ML102420117
| ML102420117 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 07/07/2010 |
| From: | Bresette M Florida Power & Light Co |
| To: | Foster S, Hoffman B, Hollowell E, Koperski M, Logan D, Munne V, Niebch D, Norton S, Perkins W Florida Power & Light Co, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML102420117 (7) | |
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1 Balsam, Briana From: Michael_Bresette@fpl.com Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 2:12 PM To: Meghan.Koperski@MyFWC.com; Logan, D ennis; Ed_Hollowell@fpl.com; Shelley.Norton@noaa.gov; Vince_Munne@fpl.
com; Winifred.Perkins@fpl.com; Bob.Hoffman@noaa.gov; Stacy_Foster@f pl.com; David_Niebch@fpl.com; Jodie.Gless@fpl.com
Subject:
June sea turtle captures Attachments:
St. Lucie caps 2008.xls; Notes08.xls; June08rep.rtf Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469
Subject:
Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary June 2008
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for June 2008. In June, we captured thirty one (31) Caretta caretta, and eleven (11) Chelonia mydas at the intake canal of the St.
Lucie power plant on South Hutchinson Island. During June, one loggerhead was sent to a rehabilitation facility after consultation with FWCC personnel. The compromised condition of this turtle was not causal to power plant operation. However, an adult female loggerhead was captured in June that sustained severe scrapes to the nares region (nostrils) of the head. This injury was causal to power plant operation. While this injury was not considered life threatening this turtle would have been sent to a rehabilitation facility if she had not been gravid. So, after consultation with stranding personnel at FWCC, this turtle was released back to the ocean. All other turtles captured in June were released back to the ocean on the same day of capture.
Tangle nets were not set on June 19, 20, 21 and 22 due to heavy influxes of algae, although we were still able to hand capture turtles. Divers cleaned the algae from the primary barrier net on June 25, 26 and
- 27. Tag numbers and morphmetric data for all turtles are attached.
Also, attached is a spreadsheet of all captures, mortalities, injuries and causal events delineated by species and month for 2008. This spreadsheet tracks fresh scrapes and will be helpful in determining the success of the intake pipe cleaning project. If you have any questions or comments about the enclosed data please contact me at your
convenience.
Sincerely, Michael J. Bresette Sr. Environmental 2 Specialist Quantum Resources, Inc.
(See attached file: St. Lucie caps 2008.xls)(See attached file:
Notes08.xls)(See attached file: June08rep.rtf)
MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL JUNE 2008 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 6/1/2008 Caretta caretta 1 YYR029/YYR030 84.0 85.4 93.3 87.4 71.5 64.7 101.2 North net 6/1/2008 Chelonia mydas YYR031 31.0 31.4 33.0 29.3 26.2 26.7 3.9 South net 6/3/2008 Caretta caretta 2 YYR032/YYR033 92.8 93.2 102.1 92.7 70.4 73.9 118.1 South net 6/4/2008 Chelonia mydas 29.7 30.1 31.9 28.6 25.5 25.4 3.4 South net 6/4/2008 Chelonia mydas 3 TTJ832 49.3 49.5 52.8 46.8 39.7 40.4 16.1 Hand capture 6/6/2008 Caretta caretta YYR034/YYR035 72.5 73.5 79.1 72.8 60.2 56.7 46.3 Hand capture 6/6/2008 Caretta caretta 4 YYR036/YYR037 91.8 92.7 101.6 89.8 69.3 70.2 104.3 Hand capture 6/9/2008 Caretta caretta 5 YYR038/YYR039 86.7 88.9 97.9 87.7 68.7 68.6 95.9 South net 6/9/2008 Caretta caretta 6 YYR040/YYR041 83.3 84.9 93.8 86.5 65.0 65.0 87.2 Hand capture 6/10/2008 Caretta caretta 7 YYR042/YYR043 83.9 84.4 94.5 89.9 70.0 68.2 107.3 North net 6/10/2008 Chelonia mydas 8 YYR044/YYR045 86.9 87.2 90.6 82.0 66.7 69.0 79.2 South net 6/11/2008 Chelonia mydas 9 YYR046/YYR047 94.2 94.4 98.4 85.9 71.6 74.5 99.8 South net 6/12/2008 Caretta caretta 10 YYR048/YYR049 91.9 93.0 101.7 88.2 68.8 71.7 109.7 South net 6/12/2008 Caretta caretta 11 YYR050/YYR051 94.0 95.0 101.2 96.2 80.0 72.6 125.2 South net 6/13/2008 Caretta caretta YYR052/YYR053 81.7 83.4 89.2 82.9 65.0 60.9 84.5 Hand capture 6/13/2008 Caretta caretta 12 YYR054/YYR055 97.9 100.0 110.1 98.0 74.8 76.2 136.8 South net 6/14/2008 Caretta caretta YYR056/YYR057 67.8 69.0 74.7 67.2 55.1 53.1 43.8 Hand capture
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 6/14/2008 Caretta caretta YYR058/YYR059 81.0 82.2 89.4 81.1 65.0 63.7 79.5 Hand capture 6/18/2008 Caretta caretta 13 YYR060/YYR061 84.2 85.5 94.5 84.5 62.9 64.4 87.7 South net 6/20/2008 Chelonia mydas 14 54.0 54.4 58.7 52.1 43.7 44.2 22.8 Hand capture 6/20/2008 Chelonia mydas 15 YYB158 44.4 44.8 47.9 42.2 35.6 37.3 12.6 Hand capture 6/20/2008 Caretta caretta 16 YYR062/YYR063 89.9 90.5 100.1 90.8 65.4 71.3 114.7 Hand capture 6/20/2008 Caretta caretta YYR064/YYR065 68.7 69.8 75.8 72.1 61.1 55.4 50.0 Hand capture 6/20/2008 Caretta caretta YYR066/YYR067 60.3 61.7 68.0 62.7 51.1 49.6 33.0 Hand capture 6/23/2008 Caretta caretta 17 YYR058/YYR059 81.2 82.6 89.1 80.9 65.5 62.9 78.5 North net 6/24/2008 Chelonia mydas 18 52.2 52.4 56.5 51.3 41.8 44.2 21.1 Dip net 6/24/2008 Caretta caretta 19 YYR068/YYR069 88.4 89.3 96.0 88.8 71.5 68.9 103.1 South net 6/25/2008 Caretta caretta 20 YYR070 90.2 91.8 99.6 89.7 67.1 70.9 102.3 Hand capture 6/25/2008 Caretta caretta YYR071/YYR072 60.0 60.9 65.9 65.5 55.2 47.9 35.2 North net 6/27/2008 Caretta caretta 21 58.5 59.3 65.8 62.8 50.3 31.8 Hand capture 6/28/2008 Chelonia mydas 22 61.8 61.8 66.6 58.6 46.9 51.9 31.0 South net 6/28/2008 Caretta caretta 23 YYR073 95.8 96.4 103.2 91.7 71.6 71.6 119.8 South net 6/28/2008 Caretta caretta YYR074/YYR075 81.5 82.2 88.9 80.1 67.2 63.6 78.7 South net 6/28/2008 Caretta caretta YYR076/YYR077 70.0 70.8 75.6 70.1 56.3 53.8 45.8 Hand capture 6/29/2008 Caretta caretta YYR078/YYR079 65.2 65.9 72.3 69.7 58.5 51.3 41.2 South net 6/29/2008 Chelonia mydas 24 YYR080/YYR081 98.7 99.4 106.9 96.1 73.9 80.4 134.1 North net 6/29/2008 Caretta caretta YYR082/YYR083 59.7 60.3 66.9 64.3 52.3 49.1 32.6 Hand capture
Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 6/29/2008 Caretta caretta 25 YYR084/YYR085 89.0 92.6 101.7 93.5 72.7 71.6 103.0 Hand capture 6/29/2008 Caretta caretta 26 YYR086/YYR087 99.5 100.2 108.1 97.6 74.4 79.4 158.0 South net 6/30/2008 Chelonia mydas 27 YYR088/YYR089 92.3 92.4 97.5 89.2 70.3 70.1 94.1 South net 6/30/2008 Caretta caretta 28 YYR090/YYR091 88.6 89.5 96.3 88.9 68.7 69.5 103.2 South net 6/30/2008 Caretta caretta 29 YYR092/YYR093 89.4 90.6 95.8 82.2 67.6 66.0 90.8 North net NOTES
1.Adult female. Tail length = 190 mm.
2.Adult female. Tail length = 276 mm.
3.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/28/01, 12/9/01, 3/1/06, 5/31/06, 7/18/06, 8/3/06, 9/9/06, 12/14/06 and 2/21/07.
4.Adult female. Tail length = 211 mm.
5.Adult female. Tail length = 179 mm.
6.Adult female. Tail length = 203 mm.
7.Adult female. Tail length = 216 mm.
8.Adult male. Tail length = 403 mm.
9.Adult female. Tail length = 290 mm.
10.Adult female. Tail length = 267 mm.
11.Adult female. Tail length = 205 mm.
12.Adult female. Tail length = 242 mm.
13.Adult female. Tail length = 225 mm.
14.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/3/05, 5/12/06 and 9/13/06.
15.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 7/19/06, 8/14/06, 9/13/06, 11/7/06, 10/13/07, 10/29/07, 2/3/08 and 4/29/08.
16.Adult female. Tail length = 225 mm.
17.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/14/08.18.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 5/29/02, 10/25/02, 10/8/03, 8/2/05, 9/7/05, 5/1/06, 9/10/06, 1/2/07, 4/1/08 and 5/2/08.
19.Adult female. Tail length = 221 mm.
20.Adult female. Tail length = 203 mm.
21.Turtle found emaciated and lethargic with heavy barnacle and leech/cocoon coverage. Transported to Marinelife Center by FWC personnel. Not causal to power plant operation.
22.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 5/23/98, 9/17/98, 3/6/99, 8/4/99, 10/28/99, 1/5/00, 2/17/00, 4/5/00, 7/7/00, 12/21/00, 4/5/01, 5/14/01, 7/3/01, 7/16/01, 1/29/02, 2/19/02, 7/28/02, 10/15/02, 11/16/02, 1/16/03, 10/6/03, 10/26/03, 3/2/04, 5/17/04, 2/4/05, 3/25/05, 4/14/05, 5/17/05, 6/7/05, 11/9/05, 7/19/06, 9/5/06, 11/8/06, 11/24/07, 1/14/08 and 4/20/08.23.Adult female. Tail length = 270 mm.
24.Adult female. Tail length = 313 mm.
25.Adult female. Tail length = 318 mm.
26.Adult female. Tail length = 266 mm.
27.Adult male. Tail length = 430 mm.
28.Adult female. Tail length = 200 mm.
29.Adult female. Tail length = 195 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 Jun-08 Year to DateJun-08 Year to DateJun-08 Year to DateJun-08 Year to DateJun-08 Year to DateJun-08 Year to DateCaptures31 195 11 111 0 1 0 0 0 242309 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 Non-causal Mortalities 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 Causal Injuries 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Sent to rehab 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0114 Fresh ScrapesJun-08 Year to DateJun-08 Year to DateJun-08 Year to DateJun-08 Year to DateJun-08 Year to DateJun-08 Year to Date None124027000001 1 52 Minor14103755010000 21 159 Moderate1561427000001 19 89 Severe1302000000 1 5 Percent with mod/sev scrapes51.6%32.8%36.4%26.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%50.0%47.6%30.4%
Leatherbacks Overall Totals Kemp's ridley(Caretta caretta)(Chelonia mydas)(Eretmochelys imbricata)(Dermochelys coriacea)(Lepidochelys kempii)LoggerheadsGreen turtlesHawksbills