ML17192A786

NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) June 2017 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report

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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Steve Weege <steveweege@gmail.com>

Sent: Monday, July 10, 2017 10:39 AM 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; Eaton, Kristin; Jonathan Gorham; Terri.Taylor@fpl.com; William.Nurnberger@fpl.com; Audra Livergood - NOAA Federal

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[External_Sender] June 2017 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: June 2017 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf; Monthly Report Notes 2017.pdf; FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2017.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 June 2017

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for June 2017. This month, we captured forty-one (41) Caretta caretta and thirteen (13) Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. Only one sea turtle was sent for rehabilitation and there were no mortalities recorded during the month of June. As with all sea turtle strandings at the Saint Lucie Plant (alive or dead), 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 loggerhead sea turtle was sent for rehabilitation this month for an apparent old boat strike injury. On June 30th, an adult female loggerhead was hand-captured in the intake canal that had significant carapace damage.

There was a large 36 cm by 7 cm healing crack in the carapace and the turtle also had impaired mobility in its rear flippers. FWC personnel transported this turtle to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton for treatment. This stranding was classified as non-causal.

Throughout the month, the permanent 5-inch barrier net experienced moderate-to-severe loads of algae and only negligible amounts of jellyfish. Inwater Research Group biologists performed around the clock monitoring during the algae intrusion event. On June 9th, Underwater Engineering Services cleaned the primary 5-inch barrier of all accumulated algae and debris. Overall, the 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 2017. In addition, this spreadsheet tracks fresh scrapes 1

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 2004.

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 2

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[External_Sender] June 2017 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 7/10/2017 10:38:32 AM Received Date: 7/10/2017 10:38:42 AM From: Steve Weege Created By: steveweege@gmail.com Recipients:

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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL JUNE 2017 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 6/1/2017 Chelonia mydas 1 4A591B0149 55.6 55.9 59.4 51.6 43.5 45.5 23.0 Hand capture 6/1/2017 Chelonia mydas 2 4A63477224 49.9 50.1 52.6 47.6 40.6 42.3 15.9 Hand capture 6/1/2017 Chelonia mydas 3 LLS303 52.0 52.5 55.4 48.6 40.8 43.5 19.4 Hand capture 6/1/2017 Caretta caretta MMA882/MMA883 78.9 80.5 86.6 75.4 59.6 62.3 70.6 Hand capture 6/1/2017 Caretta caretta MMA885/MMA886 76.7 77.6 82.8 75.5 60.2 60.7 71.7 Hand capture 6/1/2017 Chelonia mydas 4 YYR307/MMA884 53.9 54.0 56.9 54.2 45.0 44.7 22.6 Hand capture 6/3/2017 Caretta caretta MMA887/MMA888 60.0 61.1 64.4 60.5 50.8 48.3 33.5 Hand capture 6/3/2017 Caretta caretta 5 MMA889/MMA890 92.5 94.4 97.9 87.2 72.1 73.5 117.3 North net 6/4/2017 Caretta caretta 6 MMA575/MMA576 64.4 65.3 70.1 66.5 53.7 49.8 38.3 North net 6/5/2017 Caretta caretta 7 MMA891/MMA892 91.1 92.4 97.4 95.2 77.4 73.4 131.4 North net 6/5/2017 Caretta caretta 8 MMA893/MMA894 97.7 98.0 102.7 90.6 72.8 75.5 127.1 North net 6/5/2017 Caretta caretta MMA895/MMA896 57.5 58.5 63.2 61.1 48.8 45.1 28.3 North net 6/6/2017 Caretta caretta 9 MMA897/MMA898 82.6 84.5 88.8 80.1 64.8 63.3 80.8 North net 6/7/2017 Caretta caretta 10 MMA899/MMA900 89.2 90.4 95.2 89.8 71.9 71.8 104.3 North net 6/8/2017 Chelonia mydas 11 4A6B646A72 52.9 53.3 58.2 52.6 41.7 45.1 20.4 South net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 6/8/2017 Caretta caretta 12 MML301/MML302 88.4 89.2 93.9 86.2 66.4 68.8 99.4 North net 6/8/2017 Caretta caretta MML303/MML304 83.3 84.8 90.5 89.7 66.9 67.6 106.7 North net 6/12/2017 Caretta caretta 13 MML305/MML306 83.6 85.6 89.9 81.2 65.4 66.9 85.4 North net 6/12/2017 Caretta caretta 14 MML307/MML308 85.2 87.4 91.8 81.7 64.0 65.7 90.6 North net 6/12/2017 Caretta caretta 15 MML309/MML310 84.3 85.9 92.3 88.3 72.0 66.3 102.9 North net 6/13/2017 Chelonia mydas 16 MML311/MML312 92.6 93.2 98.4 89.9 74.1 75.0 112.8 North net 6/13/2017 Chelonia mydas 17 MML313/MML314 97.1 97.6 101.8 88.9 72.5 77.0 118.7 North net 6/13/2017 Caretta caretta 18 MML315/MML316 91.4 92.0 98.7 88.5 69.4 73.0 107.1 North net 6/13/2017 Caretta caretta 19 MML317/MML318 89.4 89.8 95.6 88.5 67.2 68.7 96.3 South net 6/13/2017 Caretta caretta MML319/MML320 64.5 66.0 68.5 69.5 57.3 52.7 44.0 North net 6/14/2017 Chelonia mydas 20 MML321/MML322 98.5 98.9 103.5 90.4 70.4 79.8 119.0 North net 6/14/2017 Caretta caretta 21 MML323/MML325 86.5 89.1 93.5 85.5 69.5 66.3 87.3 North net 6/14/2017 Caretta caretta MML326/MML327 82.9 83.7 87.1 82.4 63.7 61.7 83.8 North net 6/15/2017 Chelonia mydas 22 MML328/MML329 96.8 96.9 101.8 88.6 73.2 75.1 113.9 North net 6/15/2017 Caretta caretta 23 MML330/MML331 93.1 94.3 99.4 96.1 73.9 75.5 133.6 North net 6/16/2017 Caretta caretta 24 MML332/MML333 85.1 86.1 92.8 83.6 63.8 67.0 87.9 North net 6/16/2017 Caretta caretta 25 MML334/MML335 83.0 85.1 89.7 81.9 69.1 65.7 98.2 South net 6/16/2017 Caretta caretta 26 MML336/MML337 83.8 85.2 90.5 82.9 63.3 64.4 84.1 South net 6/17/2017 Chelonia mydas 27 4A5A473052 48.0 48.4 53.0 44.8 37.8 41.3 15.9 Hand capture 6/17/2017 Chelonia mydas 28 MML338/MML339 92.0 92.7 97.3 93.5 72.5 74.0 109.2 Hand capture

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 6/17/2017 Caretta caretta 29 MML342/MML343 96.1 96.5 103.5 95.6 74.3 75.8 137.3 Hand capture 6/17/2017 Chelonia mydas 30 TTF413 93.3 93.7 96.5 87.4 72.6 71.7 103.1 Hand capture 6/18/2017 Caretta caretta 31 MML344/MML345 90.8 92.8 97.9 89.5 86.1 68.9 116.0 North net 6/19/2017 Caretta caretta 32 MMA575/MMA576 64.0 65.2 71.2 66.8 53.6 49.5 39.0 Hand capture 6/19/2017 Caretta caretta MML346/MML347 72.7 74.9 79.9 79.0 62.2 57.1 61.8 Hand capture 6/19/2017 Caretta caretta MML348/MML349 61.1 62.2 66.8 67.5 54.1 49.8 37.6 Hand capture 6/19/2017 Caretta caretta MML350/MML351 64.5 65.8 72.0 67.6 53.4 50.1 38.8 Hand capture 6/19/2017 Caretta caretta MML352/MML353 59.8 60.6 64.4 57.8 49.9 47.4 29.4 Hand capture 6/22/2017 Caretta caretta 33 LLP448/LLP449 75.2 77.0 84.1 74.8 59.7 55.8 60.1 Hand capture 6/22/2017 Caretta caretta MML354/MML355 62.8 63.6 67.2 63.2 52.7 51.5 37.0 North net 6/23/2017 Caretta caretta MML356/MML357 57.3 58.5 62.4 59.2 49.4 45.7 28.5 North net 6/25/2017 Caretta caretta 34 MML358/MML359 84.7 85.1 91.6 84.4 67.3 65.5 86.2 Hand capture 6/25/2017 Caretta caretta 35 MML360/MML361 90.6 93.8 98.0 89.1 71.3 70.5 116.2 Hand capture 6/27/2017 Chelonia mydas 36 MML362/MML363 56.0 56.4 58.8 52.1 44.1 46.8 21.6 Dip net 6/30/2017 Caretta caretta 37 CRM170630-01 87.3 88.8 92.3 88.5 72.9 104.5 Hand capture 6/30/2017 Caretta caretta 38 MMA575/MMA576 64.1 65.2 69.5 65.5 53.9 50.0 39.8 Hand capture 6/30/2017 Caretta caretta 39 MML364/MML365 88.6 89.0 92.5 82.5 67.8 69.0 93.6 North net 6/30/2017 Caretta caretta MML366/MML367 79.0 81.7 85.4 75.3 61.8 59.4 79.5 Hand capture 6/30/2017 Caretta caretta MML368/MML369 82.9 84.1 88.9 77.2 60.7 62.0 73.8 Hand capture

NOTES

1. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/29/08, 1/17/14, 5/7/14, 1/27/15, 3/1/15, 12/23/15, 1/30/16, 6/2/16, 1/5/17, and 6/1/17. Old hooking wound in left shoulder (healing).

2. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 3/19/08, 6/28/13, 5/25/14, 2/12/16, and 6/1/17. Scar tissue at tag sites. No new Inconel tags inserted.

3. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/9/10, 4/3/13, 6/5/13, 12/2/13, 9/28/14, 11/4/15, 2/25/16, 6/13/16, 6/27/16, and 6/1/17.

4. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/6/08, 12/6/11, 4/12/13, 7/16/13, 1/24/16, and 6/1/17.

5. Adult female. Tail length = 245 mm. Turtle missing 66% from ends of both front flippers (left front flipper is a clean slice, right front flipper appears to be from a bite wound/injury). Propeller scars on dorsal side of left rear flipper.

6. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/9/16, 5/11/17, and 6/4/17.

7. Adult female. Tail length = 235 mm.

8. Adult female. Tail length = 273 mm.

9. STRANGE TAG (PIT Tag). Information request sent to Peter Eliazar at the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research, University of Florida. New Inconel tags applied.

10. Adult female. Tail length = 219 mm. Large indention in left posterior carapace (possibly from an injury sustained when the animal was much younger).

11. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/6/06, 4/3/09, 7/28/09, 12/3/09, 2/11/10, 9/3/10, 5/18/11, 1/9/12, 10/31/12, 4/11/13, 7/29/13, 1/3/14, 7/7/14, 3/11/15, 3/1/16, 4/29/16, and 6/8/17. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 5). Papillomas on flipper tag sites (extra photos taken).

12. Adult female. Tail length = 239 mm. Possible old healed hooking wound in right shoulder.

13. Adult female. Tail length = 225 mm.

14. Adult female. Tail length = 224 mm.

15. Adult female. Tail length = 210 mm. Cut behind left eye and multiple deep fresh scrapes on top of head; skull exposed from moderate fresh scrapes.

16. Adult female. Tail length = 260 mm. Turtle was mating with an adult male green turtle when it was caught in the net. Both turtles were caught & removed together.

17. Adult male. Tail length = 375 mm.

18. Adult female. Tail length = 195 mm. Deep moderate fresh scrapes to top of head and anterior carapace.

19. Adult female. Tail length = 169 mm. Turtle missing 60% of right front flipper (healed); PIT tag placed in left front flipper due to flipper damage.

20. Adult male. Tail length = 410 mm.

21. Adult female. Tail length = 160 mm. Bite mark on dorsal surface of neck (mating wound).

22. Adult male. Tail length = 395 mm. Bite marks on proximal trailing edges of both front flippers (presumably from other turtles during the mating season).

23. Adult female. Tail length = 260 mm. Small mating wound on dorsal surface of neck.

24. Adult female. Tail length = 160 mm.

25. Adult female. Tail length = 201 mm. Turtle was caught in the tangle nets whilst fighting with another adult female loggerhead.

26. Adult female. Tail length = 204 mm. Turtle was caught in the tangle nets whilst fighting with another adult female loggerhead.

27. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/4/08, 8/18/09, 9/15/09, 6/20/12, 10/3/12, 12/6/12, 3/22/13, 7/11/13, 9/3/14, 12/29/14, 1/14/16, 4/26/16, and 6/17/17. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 3). Papilloma tumor at tagging site in left front flipper.

28. Adult female. Tail length = 267 mm. Mating wounds in dorsal surface of neck.

29. Adult female. Tail length = 260 mm. Healing lacerations from shark bites in both front flippers.

30. Adult male. Tail length = 350 mm. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/26/05 and 6/17/17. Old pit tag not detected (inserted new pit tag).

31. Adult female. Tail length = 267 mm.

32. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/9/16, 5/11/17, 6/4/17, and 6/19/17.

33. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/23/08, 9/17/08, 1/10/09, 3/17/09, 12/18/09, 9/25/10, 11/11/10, 5/18/13, 8/31/13, 7/15/14, 1/30/16, and 6/22/17. COLLABORATION - Photographed for 3D imaging project. Duncan J. Irschick, Department of Biology Professor at the University of Mass. at Amherst and Director of DigitalLife Project (www.digitallife3d.org).

34. Adult female. Tail length = 186 mm.

35. Adult female. Tail length = 215 mm.

36. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/10/12, 12/18/12, 3/29/13, 12/13/13, 9/7/14, 7/25/15, 2/23/16, and 6/27/17.

37. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# CRM170630-01. Large 36 cm by 7 cm partially healed crack in carapace. Ventral measurements not taken due to injuries. Movement in rear flippers impaired to an unknown degree. FWC personnel transported the turtle to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton.

Adult female (tail length not taken).

38. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/9/16, 5/11/17, 6/4/17, 6/19/17, and 6/30/17.

39. Adult female. Tail length = 222 mm.

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 Jun-17 Date Jun-17 Date Jun-17 Date Jun-17 Date Jun-17 Date Jun-17 Date Captures 41 121 13 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 155 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Causal Injuries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sent to Rehab 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Jun-17 Date Jun-17 Date Jun-17 Date Jun-17 Date Jun-17 Date Jun-17 Date None 3 14 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 Minor 34 101 13 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 128 Moderate 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with Mod/Sev Scrapes 9.8% 5.0% N/A 2.9% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7.4% 4.5%

Injury/MortalityTotals

StLuciePowerPlantCausalTurtles 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 **2017 bySpecies TotalCaptures 623 484 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 302 275 274 316 121 4,550 Loggerhead Injuries 0 1 *3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 Mortalities 1 0 *21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 TotalCaptures 286 428 267 101 299 161 444 217 127 197 134 181 159 34 3,035 Green Injuries 0 3 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Mortalities 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 18 TotalCaptures 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 14 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 TotalCaptures 1 3 3 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 7 6 0 31 Kemp'sRidley 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 TotalCaptures 2 2 2 1 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 4 0 29 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&MortalityYearlyTotals 2 5 32 1 5 3 5 1 3 3 0 4 1 0 65 TotalCapturesperYear 914 917 692 330 725 424 751 521 362 503 414 465 486 155 7,659

• Theloggerheadcausalinjuriesandmortalitiesin2006wereallhatchlings.

• • 2017isapartialyear.