017.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 January 2017
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for January 2017. This month, we captured fourteen (14) Caretta caretta and seven (7) 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 January.
Throughout the month, the permanent 5-inch barrier net experienced negligible loads of algae and jellyfish that entered into the intake canal system. 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 2017.
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 2004.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely, Steve Steve Weege Sr. Environmental Specialist 1
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] January 2017 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 2/2/2017 8:16:45 AM Received Date: 2/2/2017 8:16:50 AM 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 Post Office: mail.gmail.com Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 1550 2/2/2017 8:16:50 AM January 2017 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 76296 Monthly Report Notes 2017.pdf 58492 FPL St Lucie Capture Summary 2016.pdf 79460 Power Plant Causal Turtles.pdf 93803
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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL JANUARY 2017 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 1/2/2017 Caretta caretta MMA722/MMA723 60.9 62.1 65.9 62.0 49.6 44.6 27.6 North net 1/3/2017 Chelonia mydas MMA724 27.1 27.2 27.7 22.6 21.1 22.8 2.6 Dip net 1/4/2017 Chelonia mydas 1 MMA725 51.7 52.4 56.5 47.5 40.2 42.6 18.7 North net 1/5/2017 Chelonia mydas 2 4A591B0149 54.2 54.5 58.1 50.4 42.4 44.3 21.0 Dip net 1/5/2017 Caretta caretta MMA726/MMA727 59.5 60.5 65.5 64.0 49.5 47.1 33.1 North net 1/6/2017 Caretta caretta 3 4331296A4C 71.5 73.2 76.6 74.7 58.9 54.8 48.3 Hand capture 1/7/2017 Chelonia mydas 4 LLS436/MMA732 53.2 53.6 56.0 49.9 41.9 42.7 18.0 North net 1/7/2017 Chelonia mydas 5 MMA594/MMA733 47.6 48.3 49.8 42.4 37.4 37.5 12.7 North net 1/7/2017 Caretta caretta 6 MMA728/MMA729 83.2 85.3 91.0 84.4 67.6 64.4 84.3 Hand capture 1/7/2017 Caretta caretta MMA730/MMA731 59.4 60.5 64.4 61.0 49.4 45.9 28.5 Hand capture 1/8/2017 Caretta caretta MMA734/MMA735 73.0 74.1 79.2 77.1 62.5 57.3 57.6 North net 1/11/2017 Caretta caretta 7 MMA736/MMA737 63.1 63.7 69.5 64.0 50.5 47.1 36.2 North net 1/11/2017 Caretta caretta MMA738/MMA739 61.1 62.9 68.1 67.4 54.7 48.5 35.4 North net 1/11/2017 Caretta caretta 8 MMA740/MMA741 84.7 85.9 91.4 78.3 62.8 64.5 88.0 North net 1/14/2017 Caretta caretta MMA742/MMA743 63.3 66.1 73.5 69.0 57.9 53.9 48.9 North net
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 1/15/2017 Chelonia mydas MMA744 27.1 27.4 27.9 23.5 22.2 22.5 2.4 Hand capture 1/18/2017 Caretta caretta 9 MMA747/MMA748 71.1 71.9 75.2 68.7 58.1 54.0 47.0 Hand capture 1/20/2017 Chelonia mydas 10 LLP383 57.9 58.2 60.9 52.5 46.6 48.5 24.8 Hand capture 1/20/2017 Caretta caretta MMA745/MMA746 60.1 61.4 64.5 62.1 52.5 49.2 33.7 Hand capture 1/23/2017 Caretta caretta 11 MMA749/MMA750 64.0 65.8 70.0 69.6 60.9 53.3 47.4 North net 1/30/2017 Caretta caretta MMA753/MMA754 65.3 66.6 70.0 66.4 56.4 50.3 43.1 North net
NOTES
- 1. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {moderate}, Total Tumor Score = 18). Healing hooking wound in dorsal side of neck.
- 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, 6/2/16 and 1/5/17.
- 3. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/18/07, 8/21/07, 8/24/07, 9/2/07, 9/10/07, 10/25/07, 12/17/07, 1/25/08, 4/6/08, 4/30/08, 7/13/08, 8/24/08, 9/13/08, 10/6/08, 10/18/08, 4/17/09, 6/17/09, 8/13/09, 10/27/09, 6/11/10, 9/15/10, 9/15/11, 10/21/11, 11/30/11, 7/7/12, 3/20/13, 11/4/15, 12/27/16 and 1/6/17. No new Inconel tags were inserted due to the presence of multiple tag scars.
- 4. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/17/16, 9/21/16 and 1/7/17.
- 5. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 7/30/16, 9/17/16 and 1/7/17.
- 6. Adult female. Tail length = 185 mm. Partially healed shark bite wounds on all four flippers, head, neck and plastron. Turtle was active and had a good relative body condition index.
- 7. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 7/24/07 and 1/11/17. New Inconel tags were applied on this capture event.
- 8. Adult male. Tail length = 235 mm. Large curved claws on front flippers (male). Large notch and scar tissue in right front flipper from an old entanglement injury. Held for FPL Turtle Excluder Device testing (new protocol, turtle #4 was kept three days).
- 9. Held for FPL Turtle Excluder Device testing (new protocol, turtle #5 was held for three days).
- 10. 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, 1/3/16 and 1/20/17. Minor healed flipper damage.
- 11. Old healed shark bite marks on right side of carapace. Held for FPL Turtle Excluder Device testing (new protocol, turtle #6 was held for three days).
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 Dec-16 Date Dec-16 Date Dec-16 Date Dec-16 Date Dec-16 Date Dec-16 Date Captures 10 316 4 159 0 4 0 1 0 6 14 486 Causal Mortalities 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 17 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 26 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Dec-16 Date Dec-16 Date Dec-16 Date Dec-16 Date Dec-16 Date Dec-16 Date None 1 43 0 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 73 Minor 8 248 4 113 0 3 0 0 0 6 12 370 Moderate 1 25 0 17 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 43 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with Mod/Sev Scrapes 10.0% 7.9% 0.0% 10.7% N/A 0.0% N/A 100.0% N/A 0.0% 7.1% 8.8%
Injury/MortalityTotals
StLuciePowerPlantCausalTurtles 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 **2017 bySpecies TotalCaptures 623 484 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 302 275 274 316 14 4,443 Loggerhead Injuries 0 1 *3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 Mortalities 1 0 *21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 TotalCaptures 286 428 267 101 299 161 444 217 127 197 134 181 159 7 3,008 Green Injuries 0 3 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Mortalities 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 18 TotalCaptures 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 14 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 1 3 3 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 7 6 0 31 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 2 2 2 1 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 4 0 29 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 5 32 1 5 3 5 1 3 3 0 4 1 0 65 TotalCapturesperYear 914 917 692 330 725 424 751 521 362 503 414 465 486 21 7,525
- Theloggerheadcausalinjuriesandmortalitiesin2006wereallhatchlings.
- 2017isapartialyear.