ML20349A116
| ML20349A116 | |
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 12/14/2020 |
| From: | Weege S Inwater Research Group |
| To: | Koperski M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Tequesta Field Laboratory |
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| Download: ML20349A116 (9) | |
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From: Steve Weege <sweege@inwater.org>
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 7:46 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] November 2020 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: November 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 November 2020
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for November 2020. This month we captured nine Caretta caretta, 28 Chelonia mydas, one Lepidochelys kempii, and one Dermochelys coriacea in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. Three turtles were sent to rehabilitation facilities for non-causal injuries and/or illness and there was one non-causal mortality during the month of November. 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.
Three turtles were sent to the rehabilitation facility at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center (GLNC) in Boca Raton for non-causal injuries this month. On November 1st, an underweight and lethargic subadult loggerhead was recovered from atop the primary barrier net. The turtle was also missing most of its left front flipper (healed). On November 3rd, an adult female loggerhead was hand captured that was also underweight and lethargic. On November 9th, another lethargic subadult loggerhead was recovered from the permanent 5-inch barrier net. This turtle was missing 80% of its left front flipper and 80% of its right rear flipper (both healed). It also had a large arc-shaped portion missing from its right posterior carapace from a probable shark attack (healed injury). These strandings were all classified as non-causal since the underlying illnesses and/or injuries were unrelated to power plant activity.
There was one non-causal mortality this month. On November 1st, a severely decomposed juvenile green turtle recovered from atop the primary barrier net in the morning. The turtle was bloated and the scutes were sloughing off. Even the sutures in
the skull were separating from decomposition. Based on the advanced state of decomposition this turtle was presumed to have been entrained postmortem.
Following Tropical Storm Eta, the primary 5-inch barrier net encountered moderate-to-severe amounts of algae. In addition, there was a pulse of moon jellyfish and they were categorized as severe for one day. 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. 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] November 2020 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 12/14/2020 7:45:31 AM Received Date: 12/14/2020 7:45:51 AM From: Steve Weege Created By: sweege@inwater.org Recipients:
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November 2020 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 265126 Monthly Report Notes 2020.pdf 187601 FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2020.pdf 253273 Options Priority: Normal Return Notification: No Reply Requested: No Sensitivity: Normal Expiration Date:
MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL NOVEMBER 2020 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 11/1/2020 Caretta caretta 1 RCW201101-01 69.5 71.4 75.5 70.4 55.1 53.2 43.1 Dip net 11/1/2020 Chelonia mydas 2 RCW201101-02 30.0 30.0 32.5 25.0 24.6 25.0 3.0 Barrier net 11/2/2020 Chelonia mydas 3 KKY035/KKY036 88.2 88.3 92.9 86.0 67.2 71.5 94.0 North net 11/3/2020 Chelonia mydas IRG0092/IRG0093 28.9 29.4 30.7 25.5 22.8 25.0 3.1 South net 11/3/2020 Chelonia mydas 4 KKY037 65.8 66.3 70.6 62.8 52.9 53.4 37.4 North net 11/3/2020 Caretta caretta KKY038/KKY039 82.8 83.7 89.7 83.5 65.3 64.9 84.2 Barrier net 11/3/2020 Caretta caretta 5 KKY040/KKY041 85.9 87.8 95.5 85.2 68.3 63.7 87.8 Hand capture 11/7/2020 Chelonia mydas IRG0094/IRG0095 24.5 24.6 25.9 22.0 19.9 20.4 1.6 Dip net 11/9/2020 Chelonia mydas IRG0096/IRG0097 29.0 29.4 31.0 27.0 24.3 24.7 4.2 Barrier net 11/9/2020 Caretta caretta 6 KKY038/KKY039 83.4 84.4 90.6 85.0 64.7 64.9 84.3 Barrier net 11/9/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY042/KKY043 32.0 32.5 34.2 29.6 26.7 26.4 7.6 Barrier net 11/9/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY044/KKY045 39.1 39.5 41.5 36.5 31.6 33.0 8.1 Dip net 11/9/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY046/KKY047 38.7 39.0 41.7 35.0 29.9 31.1 7.4 Dip net 11/9/2020 Chelonia mydas 7 KKY048/KKY049 36.1 36.4 38.5 30.0 25.6 28.8 5.4 Dip net 11/11/2020 Chelonia mydas 8 KKT012/KKT013 55.8 56.2 60.5 55.4 45.9 45.4 22.0 South net
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 11/11/2020 Caretta caretta KKY050/KKY051 63.6 63.6 67.0 67.9 57.5 52.7 47.9 North net 11/12/2020 Lepidochelys KKY052/KKY053 54.6 55.6 58.4 61.0 56.5 43.2 23.0 North net kempii 11/12/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY054/KKY055 78.5 79.3 85.3 76.2 63.8 64.2 67.5 South net 11/12/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY056/KKY057 46.6 47.0 49.7 41.1 35.9 36.4 12.4 South net 11/12/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY058/KKY059 30.2 30.8 33.0 28.6 25.4 25.4 3.7 South net 11/12/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY060/KKY061 51.3 51.9 55.4 52.5 41.1 42.0 17.6 North net 11/13/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY062/KKY063 38.4 38.8 40.9 36.2 32.8 31.4 7.3 South net 11/14/2020 Caretta caretta 9 KKG385 74.5 76.8 81.1 76.1 61.1 58.0 58.7 North net 11/14/2020 Caretta caretta KKY064/KKY065 60.0 61.0 65.4 60.7 50.3 47.8 31.6 South net 11/16/2020 Chelonia mydas IRG0098/IRG0099 28.2 28.2 29.8 27.0 24.6 24.4 3.0 Dip net 11/16/2020 Chelonia mydas 10 KKY020 29.3 29.6 31.2 28.3 24.5 24.4 3.3 North net 11/17/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY066/KKY067 31.6 31.7 32.5 28.6 26.2 26.8 4.5 North net 11/18/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY069/KKY070 80.7 81.1 87.5 81.9 64.8 68.6 72.0 South net 11/20/2020 Chelonia mydas 11 KKT115 59.5 59.8 63.2 57.9 47.7 50.6 28.0 South net 11/20/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY071/KKY072 70.5 72.7 77.4 69.5 57.0 59.4 50.6 South net 11/27/2020 Dermochelys KKY073/KKY074 113.1 113.1 122.4 86.7 66.6 Hand capture coriacea 11/28/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY068/KKY075 35.0 35.7 37.5 34.4 29.3 29.1 5.5 North net 11/28/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY076/KKY077 30.2 31.0 32.4 27.7 24.7 25.3 4.0 Dip net 11/28/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY078/KKY079 33.0 33.3 35.5 33.3 30.3 28.7 5.5 Dip net 11/29/2020 Chelonia mydas 12 KKY080/KKY081 64.4 64.9 68.2 63.9 52.9 51.7 38.3 South net
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 11/29/2020 Chelonia mydas KKY082/KKY083 30.3 30.8 33.0 28.5 25.1 26.0 3.7 Dip net 11/29/2020 Caretta caretta KKY084/KKY085 60.4 61.4 66.5 67.0 52.0 48.0 37.8 North net 11/30/2020 Chelonia mydas 13 4A591B0149 63.2 63.3 68.3 59.5 47.7 50.8 34.0 South net 11/30/2020 Caretta caretta KKY086/KKY087 55.7 56.4 62.0 59.0 48.0 43.7 25.1 North net
NOTES
- 1. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding #RCW201101-01. Power plant recapture from 2/9/14. Underweight and lethargic subadult loggerhead recovered from atop the primary barrier net in the morning. Turtle missing 90% of left front flipper (healed). Taken to Gumbo Limbo Nature Center (GLNC) in Boca Raton.
- 2. DEAD (NON-CAUSAL MORTALITY). Stranding #RCW201101-02. Severely decomposed juvenile green turtle recovered from atop the barrier net in the morning. The turtle was bloated, the scutes were sloughing off, and the skull was breaking apart. Too decomposed to necropsy.
- 3. Adult female green turtle. Tail length = 157 mm.
- 4. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/17/16, 9/21/16, 1/7/17, 10/16/17, and 11/3/20. New Inconel tag placed in left front flipper.
- 5. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# STW201103-01. Underweight and lethargic adult female loggerhead (tail length = 182 mm). Turtle was tagged prior to rehab determination (would not crawl to water on its own). After consultation with FWC, the turtle was held overnight and the following morning Inwater Research Group (IRG) biologists helped transport partway to GLNC.
- 6. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# RCW201109-01. Power plant recapture from 11/3/20. Lethargic subadult loggerhead recovered from the permanent 5-inch barrier net. Turtle missing 80% of the left front flipper and 80% of right rear flipper (both healed). Large arc-shaped portion missing from right posterior carapace. IRG transported this turtle partway to GLNC for rehab.
- 7. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/20/19 and 11/9/20.
- 8. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/19/19 and 11/11/20.
- 9. 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, 2/27/16, 1/6/17, 5/30/17, 9/24/17, 2/9/18, 5/7/18, 4/21/19, and 11/14/20. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 1). One small papilloma tumor in corner of jaw.
- 10. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/28/20 and 11/16/20.
- 11. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 3/19/08, 6/28/13, 5/25/14, 2/12/16, 6/1/17, 9/19/17, 10/16/17, 1/21/18, 4/17/19, 2/17/20, 10/5/20, and 11/20/20.
- 12. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 3).
- 13. 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, 1/5/17, 6/1/17, 9/27/17, 1/2/18, 7/3/18, 8/28/18, 4/18/19, 10/4/19, and 11/30/20.
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 Nov-20 Date Nov-20 Date Nov-20 Date Nov-20 Date Nov-20 Date Nov-20 Date Captures 9 165 28 138 0 0 1 1 1 7 39 311 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Noncausal Mortalities 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 Causal Injuries 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Sent to rehab 3 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 19 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Nov Date Nov Date Nov Date Nov Date Nov Date Nov Date None 3 19 5 20 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 42 Minor 6 139 23 115 0 0 0 0 1 4 30 258 Moderate 0 7 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 10 Severe 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 0.0% 4.2% 0.0% 2.2% N/A N/A 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.6% 3.5%