ML17061A147
| ML17061A147 | |
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 03/01/2017 |
| From: | Weege S - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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1 NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From:
Steve Weege <steveweege@gmail.com>
Sent:
Wednesday, March 01, 2017 8:51 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; Kristin.Eaton@fpl.com; Jonathan Gorham; Terri.Taylor@fpl.com; William.Nurnberger@fpl.com
Subject:
[External_Sender] February 2017 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments:
February 2017 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf; Monthly Report Notes 2017.pdf; FPL St Lucie Capture Summary 2017.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 February 2017
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for February 2017. This month, we captured twelve (12) Caretta caretta and three (3) Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. Only one sea turtle was sent for rehabilitation and there were no mortalities recorded during the month of February. 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 was one loggerhead sea turtle sent for rehabilitation for non-causal injuries this month. On February 16th, an emaciated and lethargic subadult loggerhead was removed from the primary 5-inch barrier net. Ventral measurements were not taken due to the animal's condition. The FWC stranding coordinator transported the turtle to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for rehabilitation. This stranding was considered non-causal.
Net inspections were also performed during the month of February. On the 23rd, Underwater Engineering Services performed the quarterly net inspections on the barrier nets within the intake canal system (specifically, the 5-inch, 8-inch A-1-A, and 10-inch U.I.D.S. nets). The 8-inch net had two medium-sized holes that were promptly repaired. However, the overall condition of this net was considered poor and replacement has been scheduled for next quarter. No other holes were found in any of the remaining barrier nets during the quarterly net inspections.
Throughout the month, the permanent 5-inch barrier net experienced negligible loads of algae and jellyfish that entered into the intake canal system. A scheduled short-term power plant outage began in the third week of February. 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
2 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 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 Inwater Research Group, Inc.
4160 NE Hyline Dr.
Jensen Beach, FL 34957 sweege@inwater.org (772) 349-7252
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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 "William.Nurnberger@fpl.com" <William.Nurnberger@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Meghan Koperski" <Meghan.Koperski@myfwc.com>
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February 2017 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 74365 Monthly Report Notes 2017.pdf 59431 FPL St Lucie Capture Summary 2017.pdf 76323 Power Plant Causal Turtles.pdf 85920 Options Priority:
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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL FEBRUARY 2017 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)
(cm)
(cm)
(cm)
(kg) 2/1/2017 Chelonia mydas 1 LLS491/LLS492 60.9 61.4 63.6 57.1 47.8 50.0 28.4 Hand capture 2/1/2017 Caretta caretta MMA751/MMA755 65.9 67.2 71.1 68.9 55.9 53.2 45.5 Hand capture 2/1/2017 Caretta caretta 2 MMA758/MMA759 63.5 64.9 67.9 69.0 56.7 50.0 37.7 Hand capture 2/2/2017 Chelonia mydas 3 4A611A1445 47.6 47.9 52.3 45.5 36.9 40.3 15.0 Hand capture 2/2/2017 Caretta caretta MMA756/MMA757 65.6 66.5 70.0 66.0 57.5 52.2 42.2 Hand capture 2/8/2017 Caretta caretta MMA752/MMA760 68.7 70.6 74.4 73.2 57.2 53.2 49.3 North net 2/9/2017 Caretta caretta MMA761/MMA762 67.2 68.3 72.8 68.6 57.1 54.4 43.6 North net 2/16/2017 Caretta caretta 4 MMA764/MMA765 57.6 58.7 62.5 57.9 49.4 46.7 30.4 North net 2/16/2017 Caretta caretta 5
STW170216-01 68.7 70.0 75.5 71.9 59.1 39.0 Barrier net 2/18/2017 Chelonia mydas MMA763 28.7 29.0 35.0 25.7 22.3 23.6 2.8 Dip net 2/19/2017 Caretta caretta 6 MMA766/MMA767 67.6 69.3 72.8 70.9 55.7 54.3 46.9 North net 2/24/2017 Caretta caretta MMA768/MMA769 62.2 62.8 67.0 63.5 50.3 46.9 32.4 South net 2/27/2017 Caretta caretta MMA770/MMA771 61.6 62.4 64.9 62.8 52.9 48.8 34.5 South net 2/27/2017 Caretta caretta MMA772/MMA773 61.2 61.6 64.6 64.5 54.9 48.3 34.4 South net 2/28/2017 Caretta caretta 7
LLP245/MMA665 59.7 60.5 64.0 62.6 50.5 44.9 27.0 South net
NOTES
- 1. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/17/10, 10/8/13, 11/24/13, 4/9/15, 4/23/16 and 2/1/17.
- 2. Held for FPL Turtle Excluder Device testing (new protocol, Cc #5 was held for three days).
- 3. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 7/25/11, 10/21/15, 12/28/15, 3/8/16 and 2/2/17. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {moderate},
Total Tumor Score = 41). No new Inconel tags inserted due to tag scars and papillomas at tagging sites.
- 4. Held for FPL Turtle Excluder Device testing (new protocol, Cc #7 was held for three days). Right eye closed (possibly from an old injury or congenital deformity). Large healed notch in left side, mid-carapace.
- 5. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# STW170216-01. Emaciated and lethargic subadult loggerhead removed from the primary 5-inch barrier net. Ventral measurements not taken due to the animal's condition. The FWC stranding coordinator, Morgan Young, transported the turtle to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) in Juno Beach for rehab.
- 6. Held for FPL Turtle Excluder Device testing (new protocol, Cc #8 was held for two days). Test failed -
turtle got stuck in the excluder grate and had to be manually freed. The animal was released after just one day of testing.
- 7. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/15/15, 10/25/16 and 2/28/17. "Auntie Roe" was a successfully released rehab turtle originally sent to LMC on 10/15/15 and released on 5/5/16. Turtle still missing 10% from right posterior carapace and 75% of right rear flipper (possible old healed shark bite injuries).
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
Feb-17 Year to Date Feb-17 Year to Date Feb-17 Year to Date Feb-17 Year to Date Feb-17 Year to Date Feb-17 Year to Date Captures 12 26 3
10 0
0 0
0 0
0 15 36 Causal Mortalities 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Non-Causal Mortalities 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Causal Injuries 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Sent to Rehab 1
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 1
1 Fresh Scrapes Feb-17 Year to Date Feb-17 Year to Date Feb-17 Year to Date Feb-17 Year to Date Feb-17 Year to Date Feb-17 Year to Date None 4
7 1
4 0
0 0
0 0
0 5
11 Minor 8
19 2
6 0
0 0
0 0
0 10 25 Moderate 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Severe 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Percent with Mod/Sev Scrapes 0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.0%
0.0%
Leatherbacks Loggerheads Green turtles (Caretta caretta)
(Chelonia mydas)
Overall Totals Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
(Dermochelys coriacea)
Hawksbills
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 **2017 Injury/Mortality
TotalsbySpecies TotalCaptures 623 484 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 302 275 274 316 26 4,455 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 10 3,011 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 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 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 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 5
32 1
5 3
5 1
3 3
0 4
1 0
65 914 917 692 330 725 424 751 521 362 503 414 465 486 36 7,540
- Theloggerheadcausalinjuriesandmortalitiesin2006wereallhatchlings.
- 2017isapartialyear.
StLuciePowerPlantCausalTurtles TotalCapturesperYear Loggerhead Green Leatherback Kemp'sRidley Hawksbill Injury&MortalityYearlyTotals