ML25338A061
| ML25338A061 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 12/02/2025 |
| From: | Munne V Florida Power & Light Co |
| To: | Koperski M Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, State of FL, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
| References | |
| Download: ML25338A061 (0) | |
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Ms. Meghan Koperski FWC Imperiled Species Mgmt.
Tequesta Field Office 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, Florida 33469 RE:
ST. LUCIE POWER PLANT December 2, 2025 CONDITION IX.C.1, MARINE TURTLE AUTHORIZATION
Dear Ms. Koperski,
Enclosed please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for the St. Lucie Power Plant for the month of November 2025. These activities were performed under FWCC Marine Turtle Permit# MTP-125 maintained by lnwater Research Group Inc., as required by Site Certification Condition IX.C.1.
The enclosure includes:
- 1) Email to Meghan Koperski Regarding Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary
- 2) Marine Turtle Removals
- 3) Capture Notes
- 4) Capture Summary Table If you should have any questions, please contact Aaron Garstin at (201) 301-4563.
Vince Munne Land Utilization Supervisor St. Lucie Plant
Enclosure:
Monthly Summary of Marine Turtle Removals cc: FDEP Siting Office Florida Power & Light Company 6501 S. Ocean Drive, Jensen Beach, FL 34957
Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469
Subject:
Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary November 2025 lnwater Research Group, Inc.
A 501{cX3) nonprofit organization Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for November 2025. This month we captured ten Chelonia mydas and three Caretta caretta 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 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 a stranding form was 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 November 4th, an adult female loggerhead sea turtle was captured with healing shark bite wounds on its right front flipper and neck. This turtle was taken to Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for rehabilitation. 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-light 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.
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 2025. 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 lnwater Research Group, Inc.
agarstin@inwater.org (201) 301-4563 lnwater Research Group Inc.
4160 NE Hyline Drive Jensen Beach, FL 34957 www.inwater.org Phone: (772) 349-7252
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 11/1/2025 Chelonia mydas 1
I 66.8 67.4 72.1 65.6 52.7 55.1 42.1 South Net 11/2/2025 Chelonia mydas CCB758/CCB760 71.7 72.0 55.8 66.6 77.0 60.3 48.2 South Net 11/3/2025 Chelonia mydas CCB761/CCB762 43.2 43.5 45.7 41.6 35.7 36.0 10.9 Dip Net 11/4/2025 Caretta caretta 2
I 86.1 87.5 92.0 82.0 64.5 65.8 92.4 North Net 11/8/2025 Chelonia mydas CCB763/CCB764 76.4 76.6 81.3 68.7 55.4 63.5 53.9 North Net 11/8/2025 Chelonia mydas CCB765/CCB766 48.6 48.9 51.6 44.4 37.3 39.9 13.6 South Net 11/9/2025 Caretta caretta CCB767 /CCB768 48.8 49.9 53.8 49.8 42.7 39.7 18.6 South Net 11/11/2025 Caretta caretta CCB770/CCB771 80.4 82.0 87.5 77.2 61.1 59.4 83.1 North Net 11/11/2025 Chelonia mydas I RG0149/I RG0150 29.4 29.7 30.9 25.8 23.9 24.5 3.2 Dip Net 11/11/2025 Chelonia mydas IRG0959/IRG0960 29.1 29.3 31.4 28.1 24.4 24.3 3.6 Dip Net 11/21/2025 Chelonia mydas CCB772/CCB773 32.5 33.1 35.6 30.6 26.5 27.2 4.8 Dip Net 11/23/2025 Chelonia mydas 3
CCB674/
48.9 49.3 47.5 38.9 41.9 17.4 North Net 11/24/2025 Chelonia mydas 4
I 46.2 46.2 49.8 40.8 33.1 37.3 11.8 North Net
- 1.
PAPILLOMAS, (Balazs Tumor Score= 2 {moderate}, Total Tumor Score= 17). RECAPTURE, from:
11/22/22, 7/20/23. No new inconel tags applied due to tag scars and paps along flipper. Healed notch on upper jaw.
- 2.
Adult female loggerhead. TL= 20.8 cm. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). STSSN# HWB20251104-001. "Pyari".
- 3.
- 4.
Healing shark bite wounds on RFF and neck. Missing 90% of LFF, healing. Healing shark raking on plastron and carapace. Healed notch on jaw. No tags inserted due to rehab. Taken to LMC. CMCL: 90.5 cm.
RECAPTURE, from: 9/25/19, 6/24/24, 7/16/24, 10/15/24, 12/2/24, 9/15/25. No inconel tag applied to RFF due to scarring. Satellite tag present, "Bubba." No CSCL measurement due to sat tag. 5% missing from LFF, healed.
RECAPTURE, from 9/20/19, 11/9/20, 3/26/21, 9/30/21, 8/11/23, 4/18/24, 8/24/24, 1/7/25. No new inconel tags applied due to tag scars. RFF broken, healed. Slight indentation along right marginals. Satellite tag applied for BiOp abundance estimate "Rocco". Serial# 25A0371 PTT ID: 286095. Release time: 1511 EST, Release location: 27.34338, -80.23522.
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 Overall Totals mvdas) imbricata) coriacea) kemvii) olivacea)
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year Nov-25 to Nov-25 to Nov-25 to Nov-25 to Nov-25 to Nov-25 to Nov-25 to Date Date Date Date Date Date Date Captures 3
195 10 221 0
1 0
1 0
8 0
0 13 426 Causal 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Mortalities Non-Causal 0
0 0
2 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
2 Mortalities Causal 0
0 0
0 0
0 Injuries 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Sent to 1
11 0
6 0
0 rehab 0
0 0
1 0
0 1
18 Fresh Year Year Year Year Year Year Year Scrapes Nov-25 to Nov-25 to Nov-25 to Nov-25 to Nov-25 to Nov-25 to Nov-25 to Date Date Date Date Date Date Date None 0
8 0
13 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
21 Minor 3
186 10 204 0
1 0
1 0
8 0
0 13 400 Moderate 0
1 0
4 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
5 Severe 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Percent with 0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
1.8%
NA 0.0%
NA 0.0%
NA 0.0%
NA NA 0.0%
1.2%
mod/sev scrapes