ML22319A076
| ML22319A076 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 11/15/2022 |
| From: | Weege S Inwater Research Group |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML22319A076 (7) | |
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From: Steve Weege <sweege@inwater.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 8:47 AM To: Koperski, Meghan Cc: Eldridge, Jodie; Marine Turtle Permits; Michael Bresette; EndangeredSpecies Resource; SCO@dep.state.fl.us; Vince Munne; Eaton, Kristin; William Nurnberger; Audra Livergood - NOAA Federal; Cody Mott; Jguertin; Robert.Craven@fpl.com; Damon Hobson; Andrew.McHenry@fpl.com; Falkiewicz, Timothy
Subject:
[External_Sender] October 2022 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: October 2022 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf; Monthly Report Notes 2022.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 October 2022
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for October 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. There were no mortalities or sea turtles sent for rehabilitation this month.
Two turtles were recovered beyond the 5-inch primary barrier net this month. On October 10th, a small juvenile green turtle was removed from the power plant intake wells. This turtle was in good condition and was promptly released following a routine health assessment and workup (measurements and tags applied). Then, on October 14th, a second juvenile green turtle was found swimming just behind the 5-inch net. Inwater Research Group biologists were able to dip-net this turtle between the primary and secondary barrier nets later that same day.
The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered light-to-moderate amounts of algae in October. Following the discovery of two turtles beyond the primary barrier net, Underwater Engineering Services divers inspected the 5-inch net and no holes were found. Both turtles were smaller juvenile greens and likely made it past the primary barrier net during Hurricane Ian.
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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[External_Sender] October 2022 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 11/15/2022 8:47:06 AM Received Date: 11/15/2022 8:47:35 AM From: Steve Weege Created By: sweege@inwater.org Recipients:
"Eldridge, Jodie" <Jodie.Eldridge@nexteraenergy.com>
Tracking Status: None "Marine Turtle Permits" <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 "Eaton, Kristin" <Kristin.Eaton@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "William Nurnberger" <William.Nurnberger@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Audra Livergood - NOAA Federal" <audra.livergood@noaa.gov>
Tracking Status: None "Cody Mott" <cmott@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Jguertin" <jguertin@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Robert.Craven@fpl.com" <Robert.Craven@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Damon Hobson" <Damon.Hobson@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Andrew.McHenry@fpl.com" <Andrew.McHenry@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Falkiewicz, Timothy" <Timothy.Falkiewicz@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Koperski, Meghan" <Meghan.Koperski@myfwc.com>
Tracking Status: None Post Office: mail.gmail.com Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 2099 11/15/2022 8:47:35 AM October 2022 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 262181 Monthly Report Notes 2022.pdf 184057 FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2022.pdf 253347
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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL OCTOBER 2022 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 10/1/2022 Caretta caretta FFE782/FFE783 59.6 61.2 65.3 63.5 50.8 49.5 33.6 North net 10/4/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0430/IRG0431 28.2 28.6 29.9 25.5 22.8 24.1 2.9 Dip net 10/4/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0432/IRG0434 25.9 26.1 27.5 24.1 20.9 22.3 2.4 Dip net 10/5/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0435/IRG0436 25.2 25.6 26.2 23.5 20.1 20.8 1.9 Dip net 10/6/2022 Chelonia mydas 1 982000402163339 54.0 54.4 57.1 51.5 42.1 45.2 21.1 South net 10/6/2022 Chelonia mydas FFE784/FFE785 31.5 32.0 34.0 28.5 25.2 26.8 4.1 Dip net 10/6/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0437/IRG0438 27.9 28.3 30.0 24.7 21.9 23.7 3.3 Dip net 10/10/2022 Chelonia mydas 2 IRG0439/IRG0440 26.0 26.3 27.8 24.7 21.4 22.3 2.6 Intake well 10/12/2022 Caretta caretta FFE786/FFE787 74.2 75.6 81.5 74.5 58.0 57.3 57.4 South net 10/12/2022 Chelonia mydas FFE788/FFE789 64.6 65.3 67.2 59.5 52.2 54.0 32.8 South net 10/12/2022 Caretta caretta FFE790/FFE791 77.5 79.9 82.4 78.1 61.8 59.9 68.8 South net 10/13/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0441/IRG0442 28.6 29.2 30.8 25.7 23.3 23.6 3.2 South net 10/14/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0443/IRG0444 29.0 29.6 31.2 25.4 22.4 24.1 3.4 South net 10/14/2022 Chelonia mydas 3 IRG0445/IRG0446 28.1 28.5 29.7 25.7 23.4 23.4 3.2 Between barrier nets 10/15/2022 Caretta caretta 4 FFE792/FFE793 65.1 67.0 72.5 65.5 55.2 49.5 42.0 North net 10/16/2022 Caretta caretta 5 FFE751/FFE752 57.2 58.9 63.1 55.9 47.3 44.9 25.2 South net 10/16/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0447/IRG0448 27.9 28.2 29.5 25.1 23.0 24.3 3.0 Dip net
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 10/16/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0449/IRG0451 29.7 29.9 31.5 26.5 22.7 24.0 3.4 Dip net 10/19/2022 Chelonia mydas 6 4A61073F34 76.8 77.3 81.5 72.2 57.1 61.4 55.1 South net 10/19/2022 Chelonia mydas FFE794/FFE795 82.0 82.1 87.9 80.4 62.8 65.9 69.1 North net 10/21/2022 Caretta caretta FFE796/FFE797 79.9 81.0 87.5 81.7 65.2 63.6 77.9 North net 10/22/2022 Caretta caretta 7 FFE439/FFE440 67.9 69.4 73.7 67.9 55.9 52.1 44.1 North net 10/22/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0452/IRG0453 29.3 29.9 31.5 28.5 24.8 24.0 3.2 Dip net 10/23/2022 Caretta caretta FFE798/FFE799 66.8 68.4 73.6 73.7 57.7 52.7 48.5 North net 10/24/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0454/IRG0455 28.5 29.3 30.4 28.1 25.7 23.8 3.3 Hand capture 10/25/2022 Caretta caretta FFE800/FFM000 55.2 57.3 62.5 58.9 49.2 44.9 29.1 North net 10/27/2022 Chelonia mydas 8 FFM001/FFM002 76.2 77.0 82.0 74.1 58.1 64.7 58.6 North net 10/29/2022 Caretta caretta FFM003/FFM004 67.0 68.6 71.3 71.5 57.3 53.1 50.9 North net
NOTES
- 1. 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, 1/13/21, 4/22/21, 1/5/22, 3/17/22, 10/6/22. No new Inconel tag inserted due to multiple tag scars
- 2. Turtle recovered from intake wells alive and in good body condition. Turtle missing 60% of right rear flipper (healed). Turtle was released after routine health assessment and workup.
- 3. Turtle was dip-netted between the 5-inch and 8-inch barrier nets (swimming just behind the 5-inch net).
- 4. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/23/19, 12/15/19, 1/19/20, 7/24/20, 3/3/21, 6/8/21, 8/11/21, 10/19/21, 3/12/22, 8/11/22, 10/15/22.
- 5. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/8/22 and 10/16/22.
- 6. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/15/08, 3/23/10, 10/29/11, 12/27/11, 12/17/12, 1/22/14, 1/13/15, 5/5/16, 8/9/16, 7/26/17, 4/18/19, 12/4/21, 10/19/22. 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 10/19/21, 5/23/22, 10/22/22. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 8).
- 8. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 3 {heavy}, Total Tumor Score = 23).
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 Oct-22 Date Oct-22 Date Oct-22 Date Oct-22 Date Oct-22 Date Oct-22 Date Captures 10 127 18 64 0 0 0 1 0 1 28 193 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Oct-22 Date Oct-22 Date Oct-22 Date Oct-22 Date Oct-22 Date Oct-22 Date None 1 19 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 31 Minor 9 101 14 52 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 154 Moderate 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 0.0% 5.5% 0.0% 0.0% N/A N/A N/A 100.0% N/A 0.0% 0.0% 4.1%