ML22348A100
| ML22348A100 | |
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 12/14/2022 |
| From: | Weege S Inwater Research Group |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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From: Steve Weege <sweege@inwater.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 8:26 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] November 2022 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: November 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 November 2022
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for November 2022. This month we captured 11 Caretta caretta and 64 Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. There was one causal mortality and no sea turtles were sent for rehabilitation this past month. As with all sea turtle strandings at the St. 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.
Hurricane Nicole caused damage to the permanent 5-inch barrier net. Several shackles failed on the north and south ends of the barrier net resulting in gaps that were large enough for small juvenile green turtles to pass through. Underwater Engineering Services divers promptly inspected and repaired the net following the storm. Even still, six turtles were recovered beyond the 5-inch primary barrier net this month (five were released in good condition and one was recovered postmortem).
On November 20th, a severely decomposed juvenile green turtle was recovered from the power plant intake wells. The turtle was missing its head, front flippers, and most of its rear flippers from advanced decomposition. It was taken to Dr. Nancy Mettee, DVM for necropsy and causality determination in accordance with stranding protocols. The mortality was deemed causal based on the circumstances surrounding the turtle's death and subsequent discovery.
The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered light-to-moderate amounts of algae in November.
Underwater Engineering Services (UESI) divers inspected and cleaned the 5-inch barrier net as needed.
In addition, Inwater Research Group biologists increased capture efforts following the discovery that some turtles had progressed beyond the primary barrier net. Moreover, nearly half (36 out of 75 turtles) were proactively removed from the intake canal this month.
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] November 2022 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 12/14/2022 8:26:27 AM Received Date: 12/14/2022 8:26:58 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 2847 12/14/2022 8:26:58 AM November 2022 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 271754 Monthly Report Notes 2022.pdf 188780 FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2022.pdf 253466
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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL NOVEMBER 2022 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 11/2/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0456/IRG0457 25.9 26.6 28.3 24.4 21.6 22.1 2.6 Dip net 11/6/2022 Caretta caretta FFM005/FFM006 54.4 56.1 60.8 62.5 50.8 45.2 28.4 North net 11/7/2022 Caretta caretta FFM007/FFM008 68.9 69.7 75.5 70.3 56.8 54.0 51.5 South net 11/8/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM009/FFM010 75.6 75.7 79.6 72.0 58.7 62.4 56.5 North net 11/11/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM011/FFM012 39.1 39.2 41.1 35.6 31.7 32.7 8.0 Barrier net 11/12/2022 Caretta caretta 1 FFE439/FFE440 68.2 70.4 72.2 67.6 56.5 53.1 46.2 North net 11/12/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM013/FFM014 56.2 56.5 59.5 52.4 44.1 46.1 23.6 Hand capture 11/12/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM015/FFM016 65.2 65.6 69.4 63.0 53.2 53.3 37.6 Hand capture 11/12/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM018/FFM017 31.4 31.8 33.8 29.7 26.8 26.6 3.9 Dip net 11/12/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM019/FFM020 40.4 41.5 43.6 39.0 35.0 34.0 9.5 Dip net 11/12/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM021/FFM022 29.6 30.4 32.0 28.2 24.9 24.8 3.4 Dip net 11/12/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM023/FFM024 29.9 30.3 32.6 28.1 25.0 25.3 3.7 Dip net 11/12/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0458/IRG0459 26.5 26.9 27.9 23.9 21.5 22.3 2.4 Dip net 11/12/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0460/IRG0462 26.7 27.0 28.6 24.7 21.7 22.5 2.7 Dip net 11/12/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0463/IRG0464 27.3 27.7 29.0 23.7 21.0 22.2 2.3 Dip net 11/12/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0465/IRG0467 26.4 27.2 28.6 25.1 22.0 22.4 2.4 Dip net 11/12/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0468/IRG0469 26.9 27.4 28.9 25.5 22.7 23.0 2.7 Dip net
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 11/13/2022 Chelonia mydas 2 FFE635/FFE636 44.2 44.6 46.5 41.4 35.2 36.6 11.2 Dip net 11/13/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM025/FFM026 33.2 33.3 34.8 29.0 25.6 27.3 4.2 Dip net 11/13/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM028 35.6 36.1 38.0 32.0 27.0 28.8 5.5 Dip net 11/13/2022 Caretta caretta 3 FFM029/FFM030 90.8 91.4 96.8 89.7 72.8 64.7 102.5 North net 11/13/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM031/FFM032 31.5 31.7 33.2 29.0 24.7 26.2 3.8 Dip net 11/13/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0470/IRG0471 28.5 28.6 30.0 25.4 22.2 23.5 2.8 Dip net 11/13/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0472/IRG0473 28.4 28.7 30.4 28.0 23.8 23.8 3.0 Dip net 11/13/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0474/IRG0475 27.5 29.8 31.2 26.4 23.8 25.2 3.6 Dip net 11/13/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0476/IRG0477 27.5 27.8 29.2 24.1 21.5 22.5 2.5 Dip net 11/13/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0478/IRG0479 29.5 29.6 31.5 28.9 24.8 25.0 3.3 Dip net 11/13/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0480/IRG0481 27.0 27.3 28.1 24.2 21.9 22.2 2.5 Dip net 11/13/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0482/IRG0483 28.7 29.0 30.0 25.5 23.1 24.4 3.3 Dip net 11/13/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0485/IRG0484 28.0 28.5 29.5 24.5 22.6 23.5 2.7 North net 11/14/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM033/FFM034 68.3 69.5 73.5 66.1 49.3 56.4 38.1 North net 11/14/2022 Caretta caretta FFM035/FFM036 69.4 71.0 74.5 82.5 62.0 57.0 60.2 North net 11/14/2022 Chelonia mydas 4 FFM037/FFM038 50.3 50.6 53.5 47.1 39.9 40.7 16.1 North net 11/14/2022 Chelonia mydas 5 IRG0486/IRG0487 24.2 24.5 26.3 22.6 20.0 21.4 1.9 Intake well 11/15/2022 Chelonia mydas 6 IRG0488/IRG0489 22.0 22.1 23.0 19.9 18.4 18.4 1.2 Intake well 11/16/2022 Chelonia mydas 7 FFE635/FFE636 44.2 44.8 48.7 40.9 35.3 36.7 11.5 Dip net 11/16/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0490/IRG091 27.5 27.7 29.2 25.4 22.2 23.7 2.4 Dip net
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 11/16/2022 Chelonia mydas 8 IRG0492/IRG0493 25.4 25.9 27.5 23.2 20.5 21.4 2.4 Intake well 11/16/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0494/IRG0495 28.5 28.6 29.8 25.6 22.7 23.9 2.9 Dip net 11/17/2022 Caretta caretta 9 FFM039/FFM040 80.7 82.3 89.5 80.4 61.3 59.4 80.3 North net 11/17/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0496/IRG0497 28.0 28.3 30.0 26.6 23.4 23.0 2.8 Dip net 11/18/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM041/FFM042 31.4 31.7 33.4 27.5 24.5 25.5 3.6 South net 11/18/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM043/FFM044 45.8 47.3 49.6 42.7 37.3 38.4 12.0 North net 11/19/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM045/FFM046 53.4 53.6 56.5 49.2 41.3 44.0 19.2 North net 11/19/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM047/FFM048 71.6 72.2 76.9 71.6 53.6 58.4 52.4 South net 11/19/2022 Caretta caretta FFM049/FFM050 60.4 61.7 66.5 60.8 50.3 47.7 30.3 South net 11/19/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0498/IRG0499 26.3 26.8 28.1 25.4 22.0 22.4 2.4 Dip net 11/19/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0500/IRG0501 29.0 29.7 31.5 26.9 24.5 25.2 3.3 Dip net 11/19/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0502/IRG0503 25.1 25.3 26.9 22.1 19.9 20.9 1.8 Dip net 11/20/2022 Chelonia mydas 10 AMM221120-001 26.0 26.1 27.5 23.3 21.0 21.2 Intake well 11/20/2022 Chelonia mydas 11 FFM051/FFM052 45.7 46.0 48.0 42.0 35.7 37.7 11.6 South net 11/20/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0504/IRG0505 28.3 29.3 31.0 26.5 23.5 24.1 3.1 Dip net 11/20/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0506/IRG0507 25.7 25.8 27.8 23.2 20.4 21.3 1.9 South net 11/21/2022 Caretta caretta FFM053/FFM054 61.9 63.2 68.4 66.5 51.5 49.9 37.4 South net 11/21/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM055/FFM056 31.1 31.3 32.7 28.5 25.0 26.2 4.1 South net 11/22/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM057/FFM058 33.5 33.9 36.2 30.3 26.5 27.7 4.7 Dip net 11/22/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM059/FFM061 61.2 62.0 65.7 59.0 49.0 50.7 31.0 North net
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 11/23/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM062/FFM063 30.3 30.5 32.9 28.6 24.8 24.9 3.7 South net 11/23/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM064/FFM065 30.9 31.0 32.9 29.0 24.9 25.6 4.1 South net 11/23/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0508/IRG0509 28.3 28.8 30.2 25.1 22.0 22.6 2.7 South net 11/23/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0510/IRG0511 28.0 28.6 30.3 27.0 23.1 23.0 2.7 South net 11/26/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM066/FFM067 33.3 33.5 35.9 30.1 26.5 28.0 4.9 North net 11/26/2022 Caretta caretta FFM068/FFM069 64.4 65.6 69.0 69.2 56.6 52.4 44.5 South net 11/26/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM070/FFM071 40.0 40.2 42.3 35.7 30.6 31.0 7.1 South net 11/26/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM072/FFM073 51.5 52.0 54.5 46.5 39.4 42.9 17.7 South net 11/26/2022 Chelonia mydas 12 IRG0512/IRG0513 25.9 26.3 27.3 23.2 20.5 21.3 2.4 Intake well 11/27/2022 Caretta caretta FFM074/FFM075 53.4 54.1 59.3 55.6 46.9 42.9 26.5 South net 11/27/2022 Chelonia mydas 13 IRG0514/IRG0515 27.3 27.6 28.9 24.8 22.9 22.9 2.7 Intake well 11/28/2022 Caretta caretta FFM076/FFM077 68.2 69.6 76.2 68.3 54.5 53.4 39.2 North net 11/29/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM078/FFM079 36.1 36.4 38.6 34.2 28.8 29.2 6.2 South net 11/29/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0516/IRG0517 27.4 28.0 30.0 25.5 23.0 23.4 3.1 Dip net 11/29/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0518/IRG0519 27.9 28.1 28.3 23.6 22.0 23.5 2.4 Dip net 11/29/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0520/IRG0521 29.0 29.3 30.9 26.2 23.4 24.5 3.3 Dip net 11/30/2022 Chelonia mydas FFM080/FFM081 29.7 30.4 31.5 27.0 23.5 24.9 3.3 Dip net 11/30/2022 Chelonia mydas IRG0522/IRG0523 29.7 29.8 30.9 28.0 25.3 24.9 3.6 South net
NOTES
- 1. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/19/21, 5/23/22, 10/22/22, and 11/12/22. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 8). Longer tail, possible future male.
- 2. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 5/20/22 and 11/13/22.
- 3. Adult male loggerhead. Tail length = 405 mm. Healed 11cm crack across both marginal scutes.
- 4. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/1/22 and 11/14/22. New Inconel tags inserted on this capture event.
- 5. Turtle recovered from intake wells alive and in good body condition. Turtle has supernumerary scutes.
- 6. Turtle recovered from intake wells alive and in good body condition.
- 7. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 5/20/22, 11/13/22, and 11/16/22.
- 8. Turtle recovered from intake wells alive and in good body condition.
- 9. Adult male loggerhead. Tail length = 320 mm. Sex determination based on tail length.
- 10. DEAD (CAUSAL MORTALITY). Stranding# AMM221120-001. Severely decomposed juvenile green turtle recovered from the intake wells. Turtle missing head, front flippers, and 50% of both rear flippers from advanced decomposition. Turtle was taken to Dr. Nancy Mettee, DVM for necropsy and causality determination in accordance with protocol. The mortality was deemed causal based on the circumstances surrounding the turtle's death and subsequent discovery.
- 11. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 1/20/18 and 11/20/22.
- 12. Turtle recovered from intake wells alive and in good body condition.
- 13. Turtle recovered from intake wells alive and in good body condition.
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-22 Date Nov-22 Date Nov-22 Date Nov-22 Date Nov-22 Date Nov-22 Date Captures 11 138 64 128 0 0 0 1 0 1 75 268 Causal Mortalities 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 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 Nov-22 Date Nov-22 Date Nov-22 Date Nov-22 Date Nov-22 Date Nov-22 Date None 1 20 9 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 41 Minor 10 111 54 106 0 0 0 0 0 1 64 218 Moderate 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 0.0% 5.1% 1.6% 0.8% N/A N/A N/A 100.0% N/A 0.0% 1.3% 3.4%