ML20195A278

NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) June 2020 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report

ML20195A278
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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	07/10/2020
From:	Weege S Inwater Research Group
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From: Steve Weege <sweege@inwater.org>

Sent: Friday, July 10, 2020 7:02 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

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[External_Sender] June 2020 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: June 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

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Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary June 2020

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for June 2020. This month we captured 28 Caretta caretta and one Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. There was one mortality (non-causal) and no turtles were sent for rehabilitation during the month of June. 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.

There was one non-causal mortality this past month. On June 29th, a severely decomposed subadult loggerhead was found on the bottom of the intake canal during a snorkel survey. This turtle had not been previously observed in the canal. Moreover, the animal was most likely entrained postmortem since it was in an advanced state of decomposition and was not seen even during recent in-water surveys of the intake canal.

The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered light amounts of algae throughout the month. On June 15th, Underwater Engineering Services performed the quarterly net inspections on the first two barrier nets (the 5-inch and 8-inch A-1-A); no holes were found during the quarterly net inspections. Altogether, 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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June 2020 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 257161 Monthly Report Notes 2020.pdf 186046 FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2020.pdf 253690 Options Priority: Normal Return Notification: No Reply Requested: No Sensitivity: Normal Expiration Date:

MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL JUNE 2020 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 6/2/2020 Caretta caretta 1 KKT221/KKT222 85.6 85.6 91.0 82.0 63.6 65.3 84.9 North net 6/5/2020 Caretta caretta KKT223/KKT224 76.5 77.5 83.3 74.4 59.5 57.7 67.0 North net 6/6/2020 Caretta caretta 2 KKT225/KKT226 88.1 88.6 94.4 89.0 70.9 65.2 97.9 North net 6/10/2020 Caretta caretta 3 KKT227/KKT228 68.3 74.5 83.2 78.7 62.3 62.3 69.7 Hand capture 6/13/2020 Caretta caretta 4 KKT229/KKT230 92.4 93.5 101.5 89.9 69.1 71.8 117.7 South net 6/15/2020 Caretta caretta KKT231/KKT232 80.8 82.0 89.7 86.3 65.4 62.3 84.8 North net 6/15/2020 Caretta caretta 5 KKT233/KKT234 84.1 85.4 90.3 80.6 64.6 61.9 77.0 North net 6/15/2020 Caretta caretta KKT235/KKT236 76.7 78.7 85.7 79.0 60.0 58.0 68.1 North net 6/16/2020 Caretta caretta KKT237/KKT238 83.4 84.8 93.3 79.8 66.3 62.2 85.4 North net 6/17/2020 Caretta caretta 6 KKT239/KKT240 94.3 94.3 100.5 91.2 72.3 68.1 117.6 South net 6/17/2020 Caretta caretta 7 KKT241/KKT242 92.5 93.6 97.2 91.4 75.5 70.3 120.7 North net 6/18/2020 Caretta caretta KKT243/KKT244 79.5 80.4 85.6 79.8 63.5 62.9 76.0 North net 6/23/2020 Caretta caretta KKT245/KKT246 81.3 82.6 89.6 81.7 62.7 59.8 79.1 North net 6/23/2020 Caretta caretta KKT247/KKT248 64.3 65.8 71.8 68.4 53.6 49.3 42.8 Hand capture 6/23/2020 Caretta caretta KKT249/KKT250 67.6 68.9 73.1 68.3 56.3 50.4 38.8 Hand capture

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 6/24/2020 Caretta caretta KKT251/KKT252 65.7 66.7 72.2 73.4 65.4 52.7 44.3 Hand capture 6/24/2020 Caretta caretta KKT253/KKT254 75.2 76.6 81.8 74.0 58.7 54.7 56.6 Hand capture 6/24/2020 Caretta caretta KKT255/KKT256 77.5 79.2 84.1 73.0 57.5 57.5 71.7 Hand capture 6/24/2020 Caretta caretta 8 KKT257/KKT258 100.1 102.0 111.2 96.6 74.9 78.7 157.9 Hand capture 6/24/2020 Caretta caretta KKT259/KKT260 78.5 79.4 85.2 78.9 60.8 60.4 71.8 Hand capture 6/25/2020 Caretta caretta 9 KKL0667/KKT265 56.7 57.4 62.7 60.8 47.5 44.4 31.2 Hand capture 6/25/2020 Caretta caretta 10 KKT261/KKT262 94.0 94.6 101.8 92.0 71.9 72.8 135.7 South net 6/25/2020 Caretta caretta KKT263/KKT264 79.9 81.1 88.5 80.3 61.2 58.6 71.4 North net 6/27/2020 Caretta caretta 11 KKT266/KKT267 87.7 90.4 97.8 87.1 66.5 66.3 88.0 North net 6/28/2020 Caretta caretta 12 KKT268/KKT269 86.5 87.7 92.4 90.0 70.2 68.0 105.6 North net 6/29/2020 Chelonia mydas 13 KKT270/KKT271 89.2 89.7 95.5 87.1 69.1 70.9 98.2 Hand capture 6/29/2020 Caretta caretta KKT272/KKT273 53.6 54.7 59.7 55.9 46.9 42.6 22.7 Hand capture 6/29/2020 Caretta caretta 14 STW200629-01 69.1 70.2 76.6 75.4 57.9 52.1 45.0 Hand capture 6/30/2020 Caretta caretta 15 KKT274/KKT275 91.9 93.1 100.7 88.1 73.3 69.1 102.1 Hand capture

NOTES

1. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 205 mm.

2. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 214 mm.

3. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 205 mm. Turtle missing 20% of posterior carapace. Carapace lengths shorter than expected due to carapace damage. TAG RETURN (6/17/20), false crawled in Jupiter.

4. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 246 mm. Turtle missing 35% from each front flipper (healed).

Mating wounds in neck and shark rake marks in plastron.

5. Adult male loggerhead. Tail length = 430 mm.

6. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 282 mm. Mating scar on neck.

7. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 105 mm. Moderate 6 cm fresh scrape behind right eye.

8. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 261 mm. Mating wounds on neck.

9. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 7/14/17, 8/24/17, 3/3/18, 3/18/18, 8/7/18, 9/18/18, 8/2/19, and 6/25/20. New Inconel tag inserted on this capture event.

10. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 292 mm.

11. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 155 mm. Turtle missing 50% from both front flippers (healed).

Shark rakings in head and neck. Healed wounds from shark attack in left side of carapace.

12. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 245 mm. Deep moderate fresh scrape above left eye.

13. Adult female green turtle. Tail length = 236 mm. Arc-shaped shark bite in dorsal side of left rear flipper.

Turtle also has three extra scutes (two costal and one vertebral).

14. DEAD (NON-CAUSAL MORTALITY). Stranding# STW200629-01. Severely decomposed subadult loggerhead found on bottom of intake canal during snorkel survey. Turtle had not been seen prior to today. Most likely entrained postmortem since it was in an advanced state of decomposition and was not even seen during recent in-water surveys of the intake canal. Weight estimated at ~45 kg.

15. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 210 mm.

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 Jun-20 Date Jun-20 Date Jun-20 Date Jun-20 Date Jun-20 Date Jun-20 Date Captures 28 97 1 52 0 0 0 0 0 5 29 154 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Noncausal Mortalities 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Causal Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sent to rehab 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Jun Date Jun Date Jun Date Jun Date Jun Date Jun Date None 3 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 22 Minor 23 83 1 42 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 128 Moderate 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 7.1% 4.1% 0.0% 0.0% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.0% 6.9% 2.6%