ML13267A065

NRR E-mail Capture - July 2013 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report

ML13267A065
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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Stephen Weege [steveweege@yahoo.com]

Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2013 4:11 PM To: Meghan Koperski Cc: Dave Niebch; Mike Bresette; MTP@MyFWC.com; SCO@dep.state.fl.us; Vince Munne; Audra

- NOAA Federal; John Jones; Dave Clark; Ed Hollowell; Jodie Gless; Ken Frehafer; Shelley Norton; EndangeredSpecies Resource

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July 2013 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: July 2013 Marine Turtle Captures.rtf; Monthly Report Notes 2013.xls; FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2013.xls; Power Plant Causal Turtles.xlsx Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469

Subject:

Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary July 2013

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for July 2013. This month, we captured forty-seven (47) Caretta caretta and twelve (12) 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 July.

Throughout the month, the 5-inch barrier net experienced severe loads of comb jellyfish that entered into the intake canal system, whereas algae entrainment was light. The intake canal and temporary 5-inch barrier net were monitored around the clock when jellyfish intrusion rates were categorized as severe. Inwater Research Group biologists monitored the canal 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> a day during two such periods lasting five days each. The heavy influx of comb jellyfish did not adversely affect the integrity of the barrier net system. Overall, the temporary barrier net has performed as designed and no turtles have been observed beyond the 5-inch net. To date, Florida Power & Light continues to work towards the installation of a permanent 5-inch barrier 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 the year 2013. 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 was added this year that tracks all causal injuries and mortalities incurred by sea turtles at the St.

Lucie Plant since 2001.

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

Hearing Identifier: NRR_PMDA Email Number: 851 Mail Envelope Properties (1375560668.9621.YahooMailNeo)

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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL JULY 2013 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 7/1/2013 Chelonia mydas 982000190652386 24.6 24.8 26.2 24.4 21.2 20.5 2.2 Hand capture 7/1/2013 Caretta caretta 1 EEL608/EEL609 95.0 96.1 102.4 91.2 71.4 73.0 119.2 South net 7/5/2013 Caretta caretta 2 EEL610/EEL611 87.2 88.2 93.4 85.5 63.2 66.4 82.6 North net 7/5/2013 Caretta caretta 3 EEL612/EEL613 84.0 85.5 90.6 79.4 63.5 66.0 86.8 North net 7/6/2013 Caretta caretta 4 EEL614/EEL615 108.6 109.6 115.8 100.8 79.2 84.9 168.8 South net 7/6/2013 Caretta caretta 5 EEL616/EEL617 92.9 95.0 104.5 89.9 71.4 72.2 116.4 North net 7/6/2013 Caretta caretta 6 EEL618/EEL619 92.2 93.1 97.9 94.2 68.8 70.2 107.2 North net 7/7/2013 Caretta caretta 7 EEL620/EEL621 97.1 99.0 106.8 97.1 79.3 75.1 138.1 North net 7/7/2013 Caretta caretta EEL622/EEL623 82.7 83.8 91.3 84.3 67.8 64.9 81.4 South net 7/8/2013 Caretta caretta 8 EEL624/EEL625 92.7 93.5 101.5 95.6 69.6 71.0 111.5 North net 7/8/2013 Caretta caretta 9 EEL626/EEL627 100.7 101.9 108.6 98.3 76.9 77.3 134.4 North net 7/9/2013 Chelonia mydas 10 BBP226/BBP227 43.6 43.8 46.5 43.9 36.5 36.7 11.9 North net 7/10/2013 Chelonia mydas 11 BBP244 37.4 37.9 40.5 36.0 30.1 31.1 7.6 North net 7/10/2013 Caretta caretta 12 EEL628/EEL629 85.3 85.5 89.1 86.1 68.3 64.7 84.2 North net 7/10/2013 Chelonia mydas 13 EEL630 30.5 30.7 32.9 29.7 26.1 25.5 3.5 Dip net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 7/11/2013 Chelonia mydas 14 BBR253/BBR254 41.8 42.7 45.4 38.0 33.1 36.4 10.9 North net 7/11/2013 Caretta caretta EEL631/EEL632 83.0 84.6 89.1 81.8 66.9 65.3 81.1 Hand capture 7/12/2013 Caretta caretta 15 EEL633/EEL634 95.1 95.5 103.0 91.5 69.0 73.4 114.4 North net 7/12/2013 Caretta caretta 16 EEL635/EEL636 89.1 92.5 99.9 90.5 71.0 71.5 112.1 North net 7/12/2013 Caretta caretta EEL637/EEL638 54.2 55.3 59.4 57.9 48.7 44.3 24.5 South net 7/13/2013 Chelonia mydas 17 EEA457 41.1 41.3 43.9 32.5 31.4 33.9 9.6 North net 7/13/2013 Caretta caretta 18 EEL639/EEL640 94.2 95.3 103.0 92.0 75.1 74.0 118.8 North net 7/14/2013 Caretta caretta 19 EEL641/EEL642 90.4 91.1 97.6 88.4 71.9 68.2 96.2 South net 7/14/2013 Caretta caretta EEL643/EEL644 62.1 63.3 67.8 63.8 52.7 49.0 38.7 South net 7/15/2013 Chelonia mydas 20 484F5E052E 71.4 71.5 76.1 65.3 53.9 59.0 48.8 South net 7/16/2013 Caretta caretta 21 EEL646/EEL647 94.9 96.4 103.0 92.9 74.9 73.9 123.3 South net 7/16/2013 Chelonia mydas EEL648/EEL469 43.2 45.0 47.3 39.9 34.5 37.0 11.4 North net 7/16/2013 Caretta caretta EEL650/EEL651 68.9 69.7 77.2 69.0 55.8 52.5 44.3 North net 7/16/2013 Chelonia mydas 22 YYR307 45.8 46.0 48.3 45.4 37.9 37.8 14.9 North net 7/17/2013 Caretta caretta 23 EEL652/EEL653 94.5 96.4 105.0 95.0 74.2 71.3 127.4 North net 7/17/2013 Caretta caretta 24 EEL654/EEL655 89.7 90.8 96.9 82.1 68.4 67.0 97.5 North net 7/17/2013 Caretta caretta 25 EEL656/EEL657 84.9 85.6 92.6 89.3 69.0 65.5 91.4 South net 7/18/2013 Caretta caretta EEL658/EEL659 60.5 61.1 66.0 62.1 49.7 48.1 31.8 North net 7/18/2013 Caretta caretta EEL660/EEL661 82.0 83.6 90.0 82.0 62.7 66.0 81.5 South net 7/18/2013 Caretta caretta EEL662/EEL663 57.9 59.1 63.4 60.6 50.0 47.5 29.7 North net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 7/20/2013 Caretta caretta EEL664/EEL665 82.6 84.0 91.1 86.7 59.1 64.0 88.0 South net 7/20/2013 Caretta caretta 26 EEL666/EEL667 87.5 89.3 95.0 85.9 69.0 65.6 North net 7/21/2013 Caretta caretta EEL668/EEL669 81.0 82.0 86.6 88.2 68.1 64.6 99.6 North net 7/21/2013 Caretta caretta EEL670/EEL671 66.1 67.6 71.9 68.4 52.5 50.8 41.3 Hand capture 7/21/2013 Caretta caretta EEL672/EEL673 61.7 62.5 69.1 62.0 53.4 48.7 36.4 Hand capture 7/21/2013 Caretta caretta EEL674/EEL675 63.8 65.5 69.0 74.9 59.2 3.3 44.3 Hand capture 7/22/2013 Caretta caretta EEL676/EEL677 69.1 69.8 75.3 72.3 55.9 53.4 49.4 North net 7/24/2013 Caretta caretta 27 EEL678/EEL679 94.0 95.0 101.0 93.0 75.4 73.9 117.3 South net 7/24/2013 Caretta caretta 28 EEL680/EEL681 86.8 87.1 91.1 80.7 64.7 69.9 82.4 South net 7/25/2013 Caretta caretta EEL682/EEL683 80.2 81.5 88.5 77.3 62.7 60.5 66.8 South net 7/25/2013 Caretta caretta EEL684/EEL685 69.0 70.5 73.5 69.1 58.4 55.9 47.4 South net 7/25/2013 Caretta caretta 29 EEL686/EEL687 96.9 99.4 108.0 95.4 73.5 73.3 145.3 North net 7/26/2013 Chelonia mydas EEL688/EEL689 42.6 43.1 45.3 39.4 34.5 36.2 9.0 South net 7/27/2013 Caretta caretta 30 EEL690/EEL691 88.2 89.6 96.2 85.5 69.5 66.5 97.8 North net 7/27/2013 Caretta caretta EEL692/EEL694 75.8 77.3 85.1 75.2 59.9 59.8 68.2 Hand capture 7/27/2013 Caretta caretta 31 EEL695 84.0 85.2 89.4 86.3 71.4 65.7 88.8 South net 7/29/2013 Chelonia mydas 32 EEA304 47.2 47.4 50.0 45.5 37.8 40.7 13.8 Hand capture 7/29/2013 Chelonia mydas 33 EEL474/EEL475 68.5 68.6 72.9 65.1 54.3 56.7 45.7 Hand capture 7/29/2013 Caretta caretta 34 EEL696/EEL697 85.8 87.1 91.2 82.9 64.6 67.1 86.8 Hand capture 7/29/2013 Caretta caretta EEL698/EEL699 78.8 79.2 83.0 79.9 64.5 65.8 75.6 Hand capture

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 7/29/2013 Caretta caretta EEL700/EEL901 83.6 84.7 89.4 82.1 67.3 65.0 88.5 Hand capture 7/29/2013 Caretta caretta EEL902/EEL903 80.1 81.6 89.2 79.8 63.7 618.0 71.8 Hand capture 7/29/2013 Caretta caretta EEL904/EEL905 65.1 65.7 71.2 67.3 544.0 49.8 37.8 Hand capture 7/29/2013 Caretta caretta EEL906/EEL907 62.9 64.1 69.4 65.5 53.7 50.5 33.2 Hand capture

NOTES

1. Adult female. Tail length = 244 mm.

2. Adult female. Tail length = 219 mm.

3. Adult female. Tail length = 245 mm.

4. Adult female. Tail length = 321 mm. Turtle missing 50% of right front flipper (healed).

5. Adult female. Tail length = 131 mm. Moderate fresh scrape on head (skull exposed).

6. Adult female. Tail length = 199 mm. Missing 50% of right front flipper (healed). Large deep shark bite wounds in carapace (healed).

7. Adult female. Tail length = 264 mm. Moderate fresh scrapes on head (skull exposed).

8. Adult female. Tail length = 215 mm. Turtle has minor healed flipper damage.

9. Adult female. Tail length = 233 mm.

10. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/10/11, 11/11/1, 3/22/13 and 7/9/13.

11. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/12/11, 4/29/12, 10/20/12, 2/23/13 and 7/10/13. Fresh fishing line entanglement wound.

12. Adult female. Tail length = 190 mm.

13. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/3/12, 12/11/12 and 7/10/13.

14. 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 and 7/11/13.

15. Adult female. Tail length = 233 mm.

16. Adult female. Tail length = 210 mm. Deep moderate fresh scrapes above nares and on dorsal surface of head.

17. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/21/11, 11/22/11, 5/18/13 and 7/13/13.

18. Adult female. Tail length = 230 mm.

19. Adult female. Tail length = 224 mm.

20. 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, 7/26/09, 12/29/09, 3/23/10, 9/15/11, 1/27/13 and 7/15/13. Moderate fresh scrape on plastron (3cm X 1cm; bone exposed). Multiple flipper tag scars (no new inconel tags applied).

21. Adult female. Tail length = 223 mm.

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

23. Adult female. Tail length = 221 mm. Healing shark bite wound in left front flipper (22cm bite width/diameter).

24. Adult female. Tail length = 225 mm.

25. Adult female. Tail length = 231 mm.

26. Adult female. Tail length = 235 mm. Weight estimated due to scale malfunction. Weight estimated at 90 kg.

27. Adult female. Tail length = 260 mm. Turtle missing 60% of right front flipper (healed).

28. Adult female. Tail length = 210 mm.

29. Adult female. Tail length = 240 mm.

30. Adult female. Tail length = 246 mm.

31. Adult female. Tail length = 166 mm. Turtle missing 75% right front flipper (partially healed). Partially healed shark bite marks/rakings on carapace and plastron.

32. 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 and 7/29/13.

33. 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, 6/23/09, 12/7/09, 9/18/10, 2/20/11, 5/18/11, 9/15/11, 12/18/11, 5/24/13 and 7/29/13. Turtle missing 30%

of left rear flipper (healed).

34. Adult female. Tail length = 183 mm. Partially healed wounds on flippers and plastron - possible shark attack victim.

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-13 Date Jul-13 Date Jul-13 Date Jul-13 Date Jul-13 Date Jul-13 Date Captures 47 219 12 115 0 2 0 1 0 0 59 337 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sent to rehab 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Jul-13 Date Jul-13 Date Jul-13 Date Jul-13 Date Jul-13 Date Jul-13 Date None 13 44 4 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 62 Minor 29 158 6 84 0 0 0 1 0 0 35 243 Moderate 5 17 2 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 32 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 10.6% 7.8% 16.7% 12.2% N/A 50.0% N/A 0.0% N/A N/A 11.9% 9.5%

Injury / Mortality St Lucie Power Plant Causal Turtles 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 **2013 Totals by Species Total Captures 270 341 538 623 484 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 219 4,630 Loggerhead Injuries 0 0 0 0 1 *3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 Mortalities 1 0 0 1 0 *21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 Total Captures 321 292 394 286 428 267 101 299 161 444 217 127 115 3,452 Green Injuries 0 0 1 0 3 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 16 Mortalities 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 19 Total Captures 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 16 Leatherback Injuries 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 Total Captures 1 0 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 19 Kemp's Ridley Injuries 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 Total Captures 6 3 6 2 2 2 1 4 2 3 2 1 2 36 Hawksbill Injuries 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 Injury / Mortality Yearly Totals 5 2 2 2 5 32 1 5 3 5 1 3 0 66 Total Captures per Year 600 636 944 914 917 692 330 725 424 751 521 362 337 8,153

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

• • 2013 is a partial year