ML16224A018

(External_Sender) July 2016 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report

ML16224A018
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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	08/08/2016
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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Steve Weege <steveweege@gmail.com>

Sent: Monday, August 08, 2016 4:21 PM To: Meghan Koperski Cc: Ed Hollowell; Jodie Gless; John Jones; Ken Frehafer; Marine Turtle Permit; Michael Bresette; EndangeredSpecies Resource; SCO@dep.state.fl.us; Vince Munne; Cody Mott; Jeff Guertin; Ryan Welsh; debbie.spring@noaa.gov; Kristin.Eaton@fpl.com; Jonathan Gorham; Terri.Taylor@fpl.com

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[External_Sender] July 2016 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: July 2016 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf; Monthly Report Notes 2016.pdf; FPL St Lucie Capture Summary 2016.pdf; Power Plant Causal Turtles.pdf Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469

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Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary July 2016

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for July 2016. This month, we captured forty-one (41) Caretta caretta, four (4) Chelonia mydas, and one (1) Eretmochelys imbricata in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. There were no mortalities or sea turtles sent for rehabilitation in July.

With the exception of comb jellies (ctenophores), algae and jellyfish entrainment into the intake canal was light during the month of July. The barrier net system has performed as designed and no turtles have been observed beyond the permanent 5-inch net this month.

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 2016. In addition, this spreadsheet also tracks fresh scrapes incurred on captured turtles for the current month, as well as the entire year. An additional Excel spreadsheet tracks all causal injuries and mortalities incurred by sea turtles at the St. Lucie Plant since 2003.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Sincerely, Steve Steve Weege 1

Sr. Environmental Specialist Inwater Research Group, Inc.

4160 NE Hyline Dr.

Jensen Beach, FL 34957 sweege@inwater.org (772) 349-7252 2

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[External_Sender] July 2016 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 8/8/2016 4:20:35 PM Received Date: 8/8/2016 4:20:40 PM From: Steve Weege Created By: steveweege@gmail.com Recipients:

"Ed Hollowell" <Ed.Hollowell@fpl.com>

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Tracking Status: None Post Office: mail.gmail.com Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 1615 8/8/2016 4:20:40 PM July 2016 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 79757 Monthly Report Notes 2016.pdf 57154

FPL St Lucie Capture Summary 2016.pdf 80012 Power Plant Causal Turtles.pdf 61736 Options Priority: Standard Return Notification: No Reply Requested: No Sensitivity: Normal Expiration Date:

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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL JULY 2016 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 7/2/2016 Caretta caretta 1 MMA424/MMA425 91.9 93.0 100.9 94.0 69.4 73.9 113.3 South net 7/2/2016 Caretta caretta MMA426/MMA427 80.8 82.2 89.4 82.3 60.9 61.5 79.6 Hand capture 7/2/2016 Caretta caretta MMA428/MMA429 60.4 62.4 66.5 63.9 53.2 49.4 38.1 Hand capture 7/5/2016 Caretta caretta MMA430/MMA431 80.9 82.4 88.4 80.4 63.4 61.7 76.0 Hand capture 7/5/2016 Caretta caretta MMA432/MMA433 56.3 56.9 61.9 60.0 49.7 45.8 26.2 Hand capture 7/6/2016 Caretta caretta 2 MMA434/MMA435 86.5 87.2 92.1 84.7 70.1 65.5 80.6 Hand capture 7/6/2016 Caretta caretta 3 MMA436/MMA437 88.6 89.5 95.3 89.1 70.7 64.3 87.7 Hand capture 7/6/2016 Caretta caretta 4 MMA438/MMA440 85.3 87.5 92.8 85.2 65.7 64.1 81.8 Hand capture 7/6/2016 Caretta caretta 5 MMA441/MMA442 87.2 88.0 95.1 88.8 69.2 67.5 88.7 Hand capture 7/6/2016 Chelonia mydas 6 MMA443/MMA444 48.4 48.4 50.3 46.2 37.5 40.5 14.5 Hand capture 7/6/2016 Caretta caretta MMA445/MMA446 81.7 83.4 89.5 81.3 65.8 63.7 82.2 Hand capture 7/7/2016 Caretta caretta 7 MMA447/MMA448 93.3 94.7 101.8 92.2 72.9 76.7 129.8 Hand capture 7/8/2016 Caretta caretta MMA449/MMA450 66.1 67.6 72.3 70.9 58.1 53.7 44.7 Hand capture 7/11/2016 Caretta caretta 8 MMA460/MMA461 91.7 91.8 95.0 85.0 71.0 71.2 104.7 Hand capture 7/14/2016 Caretta caretta 9 MMA451/MMA452 87.9 90.0 96.2 85.1 66.8 67.4 80.3 Hand capture

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 7/14/2016 Caretta caretta 10 MMA453/MMA454 90.0 98.5 108.7 100.3 76.0 81.6 146.3 Hand capture 7/14/2016 Caretta caretta MMA455/MMA456 82.2 83.4 90.5 81.6 63.5 62.2 74.9 Hand capture 7/15/2016 Caretta caretta MMA457/MMA458 71.8 72.6 79.1 74.1 59.3 54.2 49.1 Hand capture 7/15/2016 Caretta caretta 11 MMA459/MMA462 85.1 86.6 62.8 66.5 78.8 Hand capture 7/16/2016 Caretta caretta MMA463/MMA464 66.6 67.7 73.3 68.4 56.8 50.0 46.3 Hand capture 7/17/2016 Caretta caretta 12 MMA465/MMA466 85.7 87.1 93.2 82.8 65.7 67.5 88.7 South net 7/22/2016 Caretta caretta MMA467/MMA468 81.9 83.1 88.3 82.0 63.9 65.0 74.6 South net 7/23/2016 Caretta caretta MMA469/MMA470 62.6 64.1 68.7 66.2 54.3 50.9 38.1 South net 7/24/2016 Caretta caretta MMA471/MMA472 65.4 66.6 70.1 68.8 55.7 52.1 40.8 Hand capture 7/24/2016 Caretta caretta 13 MMA473/MMA474 91.1 92.0 98.3 89.0 69.0 71.0 101.6 Hand capture 7/24/2016 Caretta caretta MMA475/MMA476 80.8 81.9 89.5 84.8 66.0 62.9 81.5 Hand capture 7/24/2016 Caretta caretta MMA477/MMA478 83.5 54.3 89.6 79.2 62.8 63.1 70.7 Hand capture 7/25/2016 Caretta caretta MM481/MMA482 83.3 84.0 90.0 83.5 63.5 62.3 79.5 Hand capture 7/25/2016 Caretta caretta MMA479/MMA480 59.1 60.8 64.2 60.1 49.9 48.7 30.3 Hand capture 7/25/2016 Caretta caretta 14 MMA483/MMA484 88.6 89.0 94.8 88.5 69.4 66.3 87.8 North net 7/26/2016 Caretta caretta MMA485/MMA486 58.2 59.5 64.7 64.3 51.7 48.1 31.9 Hand capture 7/26/2016 Caretta caretta MMA487/MMA488 66.1 67.2 72.2 68.4 55.2 52.0 43.9 Hand capture 7/26/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA489/MMA490 84.1 84.7 91.0 85.8 70.1 70.8 85.0 Hand capture 7/27/2016 Caretta caretta 15 MMA492/MMA493 89.9 90.2 96.8 95.5 69.1 69.1 97.3 North net 7/27/2016 Caretta caretta 16 MMA494/MMA495 92.8 93.9 99.2 92.8 71.0 72.9 102.4 Hand capture

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 7/27/2016 Caretta caretta MMA496/MMA497 83.7 83.9 94.6 85.9 67.4 65.1 84.6 Hand capture 7/27/2016 Caretta caretta 17 MMA498/MMA499 93.4 93.4 100.2 92.3 70.1 73.8 121.9 Hand capture 7/27/2016 Caretta caretta MMA500/MMA501 62.1 62.7 68.3 63.1 51.6 47.9 32.5 Hand capture 7/27/2016 Caretta caretta MMA502/MMA503 82.5 84.3 89.1 82.7 65.4 62.1 88.3 Hand capture 7/27/2016 Eretmochelys MMA504/MMA505 52.2 55.4 60.4 50.8 39.2 41.0 18.2 Hand capture imbricata 7/28/2016 Caretta caretta 18 MMA506/MMA507 95.8 97.3 103.4 88.9 68.4 74.8 112.8 Hand capture 7/28/2016 Caretta caretta 19 MMA508/MMA509 94.7 96.4 103.2 93.2 70.8 76.0 121.8 Hand capture 7/29/2016 Caretta caretta MMA510/MMA511 61.1 61.1 65.5 65.9 54.0 47.5 29.7 North net 7/30/2016 Caretta caretta 20 MMA512/MMA513 88.3 90.1 96.5 84.6 64.0 66.6 103.0 Hand capture 7/30/2016 Chelonia mydas 21 MMA514/MMA515 47.8 48.6 51.9 41.7 36.9 39.6 13.6 Hand capture 7/30/2016 Chelonia mydas MMA516/MMA517 46.3 46.6 49.8 42.4 36.0 36.3 11.5 Hand capture

NOTES

1. Adult female. Tail length = 185 mm.

2. Adult female. Tail length = 205 mm. Moderate fresh scrape below left eye. Turtle missing 20% of left rear flipper (healed).

3. Adult male. Tail length = 410 mm. Soft concave plastron.

4. Adult female. Tail length = 175 mm.

5. Adult female. Tail length = 141 mm. Deep moderate fresh scrape on top of head.

6. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/16/10, 6/22/14, 8/29/14, 9/28/14, 3/2/15 and 7/6/16.

7. Adult female. Tail length = 220 mm. Large notch in trailing edge of left front flipper (possibly an old entanglement injury).

8. Adult female. Tail length = 240 mm.

9. Adult female. Tail length = 183 mm.

10. Adult female. Tail length = 230 mm. Missing 80% of left rear flipper. Carapace damage to posterior carapace - pygals missing and tail exposed. Moderate scrape over right eye.

11. Adult female. Tail length = 168 mm. No curved measurements taken. Moderate scrape in left front flipper.

12. Adult female. Tail length = 245 mm.

13. Adult female. Tail length = 237 mm. Moderate scrape on top of head.

14. Adult female. Tail length = 215 mm.

15. Adult female. Tail length = 185 mm.

16. Adult female. Tail length = 230 mm.

17. Adult female. Tail length = 262 mm. Turtle missing 40% of left front flipper.

18. Adult female. Tail length = 274 mm.

19. Adult female. Tail length = 270 mm.

20. Adult female. Tail length = 210 mm.

21. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/28/10, 1/12/13, 12/22/14 and 7/30/16. Moderate fresh scrapes in anterior carapace.

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 (Chelonia (Eretmochelys (Dermochelys (Lepidochelys (Caretta caretta) mydas) imbricata) coriacea) kempii) Overall Totals Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Jul-16 Date Jul-16 Date Jul-16 Date Jul-16 Date Jul-16 Date Jul-16 Date Captures 41 233 4 118 1 2 0 1 0 6 46 360 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Causal Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sent to Rehab 0 10 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 18 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Jul-16 Date Jul-16 Date Jul-16 Date Jul-16 Date Jul-16 Date Jul-16 Date None 4 31 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 52 Minor 29 181 2 82 1 2 0 0 0 6 32 271 Moderate 8 21 1 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 37 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with Mod/Sev Scrapes 19.5% 9.0% 25.0% 12.7% 0.0% 0.0% N/A 100.0% N/A 0.0% 19.6% 10.3%

Injury / Mortality St Lucie Power Plant Causal Turtles 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 **2016 Totals by Species Total Captures 538 623 484 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 302 275 274 233 4,884 Loggerhead Injuries 0 0 1 *3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 Mortalities 0 1 0 *21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Total Captures 394 286 428 267 101 299 161 444 217 127 197 134 181 118 3,354 Green Injuries 1 0 3 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Mortalities 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 2 0 4 0 19 Total Captures 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 18 Leatherback Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Captures 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 7 6 33 Kemp's Ridley Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Captures 6 2 2 2 1 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 2 33 Hawksbill Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Injury & Mortality Yearly Totals 2 2 5 32 1 5 3 5 1 3 3 0 4 0 66 Total Captures per Year 944 914 917 692 330 725 424 751 521 362 503 414 465 360 8,322

• The loggerhead causal injuries and mortalities in 2006 were all hatchlings.

• • 2016 is a partial year.