ML102640550

St. Lucie 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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1 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. Underwa ter 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 MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL July 2010 Date Species Note Tag#'s SMCL(cm)SSCL(cm)CSCL(cm)CMCW(cm) SMCW(cm)SMPL(cm) Weight(kg) Method 7/1/2010 Carettacaretta UUH696/UUH697 78.00 80.50 84.40 78.60 60.60 59.50 71.00 Handcapture 7/3/2010 Carettacaretta 1 UUH698/UUH699 85.10 85.80 90.10 85.50 65.50 65.70 100.00 Southnet 7/5/2010 Carettacaretta 2 UUH700/UUH701 83.80 85.00 91.20 82.70 66.80 64.60 84.30 Southnet 7/6/2010 Carettacaretta 3 UUH702/UUH703 86.90 89.60 95.40 68.90 66.00 100.20 Northnet 7/6/2010 Carettacaretta 4 UUH704/UUH705 87.90 90.70 95.90 68.40 65.80 94.40 Northnet 7/7/2010 Carettacaretta 5 UUH706/UUH707 89.60 90.80 98.70 87.50 70.90 68.00 99.40 Southnet 7/8/2010 Carettacaretta UUH708/UUH709 46.10 46.90 51.10 49.20 40.20 37.80 14.90 Dipnet 7/9/2010 Carettacaretta UUH710/UUH711 82.30 83.20 87.60 79.00 65.50 65.30 77.30 Handcapture 7/9/2010 Carettacaretta 6 UUH712/UUH713 84.70 88.00 98.00 86.50 67.70 70.70 99.10 Handcapture 7/10/2010 Carettacaretta 7 UUH714/UUH715 86.80 89.50 95.00 84.00 68.00 69.00 117.80 Handcapture 7/10/2010 Carettacaretta UUH716/UUH717 54.80 56.30 61.50 59.40 48.40 43.90 25.30 Handcapture 7/10/2010 Carettacaretta UUH718/UUH719 69.10 70.10 76.50 73.00 58.30 55.30 50.90 Handcapture 7/10/2010 Cheloniamydas UUH720/UUH721 70.00 71.10 75.90 68.80 56.50 56.80 43.60 Handcapture 7/10/2010 Carettacaretta 8 UUH722/UUH723 86.40 87.70 93.00 87.50 68.50 68.50 80.50 Handcapture 7/12/2010 Carettacaretta 9 UUH724/UUH725 88.30 89.50 96.50 85.30 67.20 67.70 91.60 Handcapture 7/12/2010 Cheloniamydas 11 UUH726/UUH727 45.40 46.00 48.00 42.50 35.50 37.90 12.90 Handcapture 7/12/2010 Carettacaretta 10 UUH729/UUH730 90.60 92.30 106.00 92.10 72.40 70.20 108.20 Handcapture 7/13/2010 Cheloniamydas 13 UUB722/UUB723 67.70 68.10 72.50 66.10 52.90 54.80 41.00 Handcapture Date Species Note Tag#'s SMCL(cm)SSCL(cm)CSCL(cm)CMCW(cm) SMCW(cm)SMPL(cm) Weight(kg) Method 7/13/2010 Carettacaretta 12 YYR261/YYR262 67.50 68.50 74.60 69.30 56.90 53.50 50.00 Handcapture 7/15/2010 Carettacaretta 14 UUH731/UUH732 86.00 88.00 92.40 83.90 67.90 64.80 89.50 Northnet 7/19/2010 Carettacaretta 15 UUH733/UUH734 84.50 85.90 94.40 83.60 64.50 67.00 80.60 Northnet 7/19/2010 Carettacaretta 16 UUH735/UUH736 83.70 88.20 96.10 83.30 67.20 65.30 93.60 Southnet 7/20/2010 Carettacaretta UUH737/UUH738 80.90 82.10 89.60 79.60 61.10 61.60 71.90 Southnet 7/23/2010 Carettacaretta 17 UUH739/UUH740 90.80 93.00 105.00 84.40 67.00 71.70 99.30 Northnet 7/23/2010 Carettacaretta 18 58.70 60.30 65.70 64.20 52.90 46.50 28.90 Handcapture 7/23/2010 Carettacaretta UUH741/UUH742 69.90 70.90 77.50 74.60 57.90 52.20 45.00 Handcapture 7/24/2010 Carettacaretta UUH743/UUH744 81.30 82.20 88.40 79.20 61.30 61.80 74.30 Southnet 7/24/2010 Carettacaretta UUH745/UUH746 79.60 81.30 88.40 80.70 63.30 60.30 68.60 Southnet 7/27/2010 Carettacaretta 19 TTJ741 69.70 70.40 75.80 71.60 57.30 54.00 48.70 Handcapture 7/27/2010 Carettacaretta UUH747/UUH748 62.00 63.20 68.30 63.40 52.20 48.00 32.70 Handcapture 7/27/2010 Carettacaretta UUH749/UUH750 77.60 79.40 86.00 80.00 63.60 59.60 68.60 Handcapture 7/29/2010 Carettacaretta UUH751/UUH752 82.70 83.40 88.00 77.70 61.40 62.00 73.40 Northnet 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 mm7.Adult Female. Tail length=258 mm8.Adult Female. Tail length=175 mm9.Adult Female. Tail length=214 mm 10.Adult Female. Tail length=210 mm11.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 7/12/20 112.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, 4/2 6/06, 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 transp roted 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 Jul-10 Year to DateJul-10 Year to DateJul-10 Year to DateJul-10 Year to DateJul-10 Year to DateJul-10 Year to DateCaptures29 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 ScrapesJul-10 Year to DateJul-10 Year to DateJul-10 Year to DateJul-10 Year to DateJul-10 Year to DateJul-10 Year to DateNone5 29 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 52Minor21 158 1 266 0 0 0 1 0 6 22 431Moderate3 38 2 66 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 106Severe0 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%HawksbillsLeatherbacksLoggerheadsGreen turtles(Caretta caretta)(Chelonia mydas)

Overall Totals Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)(Eretmochelys imbricata)(Dermochelys coriacea)