ML102420141
| ML102420141 | |
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| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 10/12/2009 |
| From: | Singewald D Inwater Research Group |
| To: | Bresette M, Gless J, Hoffman B, Hollowell E, Logan D, Munne V, Niebch D, Norton S Florida Power & Light Co, Inwater Research Group, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, State of FL, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
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| Download: ML102420141 (5) | |
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1 Balsam, Briana From: David Singewald [dsingewald@att.net]
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 8:47 PM To: meghan.koperski@myfwc.com; Logan, Dennis; ed_hollowell@fpl.com; shelly.norton@noaa.gov; vince_m unne@fpl.com; bob.hoffman@noaa.gov; david_niebch@fpl.com; mbresette@inwat er.org; jodiegless/GC/FPL@fpl.com Cc: dsingewald@att.net
Subject:
September 2009 Monthly Report Attachments:
Sep09rep.rtf; Notes09.xls; St. Lucie caps 2009.xls Mrs. Meghan Koperski
Tequesta Field Laboratory
19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469
Subject:
Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary September 2009
Dear Meghan,
Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for September 2009. In September, we captured twenty three (23) Caretta caretta , and eight (8) Chelonia mydas at the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. On September 14, a ju venile green turtle was captured and found to be lethargic and underweight with no injuries or abnormalities. This turtle was transported to the Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for treatment after consultation with FFWCC personnel. On September 23, a juvenile loggerhead was captured and found with monofilament lin e that wrapped and severe d the entire left front flipper. Fishing line was also protruding from the mouth and cloaca. This turtle was transported to the Marinelife Center in Juno Beach for rehabilitation after consultation with personnel from FFWCC. Both events were considered not causal to power pl ant operation. All other turtles captured in September were released on the same day of capture.
Tag numbers and morphometric data for all turtles are attached. Also, attached is a spreadsheet of all captures, mortalities, injuries and causal events delineated by species and month/year to date for 2009. This spreadsheet also includes and tracks the fresh scrapes that have occurred on captured turtles 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,
David A. Singewald Sr. Environmental Specialist Inwater Research Group Inc.
4160 NE Hyline Dr.
Jensen Beach, FL 34957
772-465-6077
www.inwater.org
MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL SEPTEMBER 2009 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 9/2/2009 Caretta caretta UUB605/UUB606 62.6 63.4 68.0 64.1 52.4 48.4 36.1 North net 9/5/2009 Caretta caretta UUB607/UUB608 71.6 72.5 77.7 74.6 58.7 55.8 56.9 North net 9/6/2009 Caretta caretta UUB609/UUB610 65.5 66.6 70.2 69.0 54.9 49.9 39.8 North net 9/6/2009 Caretta caretta UUB611/UUB612 69.9 71.4 77.1 71.1 59.0 54.2 53.7 South net 9/6/2009 Caretta caretta UUB613/UUB614 64.8 66.7 70.4 69.2 56.3 50.3 41.5 South net 9/9/2009 Caretta caretta UUB615/UUB616 68.3 69.0 76.7 71.8 58.0 52.3 49.8 North net 9/11/2009 Caretta caretta UUB617/UUB618 80.0 82.5 89.8 81.0 64.7 60.4 74.1 South net 9/11/2009 Caretta caretta UUB619/UUB620 68.1 68.8 75.8 70.0 56.4 54.0 42.9 South net 9/12/2009 Caretta caretta UUB621/UUB622 69.6 70.8 74.9 70.3 57.8 55.3 53.1 South net 9/14/2009 Chelonia mydas 1 40.8 41.1 44.1 37.0 31.8 33.0 7.7 Dip net 9/15/2009 Caretta caretta UUB623/UUB624 81.0 82.4 87.6 78.0 64.9 59.9 58.6 Hand capture 9/15/2009 Caretta caretta UUB625/UUB626 65.8 67.1 71.0 69.5 56.7 52.4 42.9 North net 9/15/2009 Chelonia mydas 2 UUB627 32.5 32.9 34.5 27.6 25.2 28.2 4.4 North net 9/15/2009 Chelonia mydas UUB628/UUB629 53.3 55.7 59.8 53.6 44.8 45.3 21.6 North net 9/15/2009 Caretta caretta UUB630/UUB631 61.1 62.0 66.8 61.2 51.2 47.8 30.7 Hand capture 9/15/2009 Caretta caretta 3 YYW301 78.9 79.7 88.1 77.5 60.6 58.8 67.9 Hand capture 9/16/2009 Caretta caretta UUB632/UUB633 68.5 69.3 72.6 70.5 57.5 52.3 47.2 North net Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 9/18/2009 Caretta caretta UUB634/UUB635 68.4 69.9 74.8 72.5 57.2 52.8 42.5 North net 9/19/2009 Caretta caretta 4 YYR261/YYR262 65.6 66.4 70.6 65.1 55.0 51.7 41.2 South net 9/20/2009 Caretta caretta UUB636/UUB637 62.7 64.3 69.4 66.6 54.9 50.3 36.0 North net 9/21/2009 Caretta caretta UUB638/UUB639 70.2 72.2 78.1 74.3 59.4 54.6 52.7 North net 9/21/2009 Chelonia mydas 5 YYW156 76.0 76.0 81.3 73.9 61.0 63.6 59.7 North net 9/23/2009 Caretta caretta 6 68.3 69.5 76.1 71.1 57.5 53.2 47.5 Hand capture 9/23/2009 Chelonia mydas 7 YYW074 64.1 64.2 68.1 61.0 49.0 54.0 37.0 South net 9/23/2009 Caretta caretta 8 YYW377/YYW378 65.8 66.5 72.2 69.1 56.1 52.3 36.6 Hand capture 9/24/2009 Caretta caretta UUB640/UUB641 70.2 71.5 76.4 70.4 57.6 54.7 43.2 Hand capture 9/25/2009 Caretta caretta UUB642/UUB643 77.6 78.6 84.5 75.3 61.4 62.0 66.0 North net 9/26/2009 Chelonia mydas 9 UUB645/UUB646 61.2 61.7 66.4 60.3 47.9 50.9 31.9 South net 9/26/2009 Chelonia mydas 10 UUB647/UUB648 57.0 57.4 60.9 53.0 45.6 46.6 25.6 South net 9/27/2009 Caretta caretta 11 UUB649/UUB650 93.6 95.3 104.2 95.3 71.8 73.1 109.7 Hand capture 9/28/2009 Chelonia mydas 30.1 30.9 32.0 28.5 25.9 26.0 3.8 North net NOTES
1.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/9/05, 9/23/05, 10/29/05, 2/2/06, 4/29/06, 6/26/06, 8/16/06, 1/2/07, 10/11/07, 12/5/07, 4/11/08, 4/16/09 and
5/29/09. Turtle was lethargic and underweight with no injuries or abnormalities. Transported to Marinelife Center
by Inwater Research Group biologists. Not causal to power plant operation.
2.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/4/08 and 8/18/09.
3.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/21/09.4.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/28/08 and 6/17/09.
5.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/16/98, 3/11/02, 8/11/02, 5/10/05, 6/15/05, 9/2/05, 12/12/05, 4/25/06, 8/20/06, 9/17/07, 1/25/08, 4/13/08 and
3/22/09.6.Turtle lost front left flipper due to fishing line constriction. Line also protruding out of mouth and cloaca. Turtle is active but may have fishing hooks internally. Transported to Marinelife Center by IRG biologists. Not causal
to power plant operation.
7.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, 4/20/08, 6/28/2008, 9/26/08, 12/5/08, 1/30/09 and 4/10/09.
8.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/13/09.9.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/21/99, 1/17/02, 11/21/02, 12/23/03, 10/10/04, 3/30/05, 6/14/05, 7/13/05, 8/28/07, 2/5/08, 8/4/08 and 8/25/08.
10.Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/4/01, 10/3/01, 3/15/02, 4/12/03, 10/2/03, 11/9/04, 2/13/05, 6/6/05, 1/25/06, 4/24/06 and 1/9/09.
11.Adult female. Tail length = 209 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 Sep-09 Year to DateSep-09 Year to DateSep-09 Year to DateSep-09 Year to DateSep-09 Year to DateSep-09 Year to DateCaptures23 208 8 119 0 2 0 1 0 031330 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 Non-causal Mortalities 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 Causal Injuries 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 Sent to rehab 1 12 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0216 Fresh ScrapesSep-09 Year to DateSep-09 Year to DateSep-09 Year to DateSep-09 Year to DateSep-09 Year to DateSep-09 Year to Date None22106000000 2 27 Minor17131374010000 20 206 Moderate453436010100 8 91 Severe0313000000 1 6 Percent with mod/sev scrapes17.4%26.9%62.5%32.8%#DIV/0!50.0%#DIV/0!100.0%#DIV/0!#DIV/0!29.0%29.4%
LeatherbacksLoggerheadsGreen turtles(Caretta caretta)(Chelonia mydas)
Overall Totals Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)(Eretmochelys imbricata)(Dermochelys coriacea)Hawksbills