ML18264A010

(External_Sender) August 2018 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report

ML18264A010
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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	09/20/2018
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To:	Koperski M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NRR-DMPSPEm Resource From: Steve Weege <steveweege@gmail.com>

Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2018 10:47 AM To: Meghan Koperski Cc: Ed Hollowell; Jodie Gless; 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; William.Nurnberger@fpl.com; Audra Livergood - NOAA Federal; Ryan Chabot

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[External_Sender] August 2018 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments: August 2018 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf; Monthly Report Notes 2018.pdf; FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2018.pdf Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469

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Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary August 2018

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for August 2018. This month we captured 28 Caretta caretta and four 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 August.

The primary 5-inch barrier net encountered light-to-moderate loads of algae during the month. On August 10th, Underwater Engineering Services inspected and cleaned the 5-inch barrier net. Also, a scheduled short-term power plant outage began on August 26th. Nevertheless, the primary 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 2018. In addition, this spreadsheet tracks fresh scrapes incurred on captured turtles for the current month, as well as the entire year.

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 1

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[External_Sender] August 2018 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date: 9/20/2018 10:46:59 AM Received Date: 9/20/2018 10:47:43 AM From: Steve Weege Created By: steveweege@gmail.com Recipients:

"Ed Hollowell" <Ed.Hollowell@fpl.com>

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Tracking Status: None "Vince Munne" <Vince.Munne@fpl.com>

Tracking Status: None "Cody Mott" <cmott@inwater.org>

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Tracking Status: None "Ryan Welsh" <rwelsh@inwater.org>

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August 2018 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf 75973 Monthly Report Notes 2018.pdf 55300 FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2018.pdf 74392 Options Priority: Standard Return Notification: No Reply Requested: No Sensitivity: Normal Expiration Date:

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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL AUGUST 2018 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 8/2/2018 Caretta caretta MMY356/MMY357 70.5 72.0 78.5 74.2 60.9 57.2 51.4 North net 8/3/2018 Caretta caretta MMY358/MMY359 77.4 79.0 85.6 77.5 57.9 60.7 64.7 South net 8/3/2018 Caretta caretta MMY360/MMY361 77.9 79.6 87.0 80.2 61.7 62.5 71.5 South net 8/7/2018 Caretta caretta 1 MML376/MML377 56.6 57.5 61.2 58.9 48.3 43.9 30.3 Hand capture 8/7/2018 Caretta caretta 2 MMY360/MMY361 76.4 79.9 89.4 80.9 52.2 63.3 71.7 North net 8/7/2018 Caretta caretta MMY362/MMY363 63.5 65.5 68.7 63.6 50.7 49.6 38.9 Hand capture 8/7/2018 Caretta caretta MMY364/MMY365 65.7 67.3 72.4 68.7 53.8 51.2 40.8 Hand capture 8/7/2018 Caretta caretta 3 MMY366/MMY367 86.3 88.1 94.6 83.8 63.6 65.8 94.6 Hand capture 8/9/2018 Caretta caretta MMY368/MMY369 64.7 65.7 71.4 70.5 55.1 52.1 44.3 North net 8/10/2018 Caretta caretta MMY370/MMY371 82.1 83.5 91.3 80.6 62.4 61.2 74.4 South net 8/10/2018 Caretta caretta MMY372/MMY373 64.0 65.3 70.0 68.1 56.3 50.8 40.4 South net 8/12/2018 Chelonia mydas MMY374/MMY375 44.0 44.1 46.4 42.0 36.5 36.9 11.2 North net 8/12/2018 Caretta caretta MMY376/MMY377 64.5 66.4 71.4 68.2 50.8 55.5 44.9 North net 8/13/2018 Caretta caretta 4 MMY378/MMY379 81.1 82.3 88.5 82.0 62.8 63.8 74.9 North net 8/15/2018 Caretta caretta 5 MMY380 102.4 103.0 109.6 98.7 76.9 82.2 172.4 North net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (kg) 8/15/2018 Caretta caretta MMY381/MMY382 62.8 63.5 69.8 65.7 55.1 50.3 39.4 North net 8/17/2018 Caretta caretta MMY383/MMY384 64.0 65.0 70.0 68.3 54.3 51.8 40.8 Hand capture 8/17/2018 Caretta caretta MMY385/MMY386 81.1 82.3 88.7 80.5 62.5 63.1 73.5 Hand capture 8/19/2018 Caretta caretta 6 MMY387/MMY388 92.8 93.7 100.6 93.6 70.9 71.2 114.9 Hand capture 8/19/2018 Caretta caretta 7 MMY389/MMY390 87.7 89.2 95.5 88.4 68.4 69.5 102.4 North net 8/23/2018 Caretta caretta 8 MMY391/MMY392 87.4 87.5 91.7 84.1 67.3 65.9 97.4 North net 8/23/2018 Caretta caretta 9 MMY393/MMY394 93.7 94.9 100.7 91.6 74.9 73.6 119.9 North net 8/24/2018 Caretta caretta MMY395/MMY396 69.7 71.5 78.2 70.6 55.2 52.1 46.4 North net 8/25/2018 Caretta caretta MMY397/MMY398 67.9 68.5 74.6 68.9 55.7 51.9 45.7 North net 8/26/2018 Chelonia mydas 10 MMX449/KKG000 57.2 57.3 60.0 53.5 43.8 48.4 25.0 North net 8/26/2018 Caretta caretta MMY399/MMY400 65.3 66.3 71.9 70.4 55.2 51.6 47.0 North net 8/27/2018 Caretta caretta KKG001/KKG002 60.3 60.5 63.2 61.4 51.6 47.2 30.1 South net 8/27/2018 Chelonia mydas KKG003/KKG004 51.4 51.8 54.9 48.4 40.2 41.7 16.7 South net 8/28/2018 Chelonia mydas 11 MMX173/MMX174 57.7 57.9 62.5 54.6 45.0 46.9 25.8 South net 8/31/2018 Caretta caretta KKG005/KKG006 68.4 69.1 75.2 73.1 60.0 54.0 48.3 North net 8/31/2018 Caretta caretta KKG007/KKG008 82.5 84.0 88.4 82.3 63.9 59.6 76.2 South net 8/31/2018 Caretta caretta KKG009/KKG010 61.1 62.0 65.1 68.3 55.8 49.9 39.9 North net

NOTES

1. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 7/14/17, 8/24/17, 3/3/18, 3/18/18, and 8/7/18.

2. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/3/18 and 8/7/18.

3. Adult female. Tail length = 230 mm.

4. STRANGE TAG (PIT TAG). An information request was sent to the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research, University of Florida (no additional information is available at this time).

5. Adult female. Tail length = 277 mm. Turtle missing 90% of right front flipper (partially healed). PIT tag inserted in left front flipper. Multiple partially healed lacerations to neck, head, and flippers. Despite significant injuries turtle is robust, active, and wounds are healing.

6. Adult female. Tail length = 214 mm.

7. Adult female. Tail length = 191 mm.

8. Adult female. Tail length = 225 mm.

9. Adult female. Tail length = 204 mm. Turtle missing 50% of right rear flipper (healed).

10. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/24/14, 1/8/16, 1/26/18, 3/24/18, and 8/26/18.

11. 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, 6/1/17, 9/27/17, 1/2/18, 7/3/18, and 8/28/18. Turtle missing 25% from right rear flipper (healed). Multiple deep moderate fresh scrapes in anterior carapace. Old hooking wound in lower left jaw. Fishing lure in left front flipper (fell out during work-up).

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 Aug-18 Date Aug-18 Date Aug-18 Date Aug-18 Date Aug-18 Date Aug-18 Date Captures 28 201 4 231 0 0 0 0 0 11 32 443 Causal Mortalities 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Non-causal Mortalities 0 0 0 3 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 0 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Fresh Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Year to Scrapes Aug-18 Date Aug-18 Date Aug-18 Date Aug-18 Date Aug-18 Date Aug-18 Date None 2 16 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40 Minor 25 176 3 201 0 0 0 0 0 11 28 388 Moderate 1 9 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 Severe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 3.6% 4.5% 25.0% 2.6% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.0% 6.3% 3.4%