ML22080A131
| ML22080A131 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 03/15/2022 |
| From: | Weege S Inwater Research Group |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML22080A131 (8) | |
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From:
Steve Weege <sweege@inwater.org>
Sent:
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 8:00 AM To:
Koperski, Meghan Cc:
Jodie_Gless@fpl.com; Ken_Frehafer@fpl.com; Marine Turtle Permits; Michael Bresette; EndangeredSpecies Resource; SCO@dep.state.fl.us; Vince Munne; Eaton, Kristin; William Nurnberger; audra.livergood@noaa.gov; Sciscente, Richard; Seth.Duston@fpl.com; Cody Mott; Jguertin
Subject:
[External_Sender] February 2022 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments:
Monthly Report Notes 2022.pdf; February 2022 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf; FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2022.pdf Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469
Subject:
Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary February 2022
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for February 2022. This month we captured ten Caretta caretta and 18 Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. One sea turtle was sent for rehabilitation (non-causal) and there were no mortalities during the month of February. 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.
One sea turtle was sent to rehab for non-causal injuries this month. On February 2nd, a juvenile green turtle was removed from the primary 5-inch barrier net with shark attack injuries. The turtle had open shark bite wounds in its right front flipper and anterior plastron. It was taken to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton for rehab. Because the injury/illness was unrelated to the power plant, this was classified as a non-causal stranding.
The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered moderate-to-severe amounts of algae throughout the month. Underwater Engineering Services, Inc. inspected the primary barrier net and removed accumulated algae and debris as needed. 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 2022. 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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NOTES
- 1. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/21/19, 3/14/21, and 2/1/22.
- 2. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# EMM210202-001. Juvenile green turtle removed from the primary 5-inch barrier net with shark attack injuries. Turtle had open shark bite wounds in right front flipper and plastron. Taken to Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton for rehab. Monel tags applied prior to rehab determination.
- 3. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/15/21, 10/31/21, 12/10/21, 1/21/22, and 2/7/22.
- 4. STRANGE TAG (Inconel Tag #HB8990 in RFF), whereabouts pending but likely UCF tag. Strange tag fell out during examination and was replaced. Two new Inconel tags inserted.
- 5. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 3/1/04, 11/3/04, 11/21/04, 7/8/05, 8/12/05, 9/13/05, 4/24/06, 9/29/06, 11/19/06, 12/4/06, 12/9/07, 2/10/08, 4/3/08, 9/14/08, 11/26/08, 12/18/08, 12/14/09, 1/11/10, 9/21/10, 7/25/11, 10/13/11, 7/12/12, 12/16/12, 8/19/13, 2/12/14, 5/7/14, 1/4/16, 4/26/16, 10/23/17, 11/14/17, 4/6/18, 10/29/18, 10/22/19, 2/17/20, 10/9/20, 12/16/20, and 2/15/22.
- 6. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on from 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, 1/23/21, and 2/15/22. No new Inconel tags inserted due to multiple tag scars.
- 7. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/26/19, 11/16/21, and 2/15/22. One extra vertebral scute. New Inconel tag #FFE562 applied today.
- 8. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/11/18, 9/26/19, 12/1/19, 12/10/20, 2/15/22. New Inconel tag #FFE563 applied today.
- 9. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/5/19 and 2/21/22. New Inconel tags inserted on this capture event.
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
MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL FEBRUARY 2022 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)
(cm)
(cm)
(cm)
(kg) 2/1/2022 Chelonia mydas FFE538/FFE539 30.2 30.4 31.7 26.6 23.5 24.8 3.3 Barrier net 2/1/2022 Chelonia mydas FFE540/FFE541 30.8 31.5 32.5 26.3 23.0 25.3 3.6 Barrier net 2/1/2022 Chelonia mydas FFE542/FFE543 39.8 40.3 41.0 34.7 32.1 32.8 7.7 Barrier net 2/1/2022 Chelonia mydas FFE544/FFE545 48.0 48.4 50.4 44.7 38.3 39.2 14.3 Barrier net 2/1/2022 Chelonia mydas FFE546/FFE547 56.1 56.9 59.1 52.3 46.9 47.0 22.4 North net 2/1/2022 Chelonia mydas 1 KKY196/KKL0776 50.2 50.4 52.7 45.3 39.0 41.2 16.6 Dip net 2/2/2022 Chelonia mydas FFE548/FFE549 60.7 61.2 62.5 54.1 47.7 49.8 25.5 North net 2/2/2022 Chelonia mydas 2 IRG0424/IRG0425 29.6 29.9 30.7 27.6 25.6 25.1 3.1 Barrier net 2/3/2022 Caretta caretta FFE550/FFE551 63.6 65.2 67.4 64.5 57.7 52.5 44.5 North net 2/3/2022 Chelonia mydas FFE552/FFE553 39.3 39.6 41.3 35.0 30.7 31.3 7.4 North net 2/6/2022 Caretta caretta FFE554/FFE555 51.5 53.0 56.3 56.1 47.8 41.2 25.0 South net 2/7/2022 Chelonia mydas 3 FFE423/FFE424 40.2 40.7 41.9 35.7 31.8 32.4 7.7 North net 2/7/2022 Caretta caretta FFE556/FFE557 58.2 58.5 63.5 57.1 49.9 45.7 29.2 North net 2/12/2022 Caretta caretta FFE558/FFE559 61.7 62.7 65.8 66.4 53.3 49.9 36.1 North net 2/14/2022 Chelonia mydas 4 FFE560/FFE561/H 44.1 44.5 46.6 38.8 32.7 35.9 9.9 North net B8990 2/15/2022 Chelonia mydas 5 44577D0830 72.4 72.6 76.5 73.4 56.8 57.9 51.7 South net 2/15/2022 Chelonia mydas 6 4A5A473052 60.8 61.2 63.6 55.5 47.1 51.6 32.4 North net
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)
(cm)
(cm)
(cm)
(kg) 2/15/2022 Chelonia mydas 7 FFE562/KKL0842 45.5 45.7 47.5 40.3 35.4 36.8 10.7 North net 2/15/2022 Chelonia mydas 8 KKY095/FFE563 49.1 49.2 51.9 35.7 37.0 40.9 16.1 North net 2/19/2022 Caretta caretta
-/FFE564 67.9 68.8 72.4 68.0 57.1 53.2 43.7 Dip net 2/19/2022 Chelonia mydas FFE565/FFE566 59.0 59.4 61.2 56.3 46.9 48.5 26.3 North net 2/20/2022 Caretta caretta FFE567/FFE568 65.0 66.4 70.1 68.3 56.5 51.7 42.1 North net 2/21/2022 Chelonia mydas 9 FFE569/FFE570 56.6 56.6 58.9 51.4 43.6 46.6 22.7 South net 2/23/2022 Caretta caretta FFE571/FFE572 57.4 58.8 62.6 58.1 49.2 45.7 31.8 North net 2/23/2022 Caretta caretta FFE573/FFE574 64.5 66.3 69.3 67.8 55.2 51.0 41.6 South net 2/24/2022 Caretta caretta FFE575/FFE576 69.4 71.7 76.5 70.7 58.4 54.6 41.8 South net 2/26/2022 Caretta caretta FFE577/FFE578 64.2 66.6 69.6 64.9 53.8 51.5 39.9 South net 2/26/2022 Chelonia mydas FFE579/FFE580 54.2 54.9 56.6 47.7 43.9 45.7 20.7 South net
Feb-22 Year to Date Feb-22 Year to Date Feb-22 Year to Date Feb-22 Year to Date Feb-22 Year to Date Feb-22 Year to Date Captures 10 18 18 27 0
0 0
0 0
0 28 45 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 0
0 1
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 1
1 Fresh Scrapes Feb-22 Year to Date Feb-22 Year to Date Feb-22 Year to Date Feb-22 Year to Date Feb-22 Year to Date Feb-22 Year to Date None 3
4 3
3 0
0 0
0 0
0 6
7 Minor 7
14 15 24 0
0 0
0 0
0 22 38 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 N/A N/A 0.0%
0.0%
Loggerheads Green turtles (Caretta caretta)
(Chelonia mydas)
Overall Totals Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
(Dermochelys coriacea)
Hawksbills Leatherbacks