ML20261H929
| ML20261H929 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 09/17/2020 |
| From: | Weege S Inwater Research Group |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML20261H929 (8) | |
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From: Steve Weege <sweege@inwater.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 3:25 PM 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] August 2020 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: August 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 August 2020
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for August 2020. This month we captured 11 Caretta caretta and 13 Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St.
Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. One turtle was sent for rehabilitation (non-causal) and there were no mortalities during the month of August. As with all sea turtle strandings at the Saint Lucie Plant, 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.
One turtle was sent to a rehabilitation facility for non-causal injuries this month. On August 22nd, a subadult loggerhead was recovered from the tangle nets that was heavily entangled in monofilament line. The fishing line was tangled around all four flippers and was also coming out of its mouth. The FWC stranding coordinator picked up and transported this turtle to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for rehab. Because the injury was unrelated to power plant activity it was classified as non-causal.
The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered moderate-to-severe amounts of algae in August.
This was partly due to Tropical Storm Isaias as it moved up the east coast of Florida in the beginning of the month. In response, Underwater Engineering Services, Inc. (UESI) inspected the primary barrier net and removed accumulated algae and debris as needed. Furthermore, IRG biologists performed around-the-clock monitoring of the intake canal and barrier net system either as warranted by sufficiently high debris intrusion levels or whenever directed by FPL oversight personnel. Lastly, UESI performed the quarterly net inspections on the first two barrier nets (the 5-inch and 8-inch A-1-A) as well as the semiannual inspection of the UIDS net; one hole was found in the 5-inch barrier net and promptly repaired. Moreover, the primary barrier net has performed as designed and no turtles have been observed beyond the 5inch 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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[External_Sender] August 2020 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 9/15/2020 3:24:31 PM Received Date: 9/17/2020 10:00:51 AM From: Steve Weege Created By: sweege@inwater.org Recipients:
"Ed Hollowell" <Ed.Hollowell@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Jodie_Gless@fpl.com" <Jodie_Gless@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Ken_Frehafer@fpl.com" <Ken_Frehafer@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "MTP@myfwc.com" <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 "Eaton, Kristin" <Kristin.Eaton@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Jonathon Gorham" <jgorham@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "William.Nurnberger@fpl.com" <William.Nurnberger@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "audra.livergood@noaa.gov" <audra.livergood@noaa.gov>
Tracking Status: None "Sciscente, Richard" <Richard.Sciscente@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Seth.Duston@fpl.com" <Seth.Duston@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Koperski, Meghan" <Meghan.Koperski@myfwc.com>
Tracking Status: None Post Office: ihpax-esac6901.nrc.gov Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 2873 9/17/2020 10:00:51 AM
August 2020 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 257344 Monthly Report Notes 2020.pdf 185792 FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2020.pdf 251417 Options Priority: Normal Return Notification: No Reply Requested: No Sensitivity: Normal Expiration Date:
MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL AUGUST 2020 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 8/6/2020 Chelonia mydas 1 KKT306/KKT307 97.0 98.7 105.4 98.3 77.4 81.7 133.0 North net 8/6/2020 Chelonia mydas KKT308/KKT309 47.1 47.6 50.6 43.5 37.3 38.3 12.7 North net 8/10/2020 Chelonia mydas 2 4C133D0377 52.0 52.3 55.7 49.7 41.2 42.5 19.1 South net 8/11/2020 Caretta caretta 3 KKT310/KKT311 86.5 87.0 92.1 84.9 70.0 64.2 97.9 South net 8/11/2020 Chelonia mydas 4 MMY347/KKG101 49.2 49.2 52.8 48.6 38.5 40.7 16.4 South net 8/12/2020 Chelonia mydas 5 KKT312/KKT313 49.5 49.6 53.4 45.9 37.1 39.8 16.1 South net 8/13/2020 Chelonia mydas 6 KKT116/KKT117 61.1 61.8 66.4 57.2 47.0 48.5 30.9 South net 8/15/2020 Chelonia mydas KKT314/KKT315 74.4 75.3 78.5 70.0 56.6 62.0 55.6 North net 8/16/2020 Chelonia mydas 7 KKL0721/KKL0722 46.6 47.7 50.0 42.5 36.7 37.5 12.8 South net 8/17/2020 Caretta caretta 8 KKL0515/KKL0516 65.9 66.9 70.9 68.0 55.9 52.0 37.5 North net 8/17/2020 Caretta caretta KKT316/KKT317 79.5 80.4 85.9 81.7 63.8 60.0 70.6 North net 8/18/2020 Caretta caretta 9 KKG088 82.3 83.4 89.5 82.1 63.8 59.6 77.0 North net 8/20/2020 Chelonia mydas 10 KKT318/KKT319 68.0 68.6 72.5 68.6 54.0 56.0 42.4 South net 8/21/2020 Caretta caretta KKT320/KKT321 65.6 66.7 72.5 70.4 56.5 51.6 43.7 North net 8/22/2020 Caretta caretta 11 RCW200822-01 63.1 65.5 69.0 67.6 52.9 49.6 43.7 North net
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 8/23/2020 Chelonia mydas 12 KKL0886 58.1 58.8 63.5 57.1 46.7 45.9 25.2 South net 8/24/2020 Caretta caretta KKT322/KKT323 70.5 72.0 77.9 72.8 60.5 54.2 48.5 North net 8/27/2020 Caretta caretta KKT324/KKT325 55.2 56.0 59.5 58.3 48.0 44.6 25.8 North net 8/28/2020 Caretta caretta 13 KKT326/KKT327 87.8 89.7 94.7 83.6 69.0 67.7 105.2 Hand capture 8/28/2020 Chelonia mydas KKT328/KKT329 82.7 83.0 87.7 80.9 65.4 66.4 73.7 Hand capture 8/28/2020 Caretta caretta 14 KKT330/KKT331 63.4 64.4 66.5 64.0 52.7 48.5 35.2 Hand capture 8/28/2020 Chelonia mydas KKT332/KKT333 33.6 34.1 36.0 30.4 27.1 28.4 5.3 Hand capture 8/28/2020 Chelonia mydas KKT334/KKT335 45.0 45.1 47.1 37.3 33.3 36.6 10.9 South net 8/31/2020 Caretta caretta KKT336/KKT337 61.3 62.0 65.5 66.6 52.8 48.4 33.7 South net
NOTES
- 1. Adult female green turtle. Tail length = 284 mm.
- 2. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/26/10, 1/17/16, 5/24/17, 11/30/17, 3/14/19 and 8/10/20.
- 3. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 279 mm.
- 4. 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, 5/5/20 and 8/11/20.
- 5. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/21/18, 12/17/18, 4/3/19, 9/13/19, 9/26/19, 2/20/20 and 8/12/20.
- 6. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 7/30/16, 9/17/16, 1/7/17, 10/23/17, 11/18/17, 5/2/18, 2/17/20 and 8/13/20.
- 7. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/27/18, 4/19/19, 6/3/19, 9/14/19, 10/8/19, 12/2/19, 1/3/20 and 8/16/20.
- 8. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 5/5/19, 8/5/19, 5/19/20 and 8/17/20.
- 9. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/27/19 and 8/18/20. Adult male loggerhead. Tail length = 445 mm. Turtle missing 95% of right front flipper. Sex determination based on tail length.
- 10. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/23/09, 3/23/10, 9/22/10, 1/31/11, 10/13/11, 11/17/11, 12/20/12, 3/27/15, 8/3/15, 1/9/16, 2/26/16, 11/19/17, 3/25/19, 10/5/19 and 8/20/20. New Inconel tags inserted on this capture event.
- 11. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# RCW200822-01. Recapture, from 11/12/16. Heavy monofilament fishing line tangled around all four flippers; Line also coming out of mouth. FWC stranding coordinator picked up and transported the turtle to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for rehab.
- 12. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/7/18, 10/8/19 and 8/23/20.
- 13. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 249 mm. Moderate scrape on top of head.
- 14. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/27/18 and 8/28/20.
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 Aug-20 Date Aug-20 Date Aug-20 Date Aug-20 Date Aug-20 Date Aug-20 Date Captures 11 126 13 66 0 0 0 0 0 5 24 197 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Noncausal Mortalities 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Causal Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sent to rehab 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Aug Date Aug Date Aug Date Aug Date Aug Date Aug Date None 1 13 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 26 Minor 9 106 12 55 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 164 Moderate 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 9.1% 5.6% 0.0% 0.0% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.0% 4.2% 3.6%