ML20191A021
| ML20191A021 | |
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 06/19/2020 |
| From: | Weege S Inwater Research Group |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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From:
Steve Weege <sweege@inwater.org>
Sent:
Friday, June 19, 2020 8:05 AM To:
Koperski, Meghan Cc:
Ed Hollowell; Jodie_Gless@fpl.com; Ken_Frehafer@fpl.com; MTP@myfwc.com; Michael Bresette; EndangeredSpecies Resource; SCO@dep.state.fl.us; Vince Munne; Cody Mott; Jeff Guertin; Ryan Welsh; Eaton, Kristin; Jonathon Gorham; William.Nurnberger@fpl.com; audra.livergood@noaa.gov; Sciscente, Richard; Seth.Duston@fpl.com
Subject:
[External_Sender] May 2020 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments:
May 2020 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf; Monthly Report Notes 2020.pdf; FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2020.pdf Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469
Subject:
Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary May 2020
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for May 2020. This month we captured 35 Caretta caretta and four Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. Two sea turtles were sent for rehabilitation and there were no mortalities during the month of May. As with all sea turtle strandings at the Saint Lucie Plant, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) was consulted and stranding forms were filed with the state through the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network.
Two sea turtles were sent to rehab for non-causal injuries or illness this month. On May 9th, an emaciated and lethargic juvenile loggerhead was hand captured in the intake canal. It had a large crack (4cm x 8cm) in its left posterior carapace and heavy epibiont coverage. This turtle was picked up and transported by Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) staff for rehab. On May 30th, a subadult loggerhead was captured in the tangle nets with shark attack bite wounds on its head and plastron. The wounds were healing but the turtle was slightly underweight and had a heavy epibiont load. After consultation with both FWC and the staff veterinarian at LMC, Inwater Research Group biologists transported the turtle to LMC for rehab. Because the turtles were sent for rehabilitation for injuries/illnesses that were unrelated to the power plant, they were both classified as non-causal.
The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered light-to-moderate amounts of algae throughout the month.
Towards the end of the month, Underwater Engineering Services, Inc. inspected the primary barrier net and removed accumulated algae and debris. Moreover, the primary 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 2020. In addition, this spreadsheet tracks fresh scrapes incurred on captured turtles for the current month, as well as the entire year.
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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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL MAY 2020 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)
(cm)
(cm)
(cm)
(kg) 5/3/2020 Caretta caretta 1
KKT153/KKT154 87.7 89.5 95.8 87.0 65.5 64.0 87.3 North net 5/4/2020 Caretta caretta KKT155/KKT156 82.3 84.1 91.6 85.9 69.0 65.0 96.0 North net 5/5/2020 Caretta caretta 2
KKT157/KKT158 95.3 98.1 105.8 97.6 78.8 77.0 150.8 Hand capture 5/5/2020 Caretta caretta 3
KKT159/KKT160 95.6 97.5 103.6 91.8 73.9 71.1 114.4 Hand capture 5/5/2020 Caretta caretta 4
KKT161/KKT162 89.6 90.2 96.6 87.2 69.7 68.6 105.4 Hand capture 5/5/2020 Caretta caretta 5
KKT163/KKT164 94.7 92.1 97.3 89.6 67.6 66.1 99.6 Hand capture 5/5/2020 Caretta caretta KKT165/KKT166 59.5 60.6 64.2 65.1 52.0 49.3 31.8 North net 5/5/2020 Caretta caretta 6
LLH790/LLH791 94.9 95.3 102.3 91.3 68.3 72.3 122.3 Hand capture 5/5/2020 Chelonia mydas 7 MMY347/KKG101 49.1 49.3 52.1 48.0 49.2 40.6 16.7 Hand capture 5/8/2020 Caretta caretta 8
KKT167/KKT168 91.7 92.5 96.8 89.8 71.1 69.1 112.0 South net 5/9/2020 Caretta caretta 9
JRG200509-01 55.0 55.9 60.1 56.9 46.8 43.1 22.4 Hand capture 5/9/2020 Caretta caretta 10 KKT169/KKT170 90.7 93.5 101.6 89.7 70.4 73.7 116.2 Hand capture 5/9/2020 Caretta caretta 11 KKT171/KKT172 85.7 86.6 91.4 82.3 68.0 64.3 90.3 Hand capture 5/9/2020 Caretta caretta 12 KKT173/KKT174 82.9 85.0 92.0 82.3 64.6 65.5 84.8 Hand capture 5/13/2020 Chelonia mydas 13 KKG396/KKT177 55.5 56.0 59.8 51.9 43.5 47.5 25.8 South net
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)
(cm)
(cm)
(cm)
(kg) 5/13/2020 Caretta caretta 14 KKT175/KKT176 82.3 85.6 92.4 84.7 69.6 63.9 93.4 North net 5/17/2020 Caretta caretta KKT178/KKT179 79.5 82.4 90.4 82.7 64.0 62.4 84.2 South net 5/18/2020 Caretta caretta KKT180/KKT181 73.5 75.8 81.6 78.1 58.2 60.4 64.5 South net 5/19/2020 Caretta caretta 15 KKL0515/KKL0516 64.6 66.5 71.4 68.0 54.3 50.5 38.4 Hand capture 5/19/2020 Caretta caretta 16 KKT182/KKT183 83.7 85.2 92.6 85.8 67.2 65.4 98.8 North net 5/19/2020 Caretta caretta 17 KKT184/KKT185 87.9 90.0 98.2 87.4 69.3 70.9 107.8 Hand capture 5/19/2020 Caretta caretta 18 KKT186/KKT187 88.9 90.8 97.8 85.5 69.6 69.5 102.0 Hand capture 5/19/2020 Chelonia mydas KKT188/KKT189 45.5 45.9 49.0 42.1 36.0 37.2 11.8 Hand capture 5/19/2020 Caretta caretta 19 KKT191/KKT192 92.1 94.0 99.9 88.9 70.0 68.1 117.5 North net 5/19/2020 Caretta caretta KKT193/KKT194 73.7 75.0 84.5 76.5 56.7 57.7 63.3 Hand capture 5/20/2020 Caretta caretta KKT195/KKT200 60.7 62.0 66.5 64.7 51.2 49.0 37.1 Hand capture 5/20/2020 Caretta caretta 20 KKT196/KKT197 96.1 96.4 102.4 91.4 67.1 72.6 121.7 Hand capture 5/20/2020 Caretta caretta KKT198/KKT199 53.7 54.9 60.0 60.7 50.3 42.6 29.6 North net 5/22/2020 Caretta caretta 21 KKT201/KKT202 89.3 90.4 95.9 90.6 71.7 69.7 110.2 North net 5/26/2020 Chelonia mydas KKT203/KKT204 30.1 30.6 32.6 28.2 25.5 25.0 3.5 North net 5/26/2020 Caretta caretta KKT205/KKT206 76.5 77.0 84.9 81.9 62.0 62.5 77.9 South net 5/28/2020 Caretta caretta 22 KKT207/KKT208 90.0 92.5 99.4 93.1 72.4 70.3 118.1 North net 5/28/2020 Caretta caretta KKT209/KKT210 83.6 84.6 92.6 85.0 65.1 63.9 87.2 South net 5/28/2020 Caretta caretta 23 KKT211/KKT212 87.4 89.1 94.9 86.6 70.3 66.0 99.9 South net 5/28/2020 Caretta caretta 24 KKT213/KKT214 92.7 94.6 99.4 89.0 68.2 73.3 121.1 South net
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)
(cm)
(cm)
(cm)
(kg) 5/30/2020 Caretta caretta 25 JRG200530-01 70.4 71.3 79.4 75.7 58.2 55.6 48.3 North net 5/31/2020 Caretta caretta 26 KKT215/KKT216 86.9 89.1 97.7 90.7 70.0 70.3 104.5 Hand capture 5/31/2020 Caretta caretta 27 KKT217/KKT218 83.8 85.3 90.7 87.4 68.3 67.9 101.0 Hand capture 5/31/2020 Caretta caretta KKT219/KKT220 68.8 69.6 77.2 72.5 58.1 53.2 48.9 Hand capture
NOTES
- 1. Adult male loggerhead. Tail length = 310 mm.
- 2. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 203 mm.
- 3. Adult male loggerhead. Tail length = 490 mm.
- 4. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 235 mm.
- 5. Adult male loggerhead. Tail length = 475 mm.
- 6. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 261 mm. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 7/6/15 and 5/5/20.
- 7. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 7/19/18, 12/10/18, 3/31/19, 12/9/19, 1/7/20, 2/15/20, and 5/5/20.
- 8. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 211 mm.
- 9. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# JRG200509-01. Emaciated and lethargic juvenile loggerhead hand-captured in the intake canal. Break (4cm x 8cm) in marginals of left posterior carapace. Heavy epibiont coverage. After consultation with FWC, turtle was picked up and transported for rehab by Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) staff.
- 10. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 180 mm. Mating wounds in front flippers. Prop scars in carapace.
- 11. Adult male loggerhead. Tail length = 426 mm.
- 12. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 170 mm.
- 13. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/4/08, 8/18/09, 9/15/09, 6/20/12, 10/3/12, 12/6/12, 3/22/13, 7/11/13, 9/3/14, 12/29/14, 1/14/16, 4/26/16, 6/17/17, 10/10/17, 1/29/18, 4/26/19, and 5/13/20. One new Inconel tag inserted.
- 14. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 155 mm.
- 15. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 5/5/19, 8/5/19, and 5/19/20. Healing shark bite in left side of carapace (13cm arc-shaped piece missing).
- 16. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 220 mm. Turtle missing 50% of right front flipper (healed).
- 17. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 205 mm.
- 18. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 203 mm.
- 19. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 226 mm. Turtle missing 40% of right front flipper (healed).
- 20. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 240 mm. Mating scars on neck.
- 21. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 185 mm. Mating scars on neck. Turtle missing 65% of left front flipper (healed). Old hooking wound in right front flipper.
- 22. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 263 mm. Shark rakings in posterior carapace.
- 23. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 220 mm.
- 24. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 268 mm.
- 25. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). STSSN# JRG200530-01. Subadult loggerhead captured in the tangle nets with shark attack bite wounds on head and plastron. Wounds were healing and the arc-shaped bite mark in the anterior plastron had a diameter of 20.5cm. The turtle was slightly underweight with a heavy epibiont load. However, the animal was still active and not lethargic. After consultation with the staff veterinarian at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center and FWC, IRG transported the turtle to LMC for rehab.
- 26. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 165 mm. Deep moderate fresh scrape (4.5cm long) in leading edge of left front flipper. Mating wounds in front flippers.
- 27. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 170 mm. Mating wounds in front flippers.
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
May-20 Year to Date May-20 Year to Date May-20 Year to Date May-20 Year to Date May-20 Year to Date May-20 Year to Date Captures 35 69 4
51 0
0 0
0 0
5 39 125 Causal Mortalities 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1 Non-causal Mortalities 0
0 0
2 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
2 Causal Injuries 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Sent to rehab 2
4 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
2 2
7 Fresh Scrapes May-Year to Date May-Year to Date May-Year to Date May-Year to Date May-Year to Date May-Year to Date None 3
7 0
10 0
0 0
0 0
2 3
19 Minor 31 60 4
41 0
0 0
0 0
3 35 104 Moderate 1
2 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 1
2 Severe 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 2.9%
2.9%
0.0%
0.0%
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.0%
2.6%
1.6%
Leatherbacks Loggerheads Green turtles (Caretta caretta)
(Chelonia mydas)
Overall Totals Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
(Dermochelys coriacea)
Hawksbills