ML102640550

Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary for July 2010

ML102640550
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	08/30/2010
From:	Gless J Florida Power & Light Co, Inwater Research Group
To:	Division of License Renewal
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Balsam, Briana From: GLESS, JODIE [Jodie.Gless@fpl.com]

Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 11:46 AM To: RidsNrrDlr Resource

Subject:

FW: July 2010 Canal Captures correction Attachments: St. Lucie caps 2010.xls; July 2010 Monthly report.docx; Notes2010.xls

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From: Dave Clark [1]

Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 12:36 PM To: Meghan Koperski Cc: diverdave1107@hotmail.com; Hollowell, Ed; Munne, Vince; Niebch, David; GLESS, JODIE; Frehafer, Ken; Shelley Norton; Bob Hoffman; mbresette@inwater.org

Subject:

July 2010 Canal Captures correction

Dear Megan,

Attached is the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for July 2010. In July, Inwater Research Group biologists captured twenty-nine(CORRECTION) (29) Caretta caretta and three (3) Chelonia mydas at the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. During the month there were no mortalities and one turtle was transported to a rehabilitation facility. On July 23rd a sub-adult loggerhead was hand captured floating near the barrier net with three large prop wounds exposing the internal organs. This turtle was transported to the Marinelife Center in Juno Beach after consultation with personnel from FWCC. This incident was determined to be non-causal to power plant operation.

Throughout the month of July the temporary barrier net experienced light loads of algae that entered into the intake canal. This temporary barrier net has effectively kept turtles from moving further down the canal. A permanent fix to this net is expected in 2011. Underwater Engineering Service Inc. (UESI) had previously been cleaning the temporary net and finished the cleaning in the first week of July.

The tag numbers and morphometric data for all the turtles is attached. Also attached is the spreadsheet of all captures, mortalities, injuries, and causal events delineated by species and month/year to date for 2010. This spreadsheet also includes and tracks fresh scrapes incurred on captured turtles for the month of July, which includes totals and percentages. If you any questions please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely, David Clark Inwater Research Group, Inc.

4160 NE Hyline Dr.

Jensen Beach, FL 34957 Phone: (772) 216-5096 Email:dclark@inwater.org 1

MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL July 2010 SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Date Species Note Tag #'s Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 7/1/2010 Caretta UUH696/UUH697 78.00 80.50 84.40 78.60 60.60 59.50 71.00 Hand caretta capture 7/3/2010 Caretta 1 UUH698/UUH699 85.10 85.80 90.10 85.50 65.50 65.70 100.00 South caretta net 7/5/2010 Caretta 2 UUH700/UUH701 83.80 85.00 91.20 82.70 66.80 64.60 84.30 South caretta net 7/6/2010 Caretta 3 UUH702/UUH703 86.90 89.60 95.40 68.90 66.00 100.20 North caretta net 7/6/2010 Caretta 4 UUH704/UUH705 87.90 90.70 95.90 68.40 65.80 94.40 North caretta net 7/7/2010 Caretta 5 UUH706/UUH707 89.60 90.80 98.70 87.50 70.90 68.00 99.40 South caretta net 7/8/2010 Caretta UUH708/UUH709 46.10 46.90 51.10 49.20 40.20 37.80 14.90 Dip net caretta 7/9/2010 Caretta UUH710/UUH711 82.30 83.20 87.60 79.00 65.50 65.30 77.30 Hand caretta capture 7/9/2010 Caretta 6 UUH712/UUH713 84.70 88.00 98.00 86.50 67.70 70.70 99.10 Hand caretta capture 7/10/2010 Caretta 7 UUH714/UUH715 86.80 89.50 95.00 84.00 68.00 69.00 117.80 Hand caretta capture 7/10/2010 Caretta UUH716/UUH717 54.80 56.30 61.50 59.40 48.40 43.90 25.30 Hand caretta capture 7/10/2010 Caretta UUH718/UUH719 69.10 70.10 76.50 73.00 58.30 55.30 50.90 Hand caretta capture 7/10/2010 Chelonia UUH720/UUH721 70.00 71.10 75.90 68.80 56.50 56.80 43.60 Hand mydas capture 7/10/2010 Caretta 8 UUH722/UUH723 86.40 87.70 93.00 87.50 68.50 68.50 80.50 Hand caretta capture 7/12/2010 Caretta 9 UUH724/UUH725 88.30 89.50 96.50 85.30 67.20 67.70 91.60 Hand caretta capture 7/12/2010 Chelonia 11 UUH726/UUH727 45.40 46.00 48.00 42.50 35.50 37.90 12.90 Hand mydas capture 7/12/2010 Caretta 10 UUH729/UUH730 90.60 92.30 106.00 92.10 72.40 70.20 108.20 Hand caretta capture 7/13/2010 Chelonia 13 UUB722/UUB723 67.70 68.10 72.50 66.10 52.90 54.80 41.00 Hand mydas capture

SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Date Species Note Tag #'s Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 7/13/2010 Caretta 12 YYR261/YYR262 67.50 68.50 74.60 69.30 56.90 53.50 50.00 Hand caretta capture 7/15/2010 Caretta 14 UUH731/UUH732 86.00 88.00 92.40 83.90 67.90 64.80 89.50 North caretta net 7/19/2010 Caretta 15 UUH733/UUH734 84.50 85.90 94.40 83.60 64.50 67.00 80.60 North caretta net 7/19/2010 Caretta 16 UUH735/UUH736 83.70 88.20 96.10 83.30 67.20 65.30 93.60 South caretta net 7/20/2010 Caretta UUH737/UUH738 80.90 82.10 89.60 79.60 61.10 61.60 71.90 South caretta net 7/23/2010 Caretta 17 UUH739/UUH740 90.80 93.00 105.00 84.40 67.00 71.70 99.30 North caretta net 7/23/2010 Caretta 18 58.70 60.30 65.70 64.20 52.90 46.50 28.90 Hand caretta capture 7/23/2010 Caretta UUH741/UUH742 69.90 70.90 77.50 74.60 57.90 52.20 45.00 Hand caretta capture 7/24/2010 Caretta UUH743/UUH744 81.30 82.20 88.40 79.20 61.30 61.80 74.30 South caretta net 7/24/2010 Caretta UUH745/UUH746 79.60 81.30 88.40 80.70 63.30 60.30 68.60 South caretta net 7/27/2010 Caretta 19 TTJ741 69.70 70.40 75.80 71.60 57.30 54.00 48.70 Hand caretta capture 7/27/2010 Caretta UUH747/UUH748 62.00 63.20 68.30 63.40 52.20 48.00 32.70 Hand caretta capture 7/27/2010 Caretta UUH749/UUH750 77.60 79.40 86.00 80.00 63.60 59.60 68.60 Hand caretta capture 7/29/2010 Caretta UUH751/UUH752 82.70 83.40 88.00 77.70 61.40 62.00 73.40 North caretta net

NOTES

1. Adult Female. Tail length=201 mm

2. Adult Female. Tail length=226 mm

3. Adult Female. Tail length=136mm(measured to the vent)

4. Adult Female. Tail length=124mm(measured to the vent)

5. Adult Female. Tail length=205 mm

6. Adult Female. Tail length=200 mm

7. Adult Female. Tail length=258 mm

8. Adult Female. Tail length=175 mm

9. Adult Female. Tail length=214 mm

10. Adult Female. Tail length=210 mm

11. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/13/04, 4/11/08, 5/5/08, 9/25/08, 10/12/08. Inconel tags (UUH726 & UUH727) inserted 7/12/201

12. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/28/08, 6/17/09, 9/19/09.

13. 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, 8/15/06, 12/10/09.

14. Adult Female. Tail length=224 mm

15. Adult Female. Tail length=214 mm

16. Adult Female. Tail length=240 mm

17. Adult Female. Tail length=217 mm

18. Turtle captured at the surface next to the barrier net with 3 large prop wounds exposing the internal organs. Turtle was transproted to Marine Life Center in Juno for rehabilitation.

19. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/16/06, 8/16/07, 7/1/08.

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 (Eretmochelys (Dermochelys (Lepidochelys (Caretta caretta) (Chelonia mydas) imbricata) coriacea) kempii) Overall Totals Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Jul-10 Date Jul-10 Date Jul-10 Date Jul-10 Date Jul-10 Date Jul-10 Date Captures 29 225 3 356 0 0 0 2 0 7 32 590 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-causal Mortalities 0 1 0 2 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 1 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Jul-10 Date Jul-10 Date Jul-10 Date Jul-10 Date Jul-10 Date Jul-10 Date None 5 29 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 52 Minor 21 158 1 266 0 0 0 1 0 6 22 431 Moderate 3 38 2 66 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 106 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 10.3% 16.9% 66.7% 18.5% #DIV/0! ###### #DIV/0! 50.0% #DIV/0! 14.3% 15.6% 18.0%