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{{#Wiki_filter:1 Balsam, Briana From: David Singewald [dsingewald@att.net]
{{#Wiki_filter:Balsam, Briana From:                       David Singewald [dsingewald@att.net]
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 9:23 AM To: meghan.koperski@myfwc.com Cc: Logan, Dennis; ed_hollowell@fpl.com; she lley.norton@noaa.gov; vince_munne@fpl.com; bob.hoffman@noaa.gov; david_niebch@fpl.
Sent:                       Monday, January 11, 2010 9:23 AM To:                         meghan.koperski@myfwc.com Cc:                         Logan, Dennis; ed_hollowell@fpl.com; shelley.norton@noaa.gov; vince_munne@fpl.com; bob.hoffman@noaa.gov; david_niebch@fpl.com; jodie_gless@fpl.com; mbresette@inwater.org
com; jodie_gless@fpl.com; mbresette@inwater.org


==Subject:==
==Subject:==
Marine Turtle Captures December 2009 Attachments:
Marine Turtle Captures December 2009 Attachments:               Dec09rep.rtf; Notes09.xls; St. Lucie caps 2009.xls
Dec09rep.rtf; Notes09.xls; St. Lucie caps 2009.xls


==Dear Meghan,==
==Dear Meghan,==


Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for December 2009. In December, we captured twenty four (24)
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for December 2009. In December, we captured twenty four (24) Caretta caretta, and twenty four (24) Chelonia mydas at the intake canal of the St.
Caretta caretta , and twenty four (24)
Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. On December 28, a sub-adult loggerhead was found with deep lacerations to both rear flippers caused by a shark attack. After consultation with FFWCC personnel this turtle was transported to the Marinelife Center in Juno Beach by Inwater Research Group biologists and was determined to be non-causal to power plant operation. On the same day, a sub-adult green turtle was captured and found to have multiple fresh cuts and scrapes to the head exposing the skull. This event was considered causal to power plant operation as a result of injuries sustained during entrainment through the intake pipe.
Chelonia mydas at the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. On December 28, a sub-adult loggerhead was found with deep lacerations to both rear flippers caused by a shark attac
This turtle was transported by IRG biologists to the Marinelife Center in Juno Beach as a cautionary measure of a possible skull fracture and/or concussion.
: k. After consultation with FFWCC personnel this turtle was transported to the Marinelife Center in Juno Beach by Inwater Research Group biologists and was determined to be non-causal to power plant operation. On the same day, a sub-adult green turtle was captured and found to have multiple fresh cuts and scrapes to the head exposing the skull. This event was considered causal to power plant operation as a result of injuries sustained during entrainment through the intake pipe. This turtle was transported by IRG biologists to the Marinelife Center in Juno Beach as a cautionary measure of a possible skull fracture and/or concussion.  
Throughout the month of December the 5 barrier net experienced light loads of algae that entered into the intake canal. This temporary barrier has effectively kept turtles from moving further down the canal. A permanent fix to the primary net continues to remain in the design phase.
Tag numbers and morphometric data for all turtles are attached. Also, attached is a spreadsheet of all captures, mortalities, injuries and causal events delineated by species and month/year to date for 2009. This spreadsheet also includes and tracks fresh scrapes incurred on captured turtles for the month of December as well as 2009 year end totals and percentage.
Sincerely, David A. Singewald Sr. Environmental Specialist Inwater Research Group, Inc.
4160 NE Hyline Dr.
Jensen Beach, FL 34957 772-216-5096 1


Throughout the month of December the 5" barrier net experienced light loads of algae that entered into the intake canal. This temporary barrie r has effectively kept turtles from moving further down the canal. A permanent fix to the primary net continues to remain in the design phase.   
MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL DECEMBER 2009 Date    Species        Note    Tag #'s    SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight    Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm)  (cm) (cm)  (kg) 12/2/2009 Caretta caretta  1    TTY211      63.0 64.6 67.7 64.8 53.6 48.0 35.0  Hand capture 12/2/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB708/UUB709  56.5 57.4 61.8 58.4 49.6 45.5 28.4  South net 12/3/2009 Chelonia mydas  2    YYW346      40.0 40.1 42.3 36.7 31.7 33.9  6.4  North net 12/4/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB710/UUB711  71.1 72.8 77.6 72.7 60.1 53.4 45.9  Hand capture 12/7/2009 Chelonia mydas      UUB712/UUB713  39.4 40.1 42.0 35.3 31.3 33.1  6.8  North net 12/7/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB714/UUB715  65.8 67.2 72.2 68.0 58.4 53.8 45.1  North net 12/7/2009 Chelonia mydas  3    YYB180      60.7 60.9 65.0 57.0 47.7 50.8 33.0  North net 12/9/2009 Chelonia mydas      UUB716/UUB717  63.3 64.6 68.3 60.2 51.5 52.2 30.4   South net 12/9/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB718/UUB719  63.1 64.2 69.1 64.5 54.6 50.7 37.3  South net 12/10/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB720/UUB721  64.5 66.1 72.6 71.0 57.7 51.0 40.4  Hand capture 12/10/2009 Chelonia mydas  4  UUB722/UUB723  67.4 67.8 72.8 65.8 52.4 54.7 40.8  Hand capture 12/10/2009 Chelonia mydas        UUB724      45.3 45.5 48.1 40.0 35.8 37.7 11.6  Hand capture 12/10/2009 Chelonia mydas  5    UUB725      55.2 55.4 59.9 52.9 42.8 45.4 23.9  Hand capture 12/11/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB726/UUB727  58.5 59.3 65.6 62.9 50.0 46.7 36.0  South net 12/12/2009 Chelonia mydas        UUB728      29.4 29.8 31.3 27.1 24.5 25.4  3.3  North net 12/13/2009 Chelonia mydas      UUB729/UUB730  73.0 73.4 78.0 68.2 56.7 60.2 47.8  North net 12/13/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB731/UUB732  72.6 73.8 80.6 76.3 64.0 55.6 57.9  North net


Tag numbers and morphometric data for all turtles are attached. Also, attached is a spreadsheet of all captures, mortalities, injuries and causal events delineated by species and month/year to date for 2009. This spreadsheet also includes and tracks fresh scrapes incurred on captured turtles for the month of December as well as 2009 year end totals and percentage.  
Date    Species        Note    Tag #'s    SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight  Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm)  (cm) (cm)  (kg) 12/14/2009 Chelonia mydas    6    UUB733      52.3 52.3 55.5 51.4 41.8 42.2 20.2  North net 12/14/2009 Chelonia mydas    7    YYW391      52.7 53.1 56.2 49.6 44.5 43.1 20.1  South net 12/15/2009 Chelonia mydas    8    YYW069      51.4 51.9 54.5 47.3 39.9 42.9 17.3  North net 12/16/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB734/UUB735  53.3 54.2 59.0 56.0 47.5 42.5 24.6  North net 12/18/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB736/UUB737  60.4 61.4 67.3 63.8 52.9 45.8 35.4  North net 12/18/2009 Caretta caretta  9 YYR246/YYR247  60.6 62.2 68.2 65.0 50.5 46.2 35.8  North net 12/19/2009 Chelonia mydas 10  UUB738/UUB739  49.8 50.3 53.6 46.5 39.7 41.3 16.0  South net 12/20/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB740/UUB741  65.0 66.4 71.9 69.4 57.4 54.3 49.8  North net 12/21/2009 Chelonia mydas                      26.5 27.0 28.1 22.6 20.5 21.8  2.1  Dip net 12/21/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB742/UUB743  47.0 47.8 52.0 51.2 41.4 37.1 16.1  North net 12/21/2009 Chelonia mydas        UUB744      31.2 31.3 33.0 29.8 26.7 25.9  4.1  Dip net 12/23/2009 Chelonia mydas                      28.8 29.1 30.5 26.5 24.3 24.5  3.2  Dip net 12/23/2009 Chelonia mydas        UUB745      42.3 43.0 44.5 37.8 32.8 34.1  9.7  North net 12/26/2009 Chelonia mydas 11                  70.1 70.5 75.0 67.1 55.0 59.3 48.6  North net 12/26/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB746/UUB747  69.0 70.2 76.9 75.0 60.7 55.6 52.2  North net 12/26/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB748/UUB749  67.6 68.9 73.3 73.4 58.9 56.6 52.8  North net 12/26/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB750/UUB751  62.3 63.7 69.2 67.7 55.4 49.1 36.5  North net 12/26/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB752/UUB753  61.6 62.9 68.0 67.1 53.6 50.6 37.9  North net 12/27/2009 Chelonia mydas                      28.8 29.5 30.7 26.9 24.9 24.4  3.3  Dip net 12/27/2009 Caretta caretta  12 UUB742/UUB743  46.5 47.8 50.0 51.0 41.4 37.1 16.3  Dip net


Sincerely,
Date    Species        Note    Tag #'s    SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight  Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm)  (cm) (cm)  (kg) 12/28/2009 Chelonia mydas 13                  70.5 71.1 76.4 71.3 55.6 60.2 49.9  South net 12/28/2009 Caretta caretta  14                68.3 70.4 75.7 70.6 55.7 52.7 46.0  South net 12/29/2009 Chelonia mydas                      30.8 31.1 32.2 28.3 25.8 25.5  3.7  Dip net 12/29/2009 Chelonia mydas                      26.1 26.5 27.5 24.7 22.7 21.8  2.4  Dip net 12/29/2009 Chelonia mydas 15  UUB754/UUB755  54.0 54.4 58.5 50.6 42.1 45.1 22.7  South net 12/29/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB756/UUB757  65.2 66.3 72.0 67.8 56.5 50.9 40.6  Dip net 12/29/2009 Chelonia mydas 16      YYB008      63.9 64.3 67.7 57.8 49.7 53.4 33.5  South net 12/30/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB758/UUB759  62.8 64.1 70.6 68.7 56.4 50.3 43.3  North net 12/30/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB760/UUB761  49.0 50.5 54.8 52.3 41.7 38.8 17.7  North net 12/30/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB762/UUB763  54.8 56.0 61.8 60.9 49.0 44.0 25.9  North net 12/30/2009 Caretta caretta    UUB764/UUB765  55.0 55.9 61.9 62.0 49.0 44.5 29.2  South net


David A. Singewald Sr. Environmental Specialist Inwater Research Group, Inc.  
NOTES
: 1. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 1/12/07, 2/28/07, 7/12/07, 8/5/07, 9/8/07 and 3/3/09.
: 2. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 7/28/09.
: 3. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/15/03, 7/17/03, 11/26/03, 4/1/04, 5/14/05, 7/2/05, 7/23/05, 10/17/05, 5/10/06, 8/21/06, 9/25/06, 12/2/07, 3/15/08, 11/2/08, 2/14/09 and 6/23/09.
: 4. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/7/03, 9/22/03, 8/20/04, 4/26/06 and 8/15/06.
: 5. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/28/98, 10/12/98, 2/26/99, 5/11/99, 9/16/99, 12/13/99, 1/14/00, 1/24/00, 3/20/00, 4/17/00, 6/7/00, 9/15/00, 12/10/00, 8/9/01, 4/13/02, 1/11/03, 8/15/03, 10/2/03, 3/3/04, 5/23/04, 4/30/05, 5/29/05, 6/30/05, 10/5/05, 11/4/05, 2/2/06, 8/18/06, 9/17/08 and 12/10/08.
: 6. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 3/1/04, 11/3/04, 11/21/04, 7/8/05, 8/12/05, 9/13/05, 4/24/06, 9/29/06, 11/19/06, 12/4/06, 12/9/07, 2/10/08, 4/3/08, 9/14/08, 11/26/08 and 12/18/08.
: 7. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/20/09.
: 8. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/8/01, 5/3/05, 5/9/05, 7/7/05, 5/16/06, 8/23/06, 9/12/06, 10/30/06, 4/26/07, 4/12/08, 8/5/08, 1/26/09 and 4/22/09.
: 9. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/23/08, 9/17/08, 1/10/09 and 3/17/09.
: 10. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/17/05, 5/15/07 and 8/4/08.
: 11. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/31/03, 5/8/05, 6/18/05 and 4/18/06.
: 12. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/21/09.
: 13. Turtle found with deep lacerations to both rear flippers caused by a shark attack. Bone is exposed on left rear flipper. Shark bites/rakings present on both carapace and plastron. Transported to Marinelife Center by IRG biologists. Not causal to power plant operation.
: 14. Turtle found with fresh cuts/scrapes on head exposing the skull due to entrainment through intake pipe.
Transported to Marinelife Center by IRG biologists as a cautionary measure of a possible concussion or skull fracture. Causal to power plant operation.
: 15. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 5/18/04 and 2/15/06.
: 16. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/30/03, 10/6/04, 2/9/07, 5/24/07, 6/10/07 and 7/26/09.
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


4160 NE Hyline Dr.
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 Dec-09     Date  Dec-09   Date Dec-09 Date Dec-09       Date  Dec-09     Date Dec-09 Date Captures    24      260     24     161     0       2     0         1       0        0   48      424 Causal Mortalities   0        0      0       0       0       0     0         0       0         0     0         0 Non-causal Mortalities   0         1       0       1       0       0     0         0       0         0     0        2 Causal Injuries     0         1       1       2       0       0     0         0       0         0     1        3 Sent to rehab       1       14       0       5       0       0     0         0       0         0    1        19 Fresh             Year to        Year to        Year to        Year to          Year to        Year to Scrapes    Dec-09     Date  Dec-09 Date Dec-09 Date Dec-09           Date  Dec-09     Date Dec-09 Date None      2        26       3       11     0       0     0         0       0         0     5       37 Minor      18      170     17     103     0       1     0         0       0         0   35       274 Moderate      4        61       3       42     0       1     0         1       0         0     7       105 Severe      0        3       1       5     0       0     0         0       0         0     1         8 Percent with mod/sev scrapes  16.7%     24.6%   16.7%   29.2% #DIV/0! 50.0% #DIV/0! 100.0% #DIV/0! #DIV/0! 16.7%         26.7%}}
 
Jensen Beach, FL  34957
 
772-216-5096 MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL DECEMBER 2009 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL  SSCL  CSCL  CMCW  SMCW  SMPL  Weight  Method  (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg)  12/2/2009 Caretta caretta 1 TTY211 63.0 64.6 67.7 64.8 53.6 48.0 35.0 Hand capture 12/2/2009 Caretta caretta UUB708/UUB709 56.5 57.4 61.8 58.4 49.6 45.5 28.4 South net  12/3/2009 Chelonia mydas 2 YYW346 40.0 40.1 42.3 36.7 31.7 33.9 6.4 North net  12/4/2009 Caretta caretta UUB710/UUB711 71.1 72.8 77.6 72.7 60.1 53.4 45.9 Hand capture 12/7/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB712/UUB713 39.4 40.1 42.0 35.3 31.3 33.1 6.8 North net  12/7/2009 Caretta caretta UUB714/UUB715 65.8 67.2 72.2 68.0 58.4 53.8 45.1 North net  12/7/2009 Chelonia mydas 3 YYB180 60.7 60.9 65.0 57.0 47.7 50.8 33.0 North net  12/9/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB716/UUB717 63.3 64.6 68.3 60.2 51.5 52.2 30.4 South net  12/9/2009 Caretta caretta UUB718/UUB719 63.1 64.2 69.1 64.5 54.6 50.7 37.3 South net  12/10/2009 Caretta caretta UUB720/UUB721 64.5 66.1 72.6 71.0 57.7 51.0 40.4 Hand capture 12/10/2009 Chelonia mydas 4 UUB722/UUB723 67.4 67.8 72.8 65.8 52.4 54.7 40.8 Hand capture 12/10/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB724 45.3 45.5 48.1 40.0 35.8 37.7 11.6 Hand capture 12/10/2009 Chelonia mydas 5 UUB725 55.2 55.4 59.9 52.9 42.8 45.4 23.9 Hand capture 12/11/2009 Caretta caretta UUB726/UUB727 58.5 59.3 65.6 62.9 50.0 46.7 36.0 South net  12/12/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB728 29.4 29.8 31.3 27.1 24.5 25.4 3.3 North net  12/13/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB729/UUB730 73.0 73.4 78.0 68.2 56.7 60.2 47.8 North net  12/13/2009 Caretta caretta UUB731/UUB732 72.6 73.8 80.6 76.3 64.0 55.6 57.9 North net Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL  SSCL  CSCL  CMCW  SMCW  SMPL  Weight  Method  (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg)  12/14/2009 Chelonia mydas 6 UUB733 52.3 52.3 55.5 51.4 41.8 42.2 20.2 North net  12/14/2009 Chelonia mydas 7 YYW391 52.7 53.1 56.2 49.6 44.5 43.1 20.1 South net  12/15/2009 Chelonia mydas 8 YYW069 51.4 51.9 54.5 47.3 39.9 42.9 17.3 North net  12/16/2009 Caretta caretta UUB734/UUB735 53.3 54.2 59.0 56.0 47.5 42.5 24.6 North net  12/18/2009 Caretta caretta UUB736/UUB737 60.4 61.4 67.3 63.8 52.9 45.8 35.4 North net  12/18/2009 Caretta caretta 9 YYR246/YYR247 60.6 62.2 68.2 65.0 50.5 46.2 35.8 North net  12/19/2009 Chelonia mydas 10 UUB738/UUB739 49.8 50.3 53.6 46.5 39.7 41.3 16.0 South net  12/20/2009 Caretta caretta UUB740/UUB741 65.0 66.4 71.9 69.4 57.4 54.3 49.8 North net  12/21/2009 Chelonia mydas 26.5 27.0 28.1 22.6 20.5 21.8 2.1 Dip net  12/21/2009 Caretta caretta UUB742/UUB743 47.0 47.8 52.0 51.2 41.4 37.1 16.1 North net  12/21/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB744 31.2 31.3 33.0 29.8 26.7 25.9 4.1 Dip net  12/23/2009 Chelonia mydas 28.8 29.1 30.5 26.5 24.3 24.5 3.2 Dip net  12/23/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB745 42.3 43.0 44.5 37.8 32.8 34.1 9.7 North net  12/26/2009 Chelonia mydas 11 70.1 70.5 75.0 67.1 55.0 59.3 48.6 North net  12/26/2009 Caretta caretta UUB746/UUB747 69.0 70.2 76.9 75.0 60.7 55.6 52.2 North net  12/26/2009 Caretta caretta UUB748/UUB749 67.6 68.9 73.3 73.4 58.9 56.6 52.8 North net  12/26/2009 Caretta caretta UUB750/UUB751 62.3 63.7 69.2 67.7 55.4 49.1 36.5 North net  12/26/2009 Caretta caretta UUB752/UUB753 61.6 62.9 68.0 67.1 53.6 50.6 37.9 North net  12/27/2009 Chelonia mydas 28.8 29.5 30.7 26.9 24.9 24.4 3.3 Dip net  12/27/2009 Caretta caretta 12 UUB742/UUB743 46.5 47.8 50.0 51.0 41.4 37.1 16.3 Dip net Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL  SSCL  CSCL  CMCW  SMCW  SMPL  Weight  Method  (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg)  12/28/2009 Chelonia mydas 13 70.5 71.1 76.4 71.3 55.6 60.2 49.9 South net  12/28/2009 Caretta caretta 14 68.3 70.4 75.7 70.6 55.7 52.7 46.0 South net  12/29/2009 Chelonia mydas 30.8 31.1 32.2 28.3 25.8 25.5 3.7 Dip net  12/29/2009 Chelonia mydas 26.1 26.5 27.5 24.7 22.7 21.8 2.4 Dip net  12/29/2009 Chelonia mydas 15 UUB754/UUB755 54.0 54.4 58.5 50.6 42.1 45.1 22.7 South net  12/29/2009 Caretta caretta UUB756/UUB757 65.2 66.3 72.0 67.8 56.5 50.9 40.6 Dip net  12/29/2009 Chelonia mydas 16 YYB008 63.9 64.3 67.7 57.8 49.7 53.4 33.5 South net  12/30/2009 Caretta caretta UUB758/UUB759 62.8 64.1 70.6 68.7 56.4 50.3 43.3 North net  12/30/2009 Caretta caretta UUB760/UUB761 49.0 50.5 54.8 52.3 41.7 38.8 17.7 North net  12/30/2009 Caretta caretta UUB762/UUB763 54.8 56.0 61.8 60.9 49.0 44.0 25.9 North net  12/30/2009 Caretta caretta UUB764/UUB765 55.0 55.9 61.9 62.0 49.0 44.5 29.2 South net NOTES                                                                                                                         
 
1.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 1/12/07, 2/28/07, 7/12/07, 8/5/07, 9/8/07 and 3/3/09.
2.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 7/28/09.3.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/15/03, 7/17/03, 11/26/03, 4/1/04, 5/14/05, 7/2/05, 7/23/05, 10/17/05, 5/10/06, 8/21/06, 9/25/06, 12/2/07, 3/15/08, 11/2/08, 2/14/09 and 6/23/09.
4.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/7/03, 9/22/03, 8/20/04, 4/26/06 and 8/15/06.
5.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/28/98, 10/12/98, 2/26/99, 5/11/99, 9/16/99, 12/13/99, 1/14/00, 1/24/00, 3/20/00, 4/17/00, 6/7/00, 9/15/00, 12/10/00, 8/9/01, 4/13/02, 1/11/03, 8/15/03, 10/2/03, 3/3/04, 5/23/04, 4/30/05, 5/29/05, 6/30/05, 10/5/05, 11/4/05, 2/2/06, 8/18/06, 9/17/08 and 12/10/08.
6.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 3/1/04, 11/3/04, 11/21/04, 7/8/05, 8/12/05, 9/13/05, 4/24/06, 9/29/06, 11/19/06, 12/4/06, 12/9/07, 2/10/08, 4/3/08, 9/14/08, 11/26/08 and 12/18/08.
7.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/20/09.8.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/8/01, 5/3/05, 5/9/05, 7/7/05, 5/16/06, 8/23/06, 9/12/06, 10/30/06, 4/26/07, 4/12/08, 8/5/08, 1/26/09 and
 
4/22/09.9.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/23/08, 9/17/08, 1/10/09 and 3/17/09.
10.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/17/05, 5/15/07 and 8/4/08.
11.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/31/03, 5/8/05, 6/18/05 and 4/18/06.
12.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/21/09.13.Turtle found with deep lacerations to both rear flippers caused by a shark attack. Bone is exposed on left rear flipper. Shark bites/rakings present on both carapace and plastron. Transported to Marinelife
 
Center by IRG biologists. Not causal to power plant operation.
14.Turtle found with fresh cuts/scrapes on head exposing the skull due to entrainment through intake pipe.
Transported to Marinelife Center  by IRG biologists as a cautionary measure of a possible concussion or
 
skull fracture. Causal to power plant operation.
15.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 5/18/04 and 2/15/06.
16.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/30/03, 10/6/04, 2/9/07, 5/24/07, 6/10/07 and 7/26/09.
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 Dec-09 Year to DateDec-09 Year to DateDec-09 Year to DateDec-09 Year to DateDec-09 Year to DateDec-09 Year to DateCaptures24 260 24 161 0 2 0 1 0 048424 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 Non-causal Mortalities 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 Causal Injuries 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Sent to rehab 1 14 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0119 Fresh ScrapesDec-09 Year to DateDec-09 Year to DateDec-09 Year to DateDec-09 Year to DateDec-09 Year to DateDec-09 Year to DateNone2 26 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 37Minor18 170 17 103 0 1 0 0 0 0 35 274Moderate4 61 3 42 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 105Severe0 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 Percent with mod/sev scrapes16.7%24.6%16.7%29.2%#DIV/0!50.0%#DIV/0!100.0%#DIV/0!#DIV/0!16.7%26.7%
LeatherbacksLoggerheadsGreen turtles (Caretta caretta)(Chelonia mydas)Overall Totals Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)(Eretmochelys imbricata)(Dermochelys coriacea)Hawksbills}}

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Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary for December 2009
ML102420160
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Site: Saint Lucie  NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 01/11/2010
From: Singewald D
Inwater Research Group
To: Koperski M
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, State of FL, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
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Balsam, Briana From: David Singewald [dsingewald@att.net]

Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 9:23 AM To: meghan.koperski@myfwc.com Cc: Logan, Dennis; ed_hollowell@fpl.com; shelley.norton@noaa.gov; vince_munne@fpl.com; bob.hoffman@noaa.gov; david_niebch@fpl.com; jodie_gless@fpl.com; mbresette@inwater.org

Subject:

Marine Turtle Captures December 2009 Attachments: Dec09rep.rtf; Notes09.xls; St. Lucie caps 2009.xls

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for December 2009. In December, we captured twenty four (24) Caretta caretta, and twenty four (24) Chelonia mydas at the intake canal of the St.

Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. On December 28, a sub-adult loggerhead was found with deep lacerations to both rear flippers caused by a shark attack. After consultation with FFWCC personnel this turtle was transported to the Marinelife Center in Juno Beach by Inwater Research Group biologists and was determined to be non-causal to power plant operation. On the same day, a sub-adult green turtle was captured and found to have multiple fresh cuts and scrapes to the head exposing the skull. This event was considered causal to power plant operation as a result of injuries sustained during entrainment through the intake pipe.

This turtle was transported by IRG biologists to the Marinelife Center in Juno Beach as a cautionary measure of a possible skull fracture and/or concussion.

Throughout the month of December the 5 barrier net experienced light loads of algae that entered into the intake canal. This temporary barrier has effectively kept turtles from moving further down the canal. A permanent fix to the primary net continues to remain in the design phase.

Tag numbers and morphometric data for all turtles are attached. Also, attached is a spreadsheet of all captures, mortalities, injuries and causal events delineated by species and month/year to date for 2009. This spreadsheet also includes and tracks fresh scrapes incurred on captured turtles for the month of December as well as 2009 year end totals and percentage.

Sincerely, David A. Singewald Sr. Environmental Specialist Inwater Research Group, Inc.

4160 NE Hyline Dr.

Jensen Beach, FL 34957 772-216-5096 1

MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL DECEMBER 2009 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 12/2/2009 Caretta caretta 1 TTY211 63.0 64.6 67.7 64.8 53.6 48.0 35.0 Hand capture 12/2/2009 Caretta caretta UUB708/UUB709 56.5 57.4 61.8 58.4 49.6 45.5 28.4 South net 12/3/2009 Chelonia mydas 2 YYW346 40.0 40.1 42.3 36.7 31.7 33.9 6.4 North net 12/4/2009 Caretta caretta UUB710/UUB711 71.1 72.8 77.6 72.7 60.1 53.4 45.9 Hand capture 12/7/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB712/UUB713 39.4 40.1 42.0 35.3 31.3 33.1 6.8 North net 12/7/2009 Caretta caretta UUB714/UUB715 65.8 67.2 72.2 68.0 58.4 53.8 45.1 North net 12/7/2009 Chelonia mydas 3 YYB180 60.7 60.9 65.0 57.0 47.7 50.8 33.0 North net 12/9/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB716/UUB717 63.3 64.6 68.3 60.2 51.5 52.2 30.4 South net 12/9/2009 Caretta caretta UUB718/UUB719 63.1 64.2 69.1 64.5 54.6 50.7 37.3 South net 12/10/2009 Caretta caretta UUB720/UUB721 64.5 66.1 72.6 71.0 57.7 51.0 40.4 Hand capture 12/10/2009 Chelonia mydas 4 UUB722/UUB723 67.4 67.8 72.8 65.8 52.4 54.7 40.8 Hand capture 12/10/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB724 45.3 45.5 48.1 40.0 35.8 37.7 11.6 Hand capture 12/10/2009 Chelonia mydas 5 UUB725 55.2 55.4 59.9 52.9 42.8 45.4 23.9 Hand capture 12/11/2009 Caretta caretta UUB726/UUB727 58.5 59.3 65.6 62.9 50.0 46.7 36.0 South net 12/12/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB728 29.4 29.8 31.3 27.1 24.5 25.4 3.3 North net 12/13/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB729/UUB730 73.0 73.4 78.0 68.2 56.7 60.2 47.8 North net 12/13/2009 Caretta caretta UUB731/UUB732 72.6 73.8 80.6 76.3 64.0 55.6 57.9 North net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 12/14/2009 Chelonia mydas 6 UUB733 52.3 52.3 55.5 51.4 41.8 42.2 20.2 North net 12/14/2009 Chelonia mydas 7 YYW391 52.7 53.1 56.2 49.6 44.5 43.1 20.1 South net 12/15/2009 Chelonia mydas 8 YYW069 51.4 51.9 54.5 47.3 39.9 42.9 17.3 North net 12/16/2009 Caretta caretta UUB734/UUB735 53.3 54.2 59.0 56.0 47.5 42.5 24.6 North net 12/18/2009 Caretta caretta UUB736/UUB737 60.4 61.4 67.3 63.8 52.9 45.8 35.4 North net 12/18/2009 Caretta caretta 9 YYR246/YYR247 60.6 62.2 68.2 65.0 50.5 46.2 35.8 North net 12/19/2009 Chelonia mydas 10 UUB738/UUB739 49.8 50.3 53.6 46.5 39.7 41.3 16.0 South net 12/20/2009 Caretta caretta UUB740/UUB741 65.0 66.4 71.9 69.4 57.4 54.3 49.8 North net 12/21/2009 Chelonia mydas 26.5 27.0 28.1 22.6 20.5 21.8 2.1 Dip net 12/21/2009 Caretta caretta UUB742/UUB743 47.0 47.8 52.0 51.2 41.4 37.1 16.1 North net 12/21/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB744 31.2 31.3 33.0 29.8 26.7 25.9 4.1 Dip net 12/23/2009 Chelonia mydas 28.8 29.1 30.5 26.5 24.3 24.5 3.2 Dip net 12/23/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB745 42.3 43.0 44.5 37.8 32.8 34.1 9.7 North net 12/26/2009 Chelonia mydas 11 70.1 70.5 75.0 67.1 55.0 59.3 48.6 North net 12/26/2009 Caretta caretta UUB746/UUB747 69.0 70.2 76.9 75.0 60.7 55.6 52.2 North net 12/26/2009 Caretta caretta UUB748/UUB749 67.6 68.9 73.3 73.4 58.9 56.6 52.8 North net 12/26/2009 Caretta caretta UUB750/UUB751 62.3 63.7 69.2 67.7 55.4 49.1 36.5 North net 12/26/2009 Caretta caretta UUB752/UUB753 61.6 62.9 68.0 67.1 53.6 50.6 37.9 North net 12/27/2009 Chelonia mydas 28.8 29.5 30.7 26.9 24.9 24.4 3.3 Dip net 12/27/2009 Caretta caretta 12 UUB742/UUB743 46.5 47.8 50.0 51.0 41.4 37.1 16.3 Dip net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 12/28/2009 Chelonia mydas 13 70.5 71.1 76.4 71.3 55.6 60.2 49.9 South net 12/28/2009 Caretta caretta 14 68.3 70.4 75.7 70.6 55.7 52.7 46.0 South net 12/29/2009 Chelonia mydas 30.8 31.1 32.2 28.3 25.8 25.5 3.7 Dip net 12/29/2009 Chelonia mydas 26.1 26.5 27.5 24.7 22.7 21.8 2.4 Dip net 12/29/2009 Chelonia mydas 15 UUB754/UUB755 54.0 54.4 58.5 50.6 42.1 45.1 22.7 South net 12/29/2009 Caretta caretta UUB756/UUB757 65.2 66.3 72.0 67.8 56.5 50.9 40.6 Dip net 12/29/2009 Chelonia mydas 16 YYB008 63.9 64.3 67.7 57.8 49.7 53.4 33.5 South net 12/30/2009 Caretta caretta UUB758/UUB759 62.8 64.1 70.6 68.7 56.4 50.3 43.3 North net 12/30/2009 Caretta caretta UUB760/UUB761 49.0 50.5 54.8 52.3 41.7 38.8 17.7 North net 12/30/2009 Caretta caretta UUB762/UUB763 54.8 56.0 61.8 60.9 49.0 44.0 25.9 North net 12/30/2009 Caretta caretta UUB764/UUB765 55.0 55.9 61.9 62.0 49.0 44.5 29.2 South net

NOTES

1. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 1/12/07, 2/28/07, 7/12/07, 8/5/07, 9/8/07 and 3/3/09.
2. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 7/28/09.
3. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/15/03, 7/17/03, 11/26/03, 4/1/04, 5/14/05, 7/2/05, 7/23/05, 10/17/05, 5/10/06, 8/21/06, 9/25/06, 12/2/07, 3/15/08, 11/2/08, 2/14/09 and 6/23/09.
4. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/7/03, 9/22/03, 8/20/04, 4/26/06 and 8/15/06.
5. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/28/98, 10/12/98, 2/26/99, 5/11/99, 9/16/99, 12/13/99, 1/14/00, 1/24/00, 3/20/00, 4/17/00, 6/7/00, 9/15/00, 12/10/00, 8/9/01, 4/13/02, 1/11/03, 8/15/03, 10/2/03, 3/3/04, 5/23/04, 4/30/05, 5/29/05, 6/30/05, 10/5/05, 11/4/05, 2/2/06, 8/18/06, 9/17/08 and 12/10/08.
6. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 3/1/04, 11/3/04, 11/21/04, 7/8/05, 8/12/05, 9/13/05, 4/24/06, 9/29/06, 11/19/06, 12/4/06, 12/9/07, 2/10/08, 4/3/08, 9/14/08, 11/26/08 and 12/18/08.
7. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/20/09.
8. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/8/01, 5/3/05, 5/9/05, 7/7/05, 5/16/06, 8/23/06, 9/12/06, 10/30/06, 4/26/07, 4/12/08, 8/5/08, 1/26/09 and 4/22/09.
9. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/23/08, 9/17/08, 1/10/09 and 3/17/09.
10. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/17/05, 5/15/07 and 8/4/08.
11. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/31/03, 5/8/05, 6/18/05 and 4/18/06.
12. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/21/09.
13. Turtle found with deep lacerations to both rear flippers caused by a shark attack. Bone is exposed on left rear flipper. Shark bites/rakings present on both carapace and plastron. Transported to Marinelife Center by IRG biologists. Not causal to power plant operation.
14. Turtle found with fresh cuts/scrapes on head exposing the skull due to entrainment through intake pipe.

Transported to Marinelife Center by IRG biologists as a cautionary measure of a possible concussion or skull fracture. Causal to power plant operation.

15. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 5/18/04 and 2/15/06.
16. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/30/03, 10/6/04, 2/9/07, 5/24/07, 6/10/07 and 7/26/09.

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 Dec-09 Date Dec-09 Date Dec-09 Date Dec-09 Date Dec-09 Date Dec-09 Date Captures 24 260 24 161 0 2 0 1 0 0 48 424 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-causal Mortalities 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Causal Injuries 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Sent to rehab 1 14 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Dec-09 Date Dec-09 Date Dec-09 Date Dec-09 Date Dec-09 Date Dec-09 Date None 2 26 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 37 Minor 18 170 17 103 0 1 0 0 0 0 35 274 Moderate 4 61 3 42 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 105 Severe 0 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 16.7% 24.6% 16.7% 29.2% #DIV/0! 50.0% #DIV/0! 100.0% #DIV/0! #DIV/0! 16.7% 26.7%

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