ML24176A161
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 06/15/2024 |
| From: | Garstin A Inwater Research Group |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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[External_Sender] May 2024 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments:
May '24 Sea Turtle Monthly Report.pdf Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469
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Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary May 2024
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for May 2024. This month we captured 39 Caretta caretta, nine Chelonia mydas, and one Lepidochelys kempii in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. Two sea turtles were sent for rehabilitation (non-causal),
and there were no recorded mortalities 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.
Two sea turtles were sent to rehab for non-causal injuries this month. On May 14th, a juvenile green was recovered by dip net with an embedded hook and monofilament line in the left front flipper. On May 18th, a subadult loggerhead was recovered from the north tangle net with a shark bite to its right front flipper (bone protruding). Both turtles were taken to Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for rehab. Because these injuries/illnesses were unrelated to the power plant, these were classified as non-causal strandings.
The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered negligible-to-severe amounts of algae and 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.
Furthermore, Underwater Engineering Services (UESI) divers inspected and cleaned the 5-inch barrier net as needed. 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 2024. 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 Biologist Inwater Research Group, Inc.
4160 NE Hyline Dr.
Jensen Beach, FL 34957 agarstin@inwater.org (201) 301-4563
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Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary May 2024 Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for May 2024. This month we captured 39 Caretta caretta, nine Chelonia mydas, and one Lepidochelys kempii in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. Two sea turtles were sent for rehabilitation (non-causal), and there were no recorded mortalities 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.
Two sea turtles were sent to rehab for non-causal injuries this month. On May 14th, a juvenile green was recovered by dip net with an embedded hook and monofilament line in the left front flipper. On May 18th, a subadult loggerhead was recovered from the north tangle net with a shark bite to its right front flipper (bone protruding). Both turtles were taken to Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for rehab.
Because these injuries/illnesses were unrelated to the power plant, these were classified as non-causal strandings.
The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered negligible-to-severe amounts of algae and 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. Furthermore, Underwater Engineering Services (UESI) divers inspected and cleaned the 5-inch barrier net as needed. 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 2024. 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 Biologist Inwater Research Group, Inc.
4160 NE Hyline Dr.
Jensen Beach, FL 34957 agarstin@inwater.org (201) 301-4563
MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL (cm)
SSCL (cm)
CSCL (cm)
CMCW (cm)
SMCW (cm)
SMPL (cm)
Weight (kg)
Method 5/1/2024 Caretta caretta 1
FFV083/FFV084 88.4 90.8 97.0 89.3 71.1 69.0 106.2 North net 5/1/2024 Caretta caretta FFV085/FFV086 64.4 65.3 69.5 68.4 57.3 50.9 44.5 South net 5/2/2024 Chelonia mydas 2
FFS376/
52.4 52.6 55.9 48.5 40.5 41.0 18.0 South net 5/2/2024 Caretta caretta 3
FFV087/FFV088 86.0 88.9 93.7 83.7 67.9 67.8 109.0 North net 5/2/2024 Caretta caretta FFV089/FFV090 78.4 79.4 83.8 74.7 58.0 61.2 65.9 South net 5/3/2024 Caretta caretta 4
FFE792/FFE793 65.8 68.3 74.0 64.9 54.5 49.3 39.9 South net 5/6/2024 Caretta caretta FFV091/FFV092 78.5 79.9 86.7 75.5 60.1 62.2 79.0 North net 5/6/2024 Caretta caretta 5
FFV093/FFV094 87.8 88.0 93.7 84.7 64.5 67.6 95.8 South net 5/6/2024 Lepidochelys kempii FFV095/FFV096 54.3 55.4 58.0 64.0 55.5 41.1 23.1 South net 5/6/2024 Caretta caretta FFV097/FFV098 70.2 71.8 81.2 72.9 58.1 53.8 52.2 South net 5/7/2024 Chelonia mydas 6
/FFM383 50.9 51.3 54.1 46.5 40.0 42.2 17.7 North net 5/7/2024 Caretta caretta 7
FFV099/FFV100 95.7 97.4 103.7 97.0 72.2 71.1 145.7 North net 5/7/2024 Caretta caretta 8
FFV101/FFV102 90.7 92.3 100.1 90.2 68.8 68.0 107.7 South net 5/8/2024 Caretta caretta 9
FFV103/FFV104 86.0 88.7 95.2 86.7 65.6 65.5 106.2 North net 5/8/2024 Caretta caretta 10 FFV105/FFV106 94.7 95.9 103.7 95.5 71.1 71.8 131.4 South net 5/10/2024 Caretta caretta FFV107/FFV108 75.7 77.0 82.2 72.6 57.7 57.0 55.2 South Net 5/11/2024 Caretta caretta 11 FFV109/FFV110 83.7 85.1 90.2 79.7 65.2 65.4 90.3 North Net 5/11/2024 Caretta caretta 12 FFV111/FFV112 87.4 89.2 91.7 89.9 66.3 69.5 112.1 North Net 5/11/2024 Caretta caretta 13 FFV113/FFV114 87.2 88.8 94.2 85.1 67.9 68.1 101.7 North Net 5/13/2024 Caretta caretta 14 FFV115/FFV116 90.9 92.5 98.9 87.7 68.0 73.6 108.1 North Net 5/14/2024 Chelonia mydas 15 FFM406/FFM407 55.5 55.7 69.4 63.6 52.0 53.6 39.6 South Net 5/14/2024 Chelonia mydas 16 FFT375/
58.5 58.9 62.3 57.7 44.9 47.5 25.8 Dip Net 5/14/2024 Caretta caretta 17 FFV117/FFV118 86.1 87.1 93.4 86.3 65.9 69.6 95.3 North Net 5/14/2024 Chelonia mydas 18 FFV119/KKY057 55.4 55.5 58.4 50.2 42.3 43.8 22.1 North Net 5/14/2024 Caretta caretta 19 FFV120/FFV121 92.0 94.8 101.2 86.0 64.9 67.0 101.1 North Net 5/14/2024 Chelonia mydas 20 MMX212/FFT528 43.2 43.3 46.6 43.8 36.7 35.4 12.3 North Net
5/15/2024 Caretta caretta 21 FFW000/FFW001 93.9 94.3 101.5 93.2 70.7 72.1 130.7 Dip Net 5/16/2024 Caretta caretta FFV126/FFV127 73.0 73.5 77.8 72.2 57.6 56.3 58.7 North Net 5/16/2024 Caretta caretta 22 FFV129/FFV128 92.2 92.7 100.0 93.5 76.0 71.8 121.8 North Net 5/17/2024 Caretta caretta 23 FFV122/FFV123 90.5 91.6 97.6 92.1 71.2 66.8 113.8 North Net 5/18/2024 Caretta caretta 24
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70.2 70.8 77.6 71.7 56.8 54.5 57.0 North Net 5/18/2024 Caretta caretta 25 FFV124/FFV125 97.3 98.0 103.8 90.2 66.5 67.6 112.0 South Net 5/19/2024 Caretta caretta 26 FFV130/FFV131 92.4 92.9 98.3 84.2 68.8 69.8 116.6 South Net 5/19/2024 Caretta caretta 27 FFV132/FFV133 83.3 84.8 91.5 83.7 59.9 63.5 83.2 South Net 5/21/2024 Caretta caretta 28 FFV134/FFV135 85.5 87.0 93.6 85.2 68.0 69.0 92.2 South Net 5/22/2024 Caretta caretta 29 FFV136/FFV137 92.3 94.5 98.0 87.5 71.6 71.4 125.3 South Net 5/22/2024 Caretta caretta 30 FFV138/FFV139 92.4 94.3 99.7 88.6 70.0 75.6 119.9 South Net 5/23/2024 Chelonia mydas 31 FFV140/FFV141 52.3 52.5 54.5 47.5 40.8 42.0 17.3 North Net 5/23/2024 Caretta caretta FFV142/FFV143 79.8 80.5 87.1 78.1 57.8 63.0 73.6 North Net 5/23/2024 Caretta caretta 32 FFV144/FFV145 95.9 98.5 103.3 93.0 75.8 77.2 139.9 North Net 5/25/2024 Caretta caretta 33 FFV147/FFV146 99.3 99.9 106.5 91.9 69.6 71.4 139.6 North Net 5/26/2024 Caretta caretta 34 FFV148/FFV149 85.2 86.3 92.1 86.8 70.5 66.4 96.0 North Net 5/26/2024 Caretta caretta 35 FFV150/FFV151 84.2 85.5 91.5 82.6 63.1 65.2 85.0 North Net 5/28/2024 Caretta caretta FFV153/FFV152 79.5 80.0 87.5 80.0 61.0 60.2 77.8 South Net 5/29/2024 Caretta caretta FFV154/FFV155 70.1 71.0 76.5 71.9 58.9 56.5 56.0 North Net 5/30/2024 Caretta caretta 36 FFE439/FFE440 67.8 69.7 72.9 66.6 55.5 51.9 42.3 South Net 5/30/2024 Chelonia mydas 37 FFM469/FFM470 62.5 62.8 66.9 60.4 48.8 50.0 34.0 North Net 5/30/2024 Caretta caretta FFV156/FFV157 82.9 84.8 90.2 83.6 66.1 62.9 96.7 North Net 5/31/2024 Chelonia mydas 38 FFT410/
47.5 47.7 50.1 43.3 36.2 40.4 14.9 North Net
NOTES
- 1.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 22.3 cm. Healing mating wounds on neck.
- 2.
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, 11/20/23, 1/8/24, 3/7/24. Healed entanglement wound on proximal RFF. Missing trailing edge of LRF. Missing small notch at tip of RFF. No new RFF inconel tag applied due to tag scars.
- 3.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 21.1 cm. Healing mating wounds on dorsal and ventral sides of neck. Puncture wounds ventral base of neck.
- 4.
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, 10/15/22, 4/15/23, 5/6/23, 7/19/23, 8/22/23. Missing, healed portion of left carapace along marginals. Curved measurements OB.
- 5.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 21.5 cm. Missing 85% of RFF, healing. Healing wounds on base of LFF. 10 cm wound along marginals close to RRF, skin separating from shell. PIT tag in LFF due to flipper damage. Photo plate mislabeled in ventral photo.
- 6.
RECAPTURE, from 4/19/18, 5/24/18, 11/5/18, 3/1/20, 7/27/20, 9/22/20, 12/30/20, 3/16/22, 1/26/23, 9/5/23, 1/25/24.
- 7.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 25 cm. Missing healed trailing edge of LFF. Healed notch in RRF.
- 8.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 26.2 cm. Healed notch in RFF. Healing mating wound ventral side of neck. Healed notches in rear marginals. 27 x 16 cm healed damage to carapace, likely boat strike.
- 9.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 24.8 cm. Possible tag scar in RFF.
- 10.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 22.4 cm.
- 11.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 18.2 cm. Constriction wounds on both right and left marginals. Healing mating wounds on both axilla. Curved measurements OB.
- 12.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 24.5 cm. Old mating wound ventral side of neck. Old healed carapace damage right posterior, probably an old boat strike. Missing 5% healed RRF. Possible old hooking wound in RRF.
- 13.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 22.5 cm. Mating wound on dorsal side of neck. Curved measurements OB.
- 14.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 20.7 cm. 5% missing, healed LFF. Missing small portion LRF.
- 15.
RECAPTURE, from 7/19/11, 10/3/21, 2/25/23, 11/28/23.
- 16.
RECAPTURE, from: 11/12/20, 12/16/21, 12/17/22, 5/5/23, 5/18/23, 9/11/23, 9/26/23, 12/27/23. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL); STSSN# HWB240514-002. "Yiannis". Embedded fishing hook trailing small portion of line in LFF. Small chip out of upper tomium (FS). 5% missing, healed LFF. Taken to LMC for rehab. CMCL: 61.8 cm.
- 17.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 16.8 cm. Old prop wound on posterior vertebral scutes (13.6 cm). 50% missing, healed LFF. Healing mating wounds ventral side RFF.
- 18.
RECAPTURE, from 11/12/20, 8/21/21. Healing wound ventral base RFF. New inconel tag applied to LFF.
- 19.
Adult male loggerhead. TL= 45.5 cm. Soft concave plastron. Mating wounds on tail. Curved measurements taken OB.
- 20.
RECAPTURE, from: 1/19/18, 8/22/23, 11/17/23.
- 21.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 28.5 cm. STRANGE TAG, originally found during nighttime tagging on 4/30/24 nesting in Zone O (27.34621, -80.23649). Mating wound on neck.
- 22.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 24 cm. Small healed notch in RRF. Lower tag in RFF.
- 23.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 26 cm.
- 24.
REHAB (NON-CAUSAL); STSSN# HWB20240518-001. "Janel". Shark bite on RFF, with bone protruding. Shark rakings on carapace and plastron. Brought to LMC for rehab. CMCL: 76.7 cm.
- 25.
Adult male loggerhead. TL= 47.9 cm. Missing healed 10% LRF. Curved measurements OB.
- 26.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 26.9 cm. Missing, healed 5% RFF.
- 27.
RECAPTURE, from 7/15/11.
- 28.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 20.5 cm. Healed notches trailing edges of RFs. Healing wound ventral side of neck.
- 29.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 21.9 cm. Injury along right pygal and penultimate marginal. Healed notches in both RFs. Photo plate has wrong date.
- 30.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 19.9 cm.
- 31.
RECAPTURE, from 2/1/22, 11/14/22, 12/31/22, 2/8/23, 5/13/23, 5/22/23, 6/9/23.
- 32.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 25.5 cm. 50% missing LFF. Small healed notch in RFF. Healed wound (hole) on LRF.
- 33.
Adult male loggerhead. TL= 46.8 cm. 60% missing, healed LFF. Wound to right eye, possibly from mating/fighting.
Shark wounds on ventral side RRF, plastron, base of RFF. Lower tag in RFF.
- 34.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 20.1 cm. Small healed notch on RFF. Incorrect date on ventral photo.
- 35.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 18.9 cm. Missing healed right marginals. Mating wound ventral side of neck.
- 36.
RECAPTURE, from: 10/19/21, 5/3/22, 10/22/22, 11/12/22, 1/15/23, 2/21/23, 4/1/23, 4/27/23, 7/8/23, 9/7/23, 10/8/23, 10/29/23, 12/15/23, 3/21/24. "Dexter". Missing, healed 10% LRF. Possible maturing male.
- 37.
RECAPTURE, from 9/23/19, 8/20/22, 4/22/23, 12/7/23.
- 38.
RECAPTURE, from 10/7/17, 9/30/22, 9/23/23, 10/6/23, 2/11/24. Indent to right anterior carapace, fully healed. No new tag in RFF due to tag scars.
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 mydas)
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
(Dermochelys coriacea)
(Lepidochelys kempii)
(Lepidochelys olivacea)
Overall Totals May-24 Year to Date May-24 Year to Date May-24 Year to Date May-24 Year to Date May-24 Year to Date May-24 Year to Date May-24 Year to Date Captures 39 92 9
108 0
1 0
0 1
9 0
0 49 210 Causal Mortalities 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1 Non-Causal Mortalities 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
2 Causal Injuries 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Sent to rehab 1
9 1
5 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 2
14 Fresh Scrapes May-24 Year to Date May-24 Year to Date May-24 Year to Date May-24 Year to Date May-24 Year to Date May-24 Year to Date May-24 Year to Date None 3
9 0
10 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 3
19 Minor 36 83 9
97 0
1 0
0 1
9 0
0 46 190 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%
0.9%
NA 0.0%
NA NA 0.0%
0.0%
NA NA 0.0%
0.5%