ML23254A285
| ML23254A285 | |
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 09/11/2023 |
| From: | Garstin A Inwater Research Group |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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From: Aaron Garstin <agarstin@inwater.org>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2023 12:00 PM To: Koperski, Meghan Cc: Eldridge, Jodie; Marine Turtle Permits; Michael Bresette; EndangeredSpecies Resource; SCO; Vince Munne; Eaton, Kristin; William Nurnberger; audra.livergood@noaa.gov; Cody Mott; Ryan Welsh; Jeff Guertin; Annessia Michaels; Andrea Fisher; Robert.Craven@fpl.com; Damon.Hobson@fpl.com; Andrew.McHenry@fpl.com; Timothy.Falkiewicz@fpl.com
Subject:
[External_Sender] August 2023 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: August 2023 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf; monthly report notes 2023.pdf; fpl st lucie cpture summary 2023.pdf
Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469
Subject:
Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary August 2023
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for August 2023. This month we captured 21 Caretta caretta, and 26 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 recorded this 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.
One sea turtle was sent to rehab for non-causal injuries this month. On August 21st, a juvenile green turtle was recovered from the barrier net with monofilament line tangled around its neck and both front flippers. This turtle was taken to Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for rehab. Because this injury was unrelated to the power plant, it was classified as a non-causal stranding.
The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered negligible-to-severe amounts of algae and negligible-to-severe amounts of jellyfish this past month. IRG performed around-the-clock monitoring of the intake canal and barrier net system either as warranted by sufficiently high debris intrusion levels or whenever directed by FPL oversight personnel. 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.
Aaron Garstin Environmental Specialist Inwater Research Group, Inc.
4160 NE Hyline Dr.
Jensen Beach, FL 34957 agarstin@inwater.org (201) 301-4563
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[External_Sender] August 2023 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 9/11/2023 11:59:35 AM Received Date: 9/11/2023 12:00:16 PM From: Aaron Garstin
Created By: agarstin@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" <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.gov" <audra.livergood@noaa.gov>
Tracking Status: None "Cody Mott" <cmott@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Ryan Welsh" <rwelsh@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Jeff Guertin" <jguertin@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Annessia Michaels" <amichaels@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Andrea Fisher" <afisher@inwater.org>
Tracking Status: None "Robert.Craven@fpl.com" <Robert.Craven@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Damon.Hobson@fpl.com" <Damon.Hobson@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Andrew.McHenry@fpl.com" <Andrew.McHenry@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Timothy.Falkiewicz@fpl.com" <Timothy.Falkiewicz@fpl.com>
Tracking Status: None "Koperski, Meghan" <Meghan.Koperski@MyFWC.com>
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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL
SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Date Species Note Tag #'s (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) Method
8/2/2023 Caretta caretta FFT268/FFT269 82.6 83.7 90.6 85.4 65.3 66.0 71.2 South net
8/3/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT270/FFT271 39.5 40.0 42.2 34.2 29.9 32.2 7.3 South net
8/3/2023 Caretta caretta 1 FFE755/ 76.4 78.0 83.0 77.0 60.7 58.0 61.1 South net
8/3/2023 Chelonia mydas 2 /FFM362 48.5 48.7 51.7 44.5 37.4 39.4 14.0 North net
8/4/2023 Caretta caretta 3 FFT274/FFT275 87.6 90.0 95.3 89.0 73.9 68.5 88.5 South net
8/4/2023 Chelonia mydas 4 FFT272/FFT273 93.2 93.8 98.3 87.0 71.7 72.1 115.3 North net
8/5/2023 Caretta caretta FFT276/FFT277 69.7 71.0 75.4 70.0 57.0 52.8 46.1 North net
8/8/2023 Caretta caretta 5 FFT278/FFT279 94.4 95.3 102.0 91.0 70.2 73.5 122.0 South net
8/11/2023 Chelonia mydas 6 40.8 41.1 44.0 35.9 29.8 32.7 8.0 South net
8/11/2023 Caretta caretta 7 FFT280/FFT281 86.1 88.1 94.0 83.4 67.1 65.4 87.5 North net
8/11/2023 Chelonia mydas 8 FFT284/FFT285 65.0 65.6 69.7 61.5 51.0 52.5 36.8 South net
8/11/2023 Caretta caretta 9 FFT282/FFT283 70.5 71.7 77.5 71.5 56.0 53.9 51.5 North net
8/12/2023 Chelonia mydas 10 FFT290/FFT292 94.7 95.9 101.2 93.0 74.8 78.7 126.6 South net
8/12/2023 Caretta caretta FFT286/FFT287 79.8 80.8 83.6 84.1 64.6 67.6 83.5 North net
8/12/2023 Caretta caretta 11 FFT288/FFT289 77.3 79.7 85.3 73.6 59.6 61.0 64.4 South net
8/14/2023 Chelonia mydas 12 FFT293/FFT295 102.9 103.3 111.0 98.0 79.9 87.8 156.7 South net
8/15/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT296/FFT297 33.5 33.7 36.0 28.5 26.0 27.2 4.8 Dip net
8/16/2023 Caretta caretta 13 FFT109/FFT110 86.4 86.6 93.4 82.6 63.5 61.1 81.2 North net
8/16/2023 Caretta caretta 14 FFT298/FFT299 83.4 88.0 92.3 81.9 66.7 68.5 89.5 South net
8/18/2023 Caretta caretta FFT300/FFT301 62.0 62.4 64.3 69.6 56.1 51.7 45.4 North net
8/18/2023 Chelonia mydas 15 /FFM428 67.8 68.4 72.4 65.5 54.1 57.6 41.8 North net
8/20/2023 Caretta caretta 16 78.0 78.2 81.5 76.9 59.2 55.2 71.1 North net
8/20/2023 Caretta caretta 17 FFT302/FFT303 97.1 99.1 108.1 94.8 74.0 75.8 140.0 North net
8/21/2023 Chelonia mydas 18 29.5 30.3 32.1 26.0 23.1 24.6 3.1 Barrier net
8/21/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT304/FFT305 37.3 37.8 39.7 33.4 28.6 30.4 6.3 South net
8/22/2023 Chelonia mydas 19 MMX212/ 43.0 43.4 46.5 43.0 36.5 35.3 11.2 North net 8/22/2023 Caretta caretta 20 FFE792/FFE793 67.5 69.5 74.0 67.9 55.8 50.3 44.0 North net
8/23/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT306/FFT307 80.5 80.9 86.2 80.0 67.4 68.3 75.7 South net
8/24/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT308/FFT309 59.5 60.0 62.5 55.1 45.1 48.5 25.2 South net
8/25/2023 Caretta caretta FFT310/FFT311 74.6 75.4 81.0 79.4 60.5 60.3 71.7 South net
8/26/2023 Caretta caretta FFT312/FFT313 79.5 81.4 86.9 82.7 61.3 61.9 73.6 North net
8/26/2023 Caretta caretta 21 FFT314/FFT315 101.5 103.9 112.0 94.9 72.2 75.6 150.3 North net
8/26/2023 Chelonia mydas 22 FFM388/FFM389 44.3 44.6 47.2 42.9 35.1 35.9 13.3 South net
8/26/2023 Chelonia mydas 23 FFT316/FFT317 62.9 63.4 67.8 63.5 51.5 51.6 33.9 North net
8/28/2023 Chelonia mydas 24 FFT318/FFT319 96.9 97.1 101.8 92.9 73.9 76.7 135.1 South net
8/28/2023 Chelonia mydas 25 FFT320/FFT321 91.1 91.1 96.5 94.5 74.5 75.4 109.8 North net
8/28/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT322/FFT323 61.5 62.0 64.7 58.9 50.5 52.5 29.8 South net
8/28/2023 Chelonia mydas 26 FFT324/FFT325 92.0 93.1 100.5 88.9 71.7 75.9 109.3 South net
8/29/2023 Caretta caretta 27 KKT049/KKT050 63.6 65.2 69.3 65.5 53.1 49.8 38.2 North net
8/29/2023 Caretta caretta FFT326/FFT327 55.2 56.2 59.5 57.0 47.5 44.2 27.3 North net
8/29/2023 Caretta caretta FFT328/FFT329 75.9 77.9 81.0 78.7 61.0 60.1 67.2 North net
8/29/2023 Chelonia mydas 28 FFT330/FFT331 92.9 93.5 98.9 91.5 74.0 74.9 105.6 South net
8/30/2023 Chelonia mydas 29 FFT332/FFT333 101.4 102.8 108.9 98.6 76.5 83.3 137.9 North net
8/31/2023 Chelonia mydas 30 FFT334/FFT335 40.7 40.8 43.9 37.1 30.9 32.8 9.6 South net
8/31/2023 Chelonia mydas 31 FFT336/FFT337 95.8 96.6 101.2 87.5 75.5 78.2 105.8 South net
8/31/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT338/FFT339 48.6 49.0 52.2 43.0 36.1 38.0 14.1 North net
8/31/2023 Chelonia mydas 32 FFS150/FFT340 53.9 54.3 58.1 48.1 41.0 44.2 19.7 South net
NOTES
RECAPTURE, from 8/18/07, 8/21/07, 8/24/07, 9/2/07, 9/10/07, 10/25/07, 12/17/07, 1/25/08, 4/6/08, 4/30/08, 7/13/08, 8/24/08, 9/13/08, 10/6/08, 10/18/08, 4/17/09, 6/17/09, 8/13/09, 10/27/09, 6/11/10, 9/15/10, 9/15/11, 10/21/11, 11/30/11, 7/7/12, 3/20/13, 11/4/15, 2/27/16, 1/6/17, 5/30/17, 9/24/17, 2/9/18, 5/7/18, 4/21/19,
- 1. 11/14/20, 8/10/22.
- 2. RECAPTURE, from 9/26/19, 11/16/21, 2/15/22, 1/4/23. Extra vertebral scute.
- 3. Adult female loggerhead. TL= 206 mm.
- 4. Adult male green. TL= 471 mm. Missing 5% RRF, healed notch. Bite marks on both proximal FFs.
- 5. Adult female loggerhead. TL= 237 mm. Missing 80% of LFF, healing.
- 6. RECAPTURE, from 9/20/19, 11/9/20, 3/26/21, 9/30/21. Notch in marginals on right side (mid-carapace).
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 207 mm. 32x5 cm and 11 cm propeller wounds on right side of carapace. Photo plate
- 7. has incorrect date.
- 8. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {lmoderate}, Total Tumor Score = 7)
- 9. STRANGE TAG. Photo plate labeled as Recapture.
- 10. Adult female green. TL= 237 mm. FFT291 bad tag. Healed notch in LRF.
RECAPTURE, from 10/9/11, 1/8/12, 2/5/12, 5/24/12, 7/5/12, 4/3/13, 4/20/13, 8/31/13, 10/5/20. Multiple tag scars in both front flippers.
11.
Adult female green. TL= 250 mm. Hump in middle region of carapace, FFT294 bad tag. Photo plate date
- 12. incorrect.
Adult male loggerhead. TL= 434 mm. RECAPTURE, from 8/3/03, 9/17/05, 8/12/08, 8/27/08, 4/3/09, 4/22/09,
- 13. 4/21/22, 6/15/23, 7/29/23. Healed notch in left anterior marginal scutes.
- 14. Adult female loggerhead. TL= 165 mm. Missing and healed right pygal; 5% missing and healed RFF.
- 15. RECAPTURE, from: 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, 1/23/21, 4/3/23, 5/25/23. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {moderate}, Total Tumor Score = 24). One extra left costal scute. FFM427 fell out during capture.
- 16. Adult male loggerhead. TL= 439 mm. RECAPTURE, from 5/30/89, 9/6/90, 10/11/90, 10/15/90, 2/23/91, 8/10/92, 8/27/92, 9/21/92, 1/6/93, 6/8/93, 12/29/93, 3/22/94, 10/31/94, 3/17/95, 4/20/95, 2/7/96, 4/7/96, 7/11/96, 7/23/96, 7/29/96, 9/22/96, 10/9/96, 6/13/97, 5/15/98, 4/15/00, 6/13/00, 9/8/00, 11/19/00, 11/15/01, 9/16/02, 4/30/03, 11/24/03, 3/31/04, 9/15/04, 10/25/04, 8/10/05, 8/16/06, 4/30/08, 9/26/08, 8/19/09, 12/28/12, 4/17/13, 9/2/14, 10/7/17, 11/7/17, 1/16/18, 2/12/19, 7/10/20, 12/14/20, 5/27/21, 5/4/23. Multiple tag scars in both front flippers -
no new inconel tags inserted. Moderate scrape on left posterior carapace (14 x 6 cm).
- 17. Adult female loggerhead. TL= 232 mm. Healed notch on distal right FF.
REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). STSSN#:. Turtle transported to LMC due to fishing line entaglement to both FFs and neck.
Line was cutting into skin around base of both FFs and was very tight around neck. No tags applied as turtle
- 18. was going to rehab. CMCL: 31.4.
RECAPTURE, from: 1/19/18. No tag scars, only single tag applied orginally and no RFF tag added. PIT tag is in left
- 19. shoulder. Photo plate says strange tag, but should say recapture.
RECAPTURE, from: 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,
- 20. 10/15/22, 4/15/23, 5/6/23, 7/19/23. 10% missing healed left side of carapace. Probable shark bite.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 259 mm. Small healed notch on right posterior carapace. Old healed hooking
- 21. wound on left ventral proximal FF.
- 22. RECAPTURE, from: 1/31/20, 12/15/21, 2/7/23, 5/31/23.
- 23. RECAPTURE, from 11/19/19, 11/11/20. Missing 15% RRF, healed. Photo plate has Turtle ID, not new LFF tag.
- 24. Adult female green. TL= 268 mm.
- 25. Adult female green. TL= 232 mm. Missing 10% RRF, healed.
Adult female green. TL= 215 mm. Healing shark bites on trailing edges of both FFs. Small notches from shark bites
- 26. on both RFs, healing. Shark scrapes on left and right sides of plastron.
- 27. RECAPTURE, from 1/7/20, 9/25/20, 7/2/21.
- 28. Adult female green. TL= 227 mm. Both RFs missing and healed 15% on trailing edges.
- 29. Adult female green. TL= 237 mm. 5.5 cm moderate fresh scrape under left eye. 41 cm healing laceration on plastron.
- 30. RECAPTURE, from 6/16/22, 8/4/22.
- 31. Adult female green. TL= 191 mm. Healed notches on both RFs.
- 32. RECAPTURE, from 9/21/19, 3/14/21, 2/1/22, 5/17/23.
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 Olive ridley (Caretta caretta) (Chelonia (Eretmochelys (Dermochelys (Lepidochelys (Lepidochelys mydas) imbricata) coriacea) kempii) olivacea) Overall Totals
Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Aug-23 Date Aug-23 Date Aug-23 Date Aug-23 Date Aug-23 Date Aug-23 Date Aug-23 Date Captures 21 304 26 314 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 1 47 626 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Sent to rehab 0 7 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12
Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Aug-23 Date Aug-23 Date Aug-23 Date Aug-23 Date Aug-23 Date Aug-23 Date Aug-23 Date None 0 16 1 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 42 Minor 20 276 24 272 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 44 555 Moderate 1 12 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 4.8% 3.9% 3.8% 5.4% NA 0.0% NA 0.0% NA 0.0% NA 0.0% 4.3% 4.6%