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NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) November 2023 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report

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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	12/16/2023
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From: agarstin@inwater.org Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2023 12:30 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

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[External_Sender] November 2023 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: monthly report notes 2023.pdf; november marine turtle captures.pdf; fpl st lucie cpture summary 2023.pdf

Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469

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Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary November 2023

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for November 2023. This month we captured seven Caretta caretta, 59 Chelonia mydas, and one Eretmochelys imbricata in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. Three sea turtles were 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.

Three sea turtles were sent to rehab for non-causal injuries this month. On November 7th, an adult female loggerhead was found with healing shark bite wounds to both front flippers (with bone exposed) and to its right rear flipper. On November 9th, a juvenile green was found with a fresh shark bite wound that encompassed its left front flipper, proximal carapace, and plastron. On November 22nd, a juvenile green was found with a shark bite wound to its left rear quadrant. All three turtles were taken to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for rehab. Because these injuries/illnesses were unrelated to the power plant, they were classified as non-causal strandings.

The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered negligible 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.

Sincerely,

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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NOTES

1. RECAPTURE, from 9/12/23.

2. RECAPTURE, from 10/9/11, 9/25/17, 3/21/19, 9/22/19, 2/10/23. Turtle missing 90% RRF.

Adult female loggerhead. TL= 210 mm. RECAPTURE, from 11/19/17. 30 cm and 15 cm healed wounds to posterior

3. carapace (possible boat strike). New tag inserted into RFF.

Adult female loggerhead. TL= 225 mm. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL): STSSN#HWB20231107-001. "Ranger". Turtle transported to LMC for healing shark bite wounds to both FF and RRF bone exposed. 90% LFF, 25% RFF

4. missing, and lacerations to RRF. CMCL: 99.3 cm. No tags inserted due to transport to rehab.

5. RECAPTURE, from 10/6/23. Missing, healed 100% RRF.

REHAB (NON-CAUSAL): STSSN# HWB20231109-001. "Spot". Turtle transported to LMC for fresh shark bite woundsto LFF and surrounding area (neck, plastron and carapace). Large bite wound to proximal LFF goes 80%

through flipper. Trailing edge of RFF missing, healed. Missing 5% of LRF, healed. No tags inserted due to the

6. turtle being transported to rehab.

7. RECAPTURE, from: 9/9/23. Missing 5% RFF, healed.

8. RECAPTURE, from 12/13/20, 12/2/22, 2/7/23, 10/18/23. Turtle missing 5% LFF, healed.

RECAPTURE, from 9/26/19, 11/16/21, 2/15/22, 1/4/23, 8/3/23. No new LFF inconel tag added due to multiple tag scars present. Extra vertebral scute (6 total), 5 costal scutes on both sides. Healing wound on leading edge LFF,

9. missing 5% RRF, healed.

RECAPTURE, from 12/6/18, 3/20/19, 12/2/19, 10/11/20, 5/23/22, 5/21/23. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score

= 1

10. {minor}, Total Tumor Score = 1). Missing 5% RFF, healed. New inconel tags added to both FFs.

Adult male loggerhead. TL= 490 mm. Healed notch on LFF. Healed carapace damage from boat impact wound

11. across vertebral scutes.

12. Adult female loggerhead. TL= 195 mm. Concave area on mid/posterior plastron.

13. RECAPTURE, from: 10/2/23, 10/5/23, 10/26/23. Missing 5% LRF, healed.

14. RECAPTURE, from: 1/19/18, 8/22/23. No tag scars. New inconel tag (FFT528) applied to RFF.

RECAPTURE, from: 12/29/22. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {minor}, Total Tumor Score = 2). Small

15. healed notch on distal RFF.

RECAPTURE, from 4/27/18, 4/19/19, 6/3/19, 9/14/19, 10/8/19, 12/2/19, 1/3/20, 8/16/20, 1/23/21, 1/6/22, 12/14/22, 2/8/23, 2/19/23, 4/14/23, 6/2/23, 6/11/23, 9/24/23. Healed wound on proximal RFF. No new RFF inconel tag

16. applied due to wound.

PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {moderate}, Total Tumor Score = 42). LFF inconel tag not inserted due to

17. paps in area. Fat and healthy other than FP load.

REHAB (NON-CAUSAL): STSSN#HWB231122-001. Turtle transported to LMC for 20.5 cm shark bite wound to left

18. rear quadrant. CMCL: 32.4 cm. No tags inserted due to transport to rehab.

19. RECAPTURE, from 2/1/19, 4/5/19, 12/13/22. Moderate FS by right eye.

20. RECAPTURE, from 9/22/19.

RECAPTURE, from: 11/11/18, 9/26/19, 12/1/19, 12/10/20, 2/15/22, 4/30/22, 1/26/23, 4/19/23, 5/3/23, 5/7/23,

21. 5/22/23, 9/3/23. Healed indentations on right posterior carapace.

Adult male green. TL= 455 mm. STRANGE TAG, cold stun turtle from early 2010, stunned near Dummet Cove near Haulover canal in the IRL, SCL 69.8, wt 48.1kg, taken to LMC and released on Juno Beach 1/14/10. New

22. inconel tags inserted today. 10% missing, healed LFF.

23. RECAPTURE, from 4/19/11, 10/3/21, 2/25/23. Small healing wound on ventral LFF.

24. RECAPTURE, from: 1/31/20, 12/15/21, 2/7/23, 5/31/23, 8/26/23. New inconel tags applied.

25. RECAPTURE, from 2/7/23, 4/5/23, 5/3/23, 5/18/23, 6/18/23, 9/20/23.

26. RECAPTURE, from 9/20/2019. New inconel tags applied.

27. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 2 {moderate}, Total Tumor Score = 12).

RECAPTURE, from 9/26/19, 11/16/21, 2/15/22, 1/4/23, 8/3/23, 11/12/23. No new LFF inconel tag added due to multiple tag scars present. Extra vertebral scute (6 total), 5 costal scutes on both sides. Small healed notch on

28. LRF.

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

SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Date Species Note Tag #'s (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) Method

11/3/2023 Chelonia mydas 1 FFT376/FFT377 39.7 40.1 42.7 37.1 31.5 32.0 7.6 Dip net Eretmochelys 11/3/2023 imbricata FFT502/FFT503 64.5 68.5 73.5 62.6 49.8 52.7 36.7 South net

11/5/2023 Chelonia mydas 2 FFM396/FFM397 64.5 64.6 68.8 60.8 51.3 54.4 37.8 South net

11/6/2023 Caretta caretta 3 MMX103/FFT504 87.1 88.8 95.3 88.5 61.6 66.9 99.4 South net Hand 11/7/2023 Caretta caretta 4 / 92.0 93.5 101.0 89.7 66.9 69.3 133.8 capture

11/7/2023 Chelonia mydas 5 FFT454/FFT455 40.6 40.7 43.2 40.0 34.5 33.7 8.6 Dip net

11/7/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT505/FFT506 31.4 31.8 33.5 30.0 25.9 26.5 4.4 Dip net

11/7/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0253/IRG0254 28.4 28.9 30.0 26.2 22.9 24.2 3.1 Dip net

11/8/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT507/FFT508 74.1 75.6 79.5 70.4 57.2 61.0 52.7 South net

11/8/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0255/IRG0256 25.3 25.8 26.9 22.5 20.1 21.5 2.1 Dip net

11/9/2023 Chelonia mydas 6 / 48.3 48.6 50.8 44.7 38.8 38.8 14.2 North net

11/9/2023 Chelonia mydas 7 IRG0228/IRG0229 26.2 26.6 27.6 23.4 21.1 22.1 1.6 Dip net

11/11/2023 Chelonia mydas 8 FFM082/FFM083 51.5 52.0 55.6 50.6 41.0 42.3 18.3 North net

11/11/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0257/IRG0258 29.0 29.3 30.7 26.4 24.1 24.3 2.9 Dip net

11/12/2023 Chelonia mydas 9 /FFM362 48.8 48.9 51.0 44.3 37.4 39.9 14.2 South net

11/12/2023 Caretta caretta FFT509/FFT510 53.9 55.2 58.3 57.5 47.9 42.6 24.9 North net

11/14/2023 Caretta caretta FFT511/FFT512 77.5 80.0 85.4 79.7 64.6 60.4 71.6 South net

11/14/2023 Chelonia mydas 10 FFT513/FFT514 60.0 60.5 64.0 56.2 47.1 47.5 27.1 South net

11/14/2023 Caretta caretta FFT515/FFT516 58.0 59.2 63.5 63.0 49.4 45.4 29.3 North net

11/15/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0259/IRG0260 28.7 28.9 30.8 26.3 23.0 23.7 3.0 Dip net

11/15/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0261/IRG0262 28.0 28.3 30.9 25.9 23.5 24.0 3.2 Dip net

11/16/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT515/FFT516 31.5 32.2 34.0 38.0 24.2 26.3 3.5 Dip net Hand 11/16/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT517/FFT518 30.8 31.0 32.3 26.1 25.4 25.7 3.6 capture

11/16/2023 Caretta caretta 11 FFT519/FFT520 101.6 102.6 112.4 102.3 79.0 76.4 157.3 North net

11/16/2023 Caretta caretta 12 FFT521/FFT522 84.1 85.0 91.6 82.7 60.7 65.4 75.9 North net

11/16/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0263/IRG0264 26.7 27.1 28.5 23.3 20.9 22.8 2.5 Dip net 11/17/2023 Chelonia mydas 13 FFT440/FFT441 50.8 51.5 55.7 47.3 38.6 42.4 16.0 North net

11/17/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT524/FFT525 31.5 32.0 33.5 28.5 25.7 26.0 4.1 Dip net

11/17/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT526/FFT527 30.9 31.5 32.8 27.5 24.0 25.3 3.4 Dip net

11/17/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT529/FFT530 30.9 31.2 32.4 26.8 24.3 25.4 3.5 South net

11/17/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT531/FFT532 31.5 31.7 33.3 28.2 25.9 26.2 4.3 Dip net

11/17/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT533/FFT534 31.0 31.4 32.6 26.6 24.2 26.2 4.0 Dip net

11/17/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT535/FFT536 42.1 42.2 44.3 38.5 34.0 34.7 9.7 South net

11/17/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0265/IRG0266 29.7 30.0 31.2 26.3 23.5 25.3 3.0 Dip net

11/17/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0267/IRG0268 25.6 26.4 27.7 25.0 22.8 22.7 2.8 Dip net

11/17/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0269/IRG0270 28.9 29.5 30.5 25.3 23.7 24.9 3.2 Dip net

11/17/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0271/IRG0272 27.4 27.7 28.5 26.2 23.0 23.6 2.5 Dip net

11/17/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0273/IRG0274 27.8 28.1 29.4 25.3 22.9 22.7 2.3 Dip net

11/17/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0275/IRG0276 25.4 25.7 26.5 21.6 19.0 21.5 1.8 Dip net

11/17/2023 Chelonia mydas 14 MMX212/FFT528 43.0 43.5 46.0 43.3 36.7 35.5 11.5 Dip net

11/19/2023 Chelonia mydas 15 FFM344/FFM345 33.4 33.8 35.1 28.2 24.5 26.9 4.0 South net

11/19/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT537/FFT538 31.2 31.5 32.3 27.0 23.4 24.6 3.5 Dip net

11/20/2023 Chelonia mydas 16 FFS376/ 52.3 52.6 55.4 47.3 40.2 40.7 18.2 South net

11/20/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0277/IRG0278 28.9 29.4 30.5 25.5 22.4 24.3 3.0 Dip net

11/21/2023 Chelonia mydas 17 /FFT539 36.5 36.7 38.5 32.0 28.2 30.7 5.9 South net

11/21/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0279/IRG0280 26.1 26.4 28.0 23.0 20.0 22.0 2.6 Dip net

11/22/2023 Chelonia mydas 18 / 31.4 31.7 32.9 27.6 24.9 26.1 3.6 Dip net

11/22/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0281/IRG0282 29.5 29.9 30.8 27.3 24.5 24.7 3.4 Dip net

11/22/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0283/IRG0284 29.8 29.9 31.0 27.9 24.2 24.1 3.2 Dip net

11/22/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0285/IRG0286 29.5 29.9 31.4 27.7 24.9 24.5 3.3 Dip net

11/25/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT540/FFT541 33.2 33.7 34.9 28.9 26.5 27.4 4.3 Dip net

11/26/2023 Chelonia mydas 19 FFT542/FFT543 63.3 64.0 67.1 59.8 51.9 52.6 35.4 South net

11/26/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT544/FFT545 77.4 78.8 82.5 74.7 58.8 62.8 69.0 South net

11/26/2023 Chelonia mydas 20 FFT546/FFT547 43.4 43.9 46.7 39.3 33.8 35.4 10.2 South net

11/26/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT548/FFT549 44.1 44.1 46.5 41.0 33.5 35.5 11.4 South net 11/26/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT550/FFT551 29.7 30.5 31.3 27.7 25.7 29.4 3.7 Dip net

11/26/2023 Chelonia mydas IRG0287/IRG0288 27.2 27.5 29.3 25.5 22.6 22.4 2.9 Dip net

11/27/2023 Chelonia mydas 21 FFM380/FFM381 51.8 52.2 55.6 47.8 38.7 42.7 18.9 South net

11/27/2023 Chelonia mydas 22 FFT552/FFT553 88.3 88.5 92.5 88.5 71.5 73.5 99.2 South net

11/27/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT554/FFT555 30.6 30.7 31.6 26.0 23.9 25.3 3.5 South net

11/28/2023 Chelonia mydas 23 FFM406/FFM407 65.3 65.7 69.2 62.5 51.9 53.7 40.1 South net

11/28/2023 Chelonia mydas 24 FFT556/FFT557 44.6 44.9 48.0 43.0 35.2 35.8 14.2 South net

11/29/2023 Chelonia mydas 25 FFM392/FFT407 56.4 56.4 60.3 54.6 43.5 47.2 21.8 Dip net

11/29/2023 Chelonia mydas 26 FFT558/FFT559 55.6 55.7 58.4 51.6 42.9 44.6 27.6 South net

11/29/2023 Chelonia mydas 27 FFT560/FFT561 62.2 62.5 65.9 55.2 47.3 49.5 32.1 South net

11/29/2023 Chelonia mydas FFT562/FFT563 45.3 45.7 48.9 43.7 35.2 36.4 12.2 South net

11/30/2023 Chelonia mydas 28 /FFM362 48.9 49.0 51.3 43.7 37.3 39.8 14.5 South net

Loggerheads Green turtles Hawksbills Olive ridleyLeatherbacksKemp's ridley (Caretta caretta) (Eretmochelys (Dermochelys (Lepidochelys (Lepidochelys (Chelonia mydas) imbricata) coriacea) kempii) olivacea) Overall Totals

Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Nov-23 Date Nov-23 Date Nov-23 Date Nov-23 Date Nov-23 Date Nov-23 Date Nov-23 Date Captures 7 349 59 464 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 67 822 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 1 9 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Nov-23 Date Nov-23 Date Nov-23 Date Nov-23 Date Nov-23 Date Nov-23 Date Nov-23 Date None 0 17 9 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 53 Minor 7 320 49 407 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 1 57 735 Moderate 0 12 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 0.0% 3.4% 1.7% 4.7% 0.0% 0.0% NA 0.0% NA 0.0% NA 0.0% 1.5% 4.1%