ML23198A159
| ML23198A159 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 04/07/2023 |
| From: | Welsh R Inwater Research Group |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML23198A159 (10) | |
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From: Ryan Welsh <rwelsh@inwater.org>
Sent: Friday, April 7, 2023 11:37 AM To: sco@dep.state.fl.us; Annessia Michaels; Eaton, Kristin; Jguertin; Koperski, Meghan; andrew.mchenry@fpl.com; William Nurnberger; Cody Mott; Falkiewicz, Timothy; Audra Livergood - NOAA Federal; Damon Hobson; Eldridge, Jodie; EndangeredSpecies Resource; robert.craven@fpl.com; Marine Turtle Permits; Vince Munne; Michael Bresette
Subject:
[External_Sender] March 2023 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: monthly report notes 2023.pdf; march 2023 marine turtle captures.pdf; fpl st lucie cpture summary 2023.pdf; March '23 Sea Turtle Monthly Report.pdf
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for March 2023. This month we captured three Caretta caretta, seven Chelonia mydas, and one Lepidochelys kempii 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.
The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered only negligible amounts of algae in March. Directed by FPL oversight, UESI divers performed quarterly inspections of the 5-inch and 8-inch barrier nets. Altogether, 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 2023.
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.
Ryan Welsh
Hearing Identifier: NRR_DRMA Email Number: 2170 Mail Envelope Properties (CANcFm8ZX5=p5VEhHVLqq=dBqTKvkkStqkGJF5sQY4Q8z48HoTg)
Subject:
[External_Sender] March 2023 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 4/7/2023 11:37:19 AM Received Date: 4/7/2023 11:37:58 AM From: Ryan Welsh Created By: rwelsh@inwater.org Recipients:
"sco@dep.state.fl.us" <sco@dep.state.fl.us>
Tracking Status: None "Annessia Michaels" <amichaels@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Eaton, Kristin" <kristin.eaton@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Jguertin" <jguertin@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Koperski, Meghan" <meghan.koperski@myfwc.com>
Tracking Status: None "andrew.mchenry@fpl.com" <andrew.mchenry@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "William Nurnberger" <william.nurnberger@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Cody Mott" <cmott@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Falkiewicz, Timothy" <timothy.falkiewicz@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Audra Livergood - NOAA Federal" <audra.livergood@noaa.gov>
Tracking Status: None "Damon Hobson" <damon.hobson@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Eldridge, Jodie" <jodie.eldridge@nexteraenergy.com>
Tracking Status: None "EndangeredSpecies Resource" <EndangeredSpecies.Resource@nrc.gov>
Tracking Status: None "robert.craven@fpl.com" <robert.craven@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Marine Turtle Permits" <mtp@myfwc.com>
Tracking Status: None "Vince Munne" <vince.munne@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Michael Bresette" <mbresette@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None Post Office: mail.gmail.com Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 1144 4/7/2023 11:37:58 AM monthly report notes 2023.pdf 171106 march 2023 marine turtle captures.pdf 243777
fpl st lucie cpture summary 2023.pdf 252124 March '23 Sea Turtle Monthly Report.pdf 183140 Options Priority: Normal Return Notification: No Reply Requested: No Sensitivity: Normal Expiration Date:
NOTES RECAPTURE, from 10/29/23 and 4/26/16. Only 1 inconel tag due to multiple tag scars. Healed notch on LRF.
- 1. COLLABORATIONS: Blood taken for Justin Perrault, PhD at Loggerhead Marinelife Center examining fibropapillomatosis in loggerhead sea turtles through antibody analysis.
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 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 3/2/2023 Lepidochelys FFM412/FFM413 52.4 53.6 56.0 59.6 53.5 40.7 20.0 North net kempii 3/12/2023 Chelonia mydas FFM414/FFM415 34.0 34.7 37.1 33.1 27.9 28.0 5.1 Dip net 3/17/2023 Chelonia mydas FFM416/FFM417 30.5 30.7 32.1 28.6 25.2 24.9 3.4 South net 3/21/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0626/IRG0627 26.6 26.8 28.1 25.3 21.5 22.6 2.5 Dip net 3/21/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0628/IRG0629 22.0 22.2 23.7 20.6 18.3 18.0 1.4 Dip net 3/22/2023 Caretta caretta FFM418/FFM419 67.1 67.5 68.7 72.5 54.7 51.0 41.2 North net 3/23/2023 Caretta caretta FFM420/FFM421 67.1 69.0 73.6 71.7 56.8 51.3 46.7 North net 3/23/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0630/IRG0631 27.0 27.3 28.9 25.1 22.1 22.4 2.6 South net 3/25/2023 Caretta caretta 1 FFM422/ 82.3 83.7 89.1 82.0 64.3 63.2 85.3 North net 3/27/2023 Chelonia mydas FFM423/FFM424 31.6 32.0 32.4 29.0 26.4 26.6 4.3 South net 3/29/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0632/IRG0633 28.5 28.8 29.4 26.0 23.2 23.8 2.9 Dip net
Loggerheads Green turtles Hawksbills Leatherbacks Kemp's ridley Olive ridley (Eretmochelys (Dermochelys (Lepidochelys (Lepidochelys (Caretta caretta)
(Chelonia mydas) imbricata) coriacea) kempii) olivacea) Overall Totals Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Mar-23 Date Mar-23 Date Mar-23 Date Mar-23 Date Mar-23 Date Mar-23 Date Mar-23 Date Captures 3 11 7 71 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 11 85 Causal Mortalities 0 0 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 0 0 Causal Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sent to rehab 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Mar-23 Date Mar-23 Date Mar-23 Date Mar-23 Date Mar-23 Date Mar-23 Date Mar-23 Date None 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Minor 3 8 7 61 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 11 72 Moderate 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4% #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! 0.0% 0.0% #DIV/0! 0.0% 0.0% 1.2%
Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469
Subject:
Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary March 2023
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for March 2023. This month we captured three Caretta caretta, seven Chelonia mydas, and one Lepidochelys kempii 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.
The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered only negligible amounts of algae in March. Directed by FPL oversight, UESI divers performed quarterly inspections of the 5-inch and 8-inch barrier nets. Altogether, 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 2023.
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, Annessia Annessia Michaels Environmental Specialist Inwater Research Group, Inc.
4160 NE Hyline Dr.
Jensen Beach, FL 34957 jguertin@inwater.org (772) 349-7252
MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 3/2/2023 Lepidochelys FFM412/FFM413 52.4 53.6 56.0 59.6 53.5 40.7 20.0 North net kempii 3/12/2023 Chelonia mydas FFM414/FFM415 34.0 34.7 37.1 33.1 27.9 28.0 5.1 Dip net 3/17/2023 Chelonia mydas FFM416/FFM417 30.5 30.7 32.1 28.6 25.2 24.9 3.4 South net 3/21/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0626/IRG0627 26.6 26.8 28.1 25.3 21.5 22.6 2.5 Dip net 3/21/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0628/IRG0629 22.0 22.2 23.7 20.6 18.3 18.0 1.4 Dip net 3/22/2023 Caretta caretta FFM418/FFM419 67.1 67.5 68.7 72.5 54.7 51.0 41.2 North net 3/23/2023 Caretta caretta FFM420/FFM421 67.1 69.0 73.6 71.7 56.8 51.3 46.7 North net 3/23/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0630/IRG0631 27.0 27.3 28.9 25.1 22.1 22.4 2.6 South net 3/25/2023 Caretta caretta 1 FFM422/ 82.3 83.7 89.1 82.0 64.3 63.2 85.3 North net 3/27/2023 Chelonia mydas FFM423/FFM424 31.6 32.0 32.4 29.0 26.4 26.6 4.3 South net 3/29/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0632/IRG0633 28.5 28.8 29.4 26.0 23.2 23.8 2.9 Dip net
NOTES
- 1. RECAPTURE, from 10/29/23 and 4/26/16. Only 1 inconel tag due to multiple tag scars. Healed notch on LRF. COLLABORATIONS: Blood taken for Justin Perrault, PhD at Loggerhead Marinelife Center examining fibropapillomatosis in loggerhead sea turtles through antibody analysis.
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 Olive ridley (Caretta (Chelonia (Eretmochelys (Dermochelys (Lepidochelys (Lepidochelys caretta) mydas) imbricata) coriacea) kempii) olivacea) Overall Totals Year Year Year Year Year Mar- to Mar- to Year to Year to Mar- to to Mar- to 23 Date 23 Date Mar-23 Date Mar-23 Date 23 Date Mar-23 Date 23 Date Captures 3 11 7 71 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 11 85 Causal Mortalities 0 0 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 0 0 Causal Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sent to rehab 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Year Year Year Year Year Fresh Mar- to Mar- to Year to Year to Mar- to to Mar- to Scrapes 23 Date 23 Date Mar-23 Date Mar-23 Date 23 Date Mar-23 Date 23 Date None 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Minor 3 8 7 61 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 11 72 Moderate 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4% #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! 0.0% 0.0% #DIV/0! 0.0% 0.0% 1.2%