ML19024A039

NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) December 2018 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report

ML19024A039
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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	01/18/2019
From:	Weege S Inwater Research Group
To:	Koperski M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Tequesta Field Laboratory
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NRR-DMPSPEm Resource From: Steve Weege <sweege@inwater.org>

Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019 2:28 PM To: Koperski, Meghan Cc: Ed Hollowell; Jodie_Gless@fpl.com; Ken_Frehafer@fpl.com; MTP@myfwc.com; Michael Bresette; EndangeredSpecies Resource; SCO@dep.state.fl.us; Vince Munne; Cody Mott; Jeff Guertin; Ryan Welsh; debbie.spring@noaa.gov; Eaton, Kristin; Jonathon Gorham; William.Nurnberger@fpl.com; audra.livergood@noaa.gov; Ryan Chabot

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[External_Sender] December 2018 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: December 2018 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf; Monthly Report Notes 2018.pdf; FPL St.

Lucie Capture Summary 2018.pdf Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469

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Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary December 2018

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for December 2018. This month we captured 12 Caretta caretta and five Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. There were no mortalities or sea turtles sent for rehabilitation in December.

The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered negligible loads of algae during the month. Moreover, the primary barrier net has performed as designed and no turtles have been observed beyond the 5-inch 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 2018. 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, Steve Steve Weege Sr. Environmental Specialist Inwater Research Group, Inc.

4160 NE Hyline Dr.

Jensen Beach, FL 34957 sweege@inwater.org (772) 349-7252 1

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[External_Sender] December 2018 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 1/18/2019 2:27:41 PM Received Date: 1/18/2019 2:28:01 PM From: Steve Weege Created By: sweege@inwater.org Recipients:

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December 2018 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 72608 Monthly Report Notes 2018.pdf 52591 FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2018.pdf 75563 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 DECEMBER 2018 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 12/3/2018 Caretta caretta KKG068/KKG069 64.9 66.2 71.6 67.6 54.1 50.1 39.6 North net 12/6/2018 Chelonia mydas KKG070/KKG071 49.5 50.1 53.0 45.6 39.0 39.2 15.0 South net 12/7/2018 Caretta caretta KKG072/KKG073 59.2 61.1 64.4 61.5 54.3 49.2 35.9 North net 12/8/2018 Caretta caretta KKG074/KKG075 66.0 67.0 72.8 69.9 56.6 51.0 46.0 South net 12/10/2018 Caretta caretta KKG102/KKG103 68.0 69.4 74.4 72.5 57.6 55.3 50.1 North net 12/10/2018 Chelonia mydas 1 MMY347/KKG101 47.0 47.5 51.1 46.1 37.4 38.9 14.3 South net 12/14/2018 Caretta caretta KKG104/KKG105 82.1 83.9 90.4 83.5 65.1 62.3 82.0 North net 12/17/2018 Caretta caretta KKG106/KKG107 65.5 66.4 71.5 73.2 56.7 50.6 43.1 North net 12/17/2018 Chelonia mydas 2 MMY144 47.6 47.8 51.6 43.7 36.5 38.5 14.1 North net 12/17/2018 Chelonia mydas 3 MMY374/MMY375 45.4 45.7 48.4 43.7 37.3 37.8 12.9 North net 12/19/2018 Caretta caretta KKG108/KKG109 62.7 63.5 68.7 67.1 52.6 58.0 37.8 North net 12/19/2018 Caretta caretta KKG110/KKG111 66.8 68.0 73.7 69.6 54.7 52.5 38.8 North net 12/19/2018 Caretta caretta KKG112/KKG113 66.6 67.6 72.0 70.7 55.6 52.6 45.4 North net 12/20/2018 Caretta caretta KKG114/KKG115 68.7 70.0 75.6 71.0 56.4 52.0 46.3 North net 12/27/2018 Caretta caretta KKG116/KKG117 61.5 62.6 67.5 66.0 54.1 50.6 38.9 North net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 12/28/2018 Chelonia mydas 4 KKG050/KKG051 58.8 59.8 63.5 57.9 48.7 48.7 25.1 North net 12/31/2018 Caretta caretta KKG118/KKG119 67.5 68.8 75.5 74.0 59.5 53.1 48.5 North net

NOTES

1. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 7/19/18 and 12/10/18.

2. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/21/18 and 12/17/18. Turtle missing 25% from terminal end of left rear flipper (healed).

3. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/12/18, 10/5/18, and 12/17/18.

4. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/19/18 and 12/28/18. Old shark rakings across 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 Dec-18 Date Dec-18 Date Dec-18 Date Dec-18 Date Dec-18 Date Dec-18 Date Captures 12 238 5 246 0 1 0 1 0 11 17 497 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Non-causal Mortalities 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Causal Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sent to rehab 0 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Dec-18 Date Dec-18 Date Dec-18 Date Dec-18 Date Dec-18 Date Dec-18 Date None 1 23 1 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 48 Minor 11 206 4 215 0 1 0 1 0 11 15 434 Moderate 0 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 0.0% 3.8% 0.0% 2.4% #DIV/0! 0.0% #DIV/0! 0.0% #DIV/0! 0.0% 0.0% 3.0%