ML21042B553
| ML21042B553 | |
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 02/11/2021 |
| From: | Weege S Inwater Research Group |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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From: Steve Weege <sweege@inwater.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:01 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] January 2021 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: January 2021 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf; Monthly Report Notes 2021.pdf; FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2021.pdf Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469
Subject:
Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary January 2021
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for January 2021. This month we captured 11 Caretta caretta, 13 Chelonia mydas, and two Lepidochelys kempii 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 January. 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 January 5th, a subadult loggerhead was captured in the tangle nets that had braided fishing line wrapped around its neck and left front flipper. Part of the line was also ingested and could be seen going down its throat.
The turtle was picked up and transported for rehab at the Brevard Zoo by a volunteer. On January 19th, a subadult loggerhead with extensive shark attack injuries was captured. The right rear flipper was partially severed from a recent shark bite. Another deep arc-shaped shark bite penetrated through the right side of the plastron (26 cm bite diameter). There were also rakings in both the carapace and plastron. This second turtle was picked up and transported to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach by Ecological Associates, Inc. biologists. It was later transferred to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton due to space limitations. Because these turtles were sent for rehabilitation for injuries/illnesses that were unrelated to the power plant, they were classified as non-causal.
The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered negligible amounts of algae throughout the month.
Altogether, the primary barrier net has performed as designed and no turtles have been observed beyond the 5- inch net. Additionally, bathymetric surveys of the intake and discharge canals were completed in January.
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] January 2021 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 2/11/2021 9:01:22 AM Received Date: 2/11/2021 9:01:40 AM From: Steve Weege Created By: sweege@inwater.org Recipients:
"Ed Hollowell" <Ed.Hollowell@fpl.com>
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Tracking Status: None "Vince Munne" <Vince.Munne@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Cody Mott" <cmott@inwater.org>
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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>
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January 2021 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 261787 Monthly Report Notes 2021.pdf 189027 FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2021.pdf 249779 Options Priority: Normal Return Notification: No Reply Requested: No Sensitivity: Normal Expiration Date:
MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL JANUARY 2021 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 1/2/2021 Caretta caretta KKY118/KKY119 72.7 74.0 78.1 77.0 58.8 58.1 55.1 North net 1/2/2021 Caretta caretta KKY120/KKY121 67.6 68.5 71.5 69.8 56.7 52.1 45.4 North net 1/5/2021 Caretta caretta 1 CRM210105-001 69.2 70.4 75.4 73.5 59.9 54.2 51.7 North net 1/10/2021 Caretta caretta KKY122/KKY123 47.1 47.7 52.2 50.1 41.6 38.7 19.9 North net 1/11/2021 Caretta caretta KKY124/KKY125 68.7 70.2 76.1 75.7 58.7 55.4 50.9 North net 1/11/2021 Caretta caretta 2 KKY126/KKY127 106.6 106.6 112.0 94.6 74.6 79.8 183.2 North net 1/13/2021 Chelonia mydas 3 KKG101/MMY347 50.6 50.6 52.5 48.2 40.1 41.9 15.6 North net 1/15/2021 Caretta caretta KKY128/KKY129 69.1 70.8 75.1 71.7 59.9 56.6 53.4 North net 1/19/2021 Caretta caretta KKY130/KKY131 66.3 67.3 71.4 71.5 58.7 54.9 47.9 North net 1/19/2021 Caretta caretta 4 TBC210119-001 72.2 73.7 76.5 76.5 58.4 59.0 58.7 South net 1/21/2021 Caretta caretta KKY132/KKY133 67.6 69.0 73.9 69.5 55.6 53.6 48.0 North net 1/22/2021 Lepidochelys KKY134/KKY135 51.8 52.6 54.1 56.8 53.6 40.5 17.6 South net kempii 1/23/2021 Chelonia mydas 5 4A591B0149 63.3 63.5 67.9 59.3 50.0 52.0 34.4 Hand capture 1/23/2021 Chelonia mydas 6 4A5A473052 56.5 57.1 60.6 52.8 44.4 49.1 26.3 Hand capture 1/23/2021 Chelonia mydas 7 4C133D0377 53.2 53.5 55.3 50.0 42.1 43.2 18.9 Hand capture
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 1/23/2021 Chelonia mydas 8 KKL0721/KKL0722 47.7 47.9 50.4 43.2 37.4 38.0 13.2 Hand capture 1/23/2021 Chelonia mydas 9 KKL0897 63.4 63.8 67.7 63.3 51.0 51.6 36.7 Hand capture 1/23/2021 Chelonia mydas 10 KKT115 60.1 60.4 63.7 57.5 49.2 51.4 27.1 Hand capture 1/23/2021 Chelonia mydas 11 KKT332/KKT333 33.7 34.0 36.0 31.0 27.5 28.4 5.4 Hand capture 1/23/2021 Caretta caretta 12 KKY136/KKY137 85.7 88.2 92.6 86.4 68.6 66.4 91.5 Hand capture 1/23/2021 Chelonia mydas KKY138/KKY139 32.5 33.0 33.6 29.9 26.1 26.9 4.5 Dip net 1/23/2021 Chelonia mydas 13 KKY140/KKY141 61.3 61.5 63.9 61.1 52.6 52.0 34.6 Hand capture 1/23/2021 Lepidochelys KKY142/KKY143 55.3 56.2 58.6 57.9 53.3 42.3 21.4 Hand capture kempii 1/23/2021 Chelonia mydas 14 KKY144/KKY145 50.7 51.2 53.2 48.6 42.5 43.4 18.2 Hand capture 1/30/2021 Chelonia mydas IRG0100/IRG0401 29.3 29.6 31.4 26.2 23.4 24.9 3.1 North net 1/30/2021 Chelonia mydas 15 KKL0843/KKL0844 52.1 52.2 54.4 50.4 44.3 43.7 19.3 South net
NOTES
- 1. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# CRM210105-001. Subadult loggerhead with braided fishing line wrapped tightly around neck and left front flipper. Fishing line also going down throat. Left front flipper swollen and discolored. Turtle picked up and transported for rehab at the Brevard Zoo by volunteer.
- 2. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 260 mm. Old healing deep cuts in midsection of both front flippers (probable shark attack wounds). Shark rake marks and/or healing wounds in neck and all flippers.
- 3. 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, 8/11/20, 10/25/20, and 1/13/21. Turtle missing 50% of left rear flipper and 40% of right rear flipper (flipper damage is old/healed).
- 4. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# TBC210119-001. Subadult loggerhead with extensive shark attack injuries. Right rear flipper partially severed mid-flipper from recent shark bite. Deep arc-shaped shark bite that penetrates through right side of plastron (26 cm bite diameter). Rakings in carapace and plastron. Picked up and transported by Ecological Associates biologist to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach for rehab. Later transferred to Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton due to space limitations.
- 5. 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, 11/30/20, and 1/23/21.
- 6. 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, 5/13/20, 12/11/20, and 1/23/21.
- 7. 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, 8/10/20, and 1/23/21.
- 8. 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, 8/16/20, and 1/23/21.
- 9. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/5/08, 5/10/11, 6/13/11, 7/25/11, 7/7/12, 2/5/13, 3/20/13, 5/7/14, 1/3/15, 4/16/15, 6/15/15, 5/30/17, 7/24/17, 10/21/17, 11/20/17, 6/3/19, 10/15/19, 12/14/20, and 1/23/21.
- 10. 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, 11/20/20, and 1/23/21. One extra left costal scute.
- 11. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/28/20 and 1/23/21. One extra vertebral scute.
- 12. Adult female loggerhead. Tail length = 201 mm. Turtle missing 40% of left front flipper (healed). Healing shark rakings in head, neck, plastron and rear flipper.
- 13. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 2). Tumors regressing.
- 14. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {moderate}, Total Tumor Score = 29).
- 15. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/12/18, 10/5/18, 12/17/18, 9/26/19, 10/22/19, 12/7/19, 1/4/20, 10/7/20, 12/15/20, and 1/30/21.
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 Jan-21 Date Jan-21 Date Jan-21 Date Jan-21 Date Jan-21 Date Jan-21 Date Captures 11 11 13 13 0 0 0 0 2 2 26 26 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 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Jan- Date Jan- Date Jan- Date Jan- Date Jan- Date Jan- Date None 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 Minor 11 11 10 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 22 22 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 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%