ML093340323

Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary for July 2008

ML093340323
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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	08/04/2008
From:	Logan D Division of License Renewal
To:	Balsam B, Wexler E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Division of License Renewal
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1 Balsam, Briana From:

Dennis Logan Sent:

Monday, August 04, 2008 7:53 AM To:

Briana Balsam; Elizabeth Wexler

Subject:

St Lucie: July Turtle Summary Attachments:

July08rep.rtf; Notes08.xls; St. Lucie caps 2008.xls; image001.png Categories:

Work Deadline FYI From: Michael_Bresette@fpl.com [1]

Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 2:03 PM To: Meghan.Koperski@MyFWC.com; Dennis Logan; Ed_Hollowell@fpl.com; Shelley.Norton@noaa.gov; Vince_Munne@fpl.com; Winifred.Perkins@fpl.com; Bob.Hoffman@noaa.gov; Stacy.Foster@fpl.com; David_Niebch@fpl.com; Jodie.Gless@fpl.com

Subject:

Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469

Subject:

Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary July 2008

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for July 2008.

In July, we captured sixty seven (67) Caretta caretta, eighteen (18) Chelonia mydas and three (3) Eretmochelys imbricata at the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on South Hutchinson Island. During July, an adult female green turtle was captured that had 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 July were released back to the ocean on the same day of capture.

Tangle nets were not set on several days in July due to heavy influxes of algae. The drift algae clogged the tangle nets to the point that they were ineffective and dangerous. We were however, still able to hand capture turtles, which is the most effective way of capturing turtles during days with good water clarity. Divers cleaned and inspected the primary barrier net on July 22, 24, 25 and 28. 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

2 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 Specialist Quantum Resources, Inc.

(See attached file: July08rep.rtf)(See attached file: Notes08.xls)(See attached file: St. Lucie caps 2008.xls)

MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL JULY 2008 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(kg) 7/1/2008 Caretta caretta 1

TTJ741/TTJ742 63.4 64.3 69.0 66.3 53.4 49.7 36.5 Hand capture 7/1/2008 Caretta caretta 2

YYR066/YYR067 60.5 61.9 68.5 63.4 51.4 49.7 33.7 Hand capture 7/1/2008 Caretta caretta YYR094/YYR095 83.0 84.0 92.3 79.1 62.1 65.1 81.7 Hand capture 7/1/2008 Caretta caretta YYR096/YYR097 54.3 56.9 63.7 63.2 49.4 43.6 24.4 Hand capture 7/1/2008 Caretta caretta YYR098/YYR099 70.4 71.9 77.6 70.2 57.0 55.2 45.1 Hand capture 7/1/2008 Caretta caretta YYR100/YYR101 60.4 61.1 66.5 63.8 51.1 47.4 33.2 Hand capture 7/1/2008 Caretta caretta 3

YYR102/YYR103 96.2 96.5 102.2 91.5 71.9 75.8 124.9 Hand capture 7/2/2008 Caretta caretta 4

YYR104/YYR105 90.8 92.9 101.8 90.6 73.2 70.2 103.0 Hand capture 7/2/2008 Caretta caretta YYR106/YYR107 62.0 63.1 68.7 61.1 50.2 48.6 34.7 Hand capture 7/3/2008 Caretta caretta 5

YYR108/YYR109 90.2 90.9 95.8 85.0 66.7 68.4 96.0 Hand capture 7/3/2008 Caretta caretta YYR110/YYR111 82.6 83.7 91.9 79.6 59.2 63.6 80.1 Hand capture 7/3/2008 Caretta caretta YYR112/YYR113 70.3 71.2 76.9 74.2 61.6 56.4 49.1 South net 7/5/2008 Caretta caretta 6

TTN274 46.9 47.9 52.3 42.9 37.2 35.9 12.1 Dip net 7/5/2008 Caretta caretta 7

YYR115/YYR116 93.7 95.6 102.2 69.9 94.6 71.8 120.1 North net 7/5/2008 Caretta caretta 8

YYS085/YYR114 93.4 94.0 102.7 91.3 76.7 73.0 131.8 South net 7/6/2008 Chelonia mydas 36.1 36.8 38.6 32.5 28.8 29.9 5.8 Hand capture 7/6/2008 Caretta caretta 9

YYR117/YYR118 81.0 82.1 87.9 79.4 62.7 63.9 77.6 Hand capture

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(kg) 7/6/2008 Caretta caretta YYR119/YYR120 62.0 62.9 68.1 63.9 51.4 47.5 32.2 Hand capture 7/6/2008 Caretta caretta YYR121/YYR122 59.4 60.7 62.5 68.6 56.2 49.9 41.0 Hand capture 7/6/2008 Caretta caretta 10 YYR123/YYR124 95.3 96.1 103.2 91.5 71.1 72.7 120.6 North net 7/6/2008 Caretta caretta YYR125/YYR126 81.7 82.9 90.0 77.4 61.3 63.2 73.9 South net 7/6/2008 Caretta caretta YYR127/YYR128 65.9 67.2 73.7 68.8 56.7 51.0 44.2 North net 7/6/2008 Caretta caretta 11 YYR129 85.4 90.8 101.9 93.6 68.9 71.3 113.6 Hand capture 7/7/2008 Chelonia mydas 12 YYB110 44.9 45.2 47.7 41.9 34.7 37.6 12.6 North net 7/8/2008 Chelonia mydas 13 YYB122 39.8 40.1 41.9 35.1 29.9 33.0 7.7 South net 7/8/2008 Caretta caretta YYR130/YYR131 83.0 83.7 90.4 81.1 64.4 63.5 87.2 South net 7/8/2008 Caretta caretta YYR132/YYR133 71.0 71.7 77.1 75.3 58.6 55.9 53.6 South net 7/8/2008 Chelonia mydas 14 YYR134/YYR135 93.9 94.1 101.9 93.2 74.5 78.5 127.2 South net 7/8/2008 Caretta caretta 15 YYR136/YYR137 91.9 92.3 99.1 89.6 68.2 75.0 110.5 South net 7/9/2008 Chelonia mydas 30.7 31.3 33.3 29.2 25.7 25.6 3.9 South net 7/9/2008 Eretmochelys YYR138 40.4 42.2 43.6 38.9 31.7 32.9 7.6 South net imbricata 7/9/2008 Caretta caretta YYR139/YYR140 61.5 62.3 67.0 66.8 54.5 50.6 39.0 North net 7/10/2008 Chelonia mydas 16 42.1 42.3 44.3 37.2 32.3 33.7 9.1 Hand capture 7/10/2008 Chelonia mydas 17 YYB348 36.6 36.7 38.5 34.1 29.9 31.0 6.1 Hand capture 7/10/2008 Caretta caretta 18 YYR070 90.3 91.2 99.4 89.9 60.2 72.3 104.2 Hand capture 7/10/2008 Caretta caretta 19 YYR141/YYR142 93.8 94.4 101.2 93.1 72.7 72.9 105.6 Hand capture 7/10/2008 Caretta caretta YYR143/YYR144 63.0 64.2 71.6 67.8 54.8 47.5 36.4 Hand capture

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(kg) 7/10/2008 Caretta caretta YYR145/YYR146 75.6 77.0 87.0 82.1 64.1 61.6 75.3 Hand capture 7/10/2008 Caretta caretta YYR147/YYR148 62.7 63.5 69.1 62.0 50.7 47.8 29.8 Hand capture 7/10/2008 Caretta caretta YYR149/YYR150 64.4 65.7 71.7 67.0 56.5 50.2 38.6 Hand capture 7/10/2008 Caretta caretta 20 YYR151/YYR152 94.7 96.1 104.4 92.7 68.9 72.6 124.0 Hand capture 7/10/2008 Caretta caretta YYR153/YYR154 79.7 80.5 87.2 77.8 61.2 61.6 64.2 South net 7/10/2008 Caretta caretta 21 YYR155/YYR156 92.8 93.6 102.5 90.4 67.6 71.0 96.9 Hand capture 7/10/2008 Caretta caretta 22 YYR157/YYR158 91.8 92.3 98.6 94.0 72.1 70.6 102.2 Hand capture 7/11/2008 Chelonia mydas 23 56.9 57.2 62.0 55.3 45.4 47.5 26.1 Hand capture 7/11/2008 Caretta caretta 24 YYR159/YYR160 83.4 85.3 90.6 86.3 68.4 67.0 87.9 South net 7/11/2008 Caretta caretta 25 YYR161/YYR162 91.3 94.8 100.9 91.9 75.0 76.7 131.9 South net 7/11/2008 Caretta caretta 26 YYR163/YYR164 89.0 90.3 96.8 87.2 69.8 68.0 103.5 North net 7/12/2008 Chelonia mydas 33.4 33.6 34.8 29.0 26.5 26.2 4.4 North net 7/12/2008 Caretta caretta YYR165/YYR166 80.5 81.3 89.2 84.1 63.5 63.1 79.7 South net 7/12/2008 Caretta caretta YYR167/YYR168 64.5 65.7 70.7 66.0 55.8 52.1 39.7 South net 7/12/2008 Caretta caretta YYR169/YYR170 52.6 53.5 58.1 56.8 45.3 41.2 22.8 South net 7/12/2008 Caretta caretta 27 YYR171/YYR172 92.3 93.4 103.1 81.8 64.9 72.5 99.8 South net 7/13/2008 Chelonia mydas 28 52.9 53.4 56.0 48.0 41.5 43.6 19.9 South net 7/13/2008 Caretta caretta 29 YYB108/YYB109 63.7 64.3 69.2 66.9 54.0 49.7 35.4 Hand capture 7/13/2008 Caretta caretta YYR173/YYR174 67.0 67.5 72.9 69.1 57.9 52.1 40.6 Hand capture 7/13/2008 Caretta caretta YYR175/YYR176 69.9 70.7 75.3 72.2 59.0 55.9 49.8 South net

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(kg) 7/13/2008 Caretta caretta 30 YYR177/YYR178 94.3 95.6 102.7 90.6 71.7 73.1 114.9 South net 7/14/2008 Caretta caretta 31 YYR180/YYR181 94.8 97.0 105.0 93.8 73.7 74.9 121.5 South net 7/14/2008 Caretta caretta 32 YYS005/YYR179 93.0 94.4 99.9 97.1 70.9 74.7 109.0 South net 7/16/2008 Caretta caretta 33 YYR182/YYR183 89.1 90.0 96.8 91.0 70.4 68.2 86.8 South net 7/18/2008 Chelonia mydas 34 61.9 62.2 68.4 61.0 49.4 52.0 33.0 South net 7/19/2008 Caretta caretta YYR184/YYR185 60.5 62.0 67.2 65.1 52.8 46.3 34.8 Hand capture 7/19/2008 Caretta caretta YYR186/YYR187 61.4 62.3 67.7 67.2 54.5 46.9 34.1 Hand capture 7/20/2008 Chelonia mydas 35 44.5 44.9 47.4 39.7 34.4 36.3 11.3 Hand capture 7/20/2008 Caretta caretta YYR188/YYR189 57.3 58.3 63.4 60.5 47.6 43.9 24.7 Hand capture 7/20/2008 Caretta caretta YYR190/YYR191 67.4 68.6 74.2 70.3 58.7 52.2 42.4 Hand capture 7/20/2008 Caretta caretta YYR192/YYR193 68.1 68.8 75.6 73.1 57.4 53.6 45.1 Hand capture 7/22/2008 Chelonia mydas 27.1 27.4 28.7 25.4 21.9 22.9 2.6 Barrier net 7/22/2008 Caretta caretta 36 RRW813/RRW814 71.8 73.0 78.7 71.6 56.4 54.5 55.0 Hand capture 7/22/2008 Caretta caretta YYR194/YYR195 52.7 55.9 62.5 66.1 53.7 48.8 35.5 Hand capture 7/22/2008 Caretta caretta 37 YYR196/YYR197 96.7 97.8 109.0 97.2 76.3 74.6 128.1 Hand capture 7/23/2008 Chelonia mydas 38 HK774 98.8 99.6 105.5 98.4 80.0 80.0 142.6 North net 7/24/2008 Chelonia mydas YYR198 30.1 30.6 32.0 28.1 24.4 25.4 3.6 North net 7/25/2008 Caretta caretta 39 YYR119/YYR120 62.0 62.7 68.0 63.2 50.7 48.0 32.9 Hand capture 7/25/2008 Chelonia mydas YYR199 36.4 36.6 38.6 32.8 30.0 28.8 6.3 Hand capture 7/26/2008 Chelonia mydas YYR200 31.9 32.2 34.1 30.2 27.5 27.0 4.2 Hand capture

Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(cm)

(kg) 7/26/2008 Chelonia mydas 40 YYR201 41.5 42.0 44.7 40.2 33.2 33.9 9.2 Hand capture 7/26/2008 Caretta caretta YYR202/YYR203 68.3 69.2 75.0 67.8 53.1 51.4 44.2 Hand capture 7/26/2008 Caretta caretta YYR204/YYR205 61.9 62.9 68.5 65.1 54.3 47.2 33.4 Hand capture 7/30/2008 Caretta caretta YYR206/YYR207 63.0 64.1 69.1 63.4 54.7 48.4 36.4 North net 7/30/2008 Caretta caretta 41 YYR208/YYR209 86.7 88.5 95.3 84.0 66.9 65.8 95.1 North net 7/30/2008 Eretmochelys YYR210/YYR211 45.8 48.5 50.6 43.7 35.6 36.3 13.3 North net imbricata 7/31/2008 Eretmochelys YYR212/YYR213 49.5 52.0 55.4 46.7 36.4 38.5 15.6 South net imbricata 7/31/2008 Caretta caretta YYR214/YYR215 65.8 69.1 72.7 69.8 57.9 51.9 41.8 North net 7/31/2008 Caretta caretta YYR216/YYR217 67.6 69.2 73.4 72.2 61.0 52.8 48.5 North net 7/31/2008 Caretta caretta YYR218/YYR219 65.1 65.9 71.6 67.7 55.8 51.9 44.5 North net 7/31/2008 Caretta caretta 42 YYR220/YYR221 89.2 90.4 94.4 89.0 65.4 65.1 95.4 South net

NOTES

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

2. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/20/08.

3. Adult female. Tail length = 234 mm.

4. Adult female. Tail length = 206 mm.

5. Adult female. Tail length = 282 mm.

6. Strange Tag. A National Marine Fishery Service "TED" turtle that was released near Sebastian Inlet on 6/30/08.

7. Adult female. Tail length = 275 mm.

8. Strange tag. Tagged by Lauren Smith (FAU Graduate student) on Hutchinson Island (INBS Zone S) conducting blood study. Adult female. Tail length = 240 mm.

9. Strange "PIT" Tag, whereabouts pending.

10. Adult female. Tail length = 282 mm.

11. Adult female. Tail length = 267 mm.

12. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 9/23/04, 8/11/06, 8/23/06, 9/30/06, 3/6/07, 8/19/07, 12/3/07, 1/14/08, 2/21/08, 3/19/08, 5/5/08 and 5/31/08.

13. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/23/04, 6/21/06, 7/28/06 and 9/1/07.

14. Adult female. Tail length = 240 mm.

15. Adult female. Tail length = 218 mm.

16. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/15/07.

17. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 3/13/06, 9/8/06, 1/11/08 and 3/30/08.

18. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 6/25/08. Adult female. Tail length = 211 mm.

19. Adult female. Tail length = 249 mm.

20. Adult female. Tail length = 236 mm.

21. Adult female. Tail length = 216 mm.

22. Adult female. Tail length = 224 mm.

23. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/15/02, 5/24/02, 4/28/03, 7/16/05, 9/16/06 and 12/27/06.

24. Adult female. Tail length = 250 mm.

25. Adult female. Tail length = 289 mm.

26. Adult female. Tail length = 237 mm.

27. Strange PIT tag. Whereabouts pending. Adult female. Tail length = 227 mm.

28. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 1/28/01, 4/18/05, 6/21/05, 8/10/06 and 11/18/06.

29. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/18/07, 8/21/07, 8/24/07,9/2/07, 9/10/07, 10/25/07, 12/17/07, 1/25/08, 4/6/08 and 4/30/08.

30. Adult female. Tail length = 198 mm.

31. Adult female. Tail length = 210 mm.

32. Strange tag. Tagged by Lauren Smith (FAU Graduate student) on Hutchinson Island (INBS Zone S) conducting blood study. Adult female. Tail length = 212 mm.

33. Adult female. Tail length = 219 mm.

34. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/6/98, 12/1/98, 9/21/99, 5/12/00, 11/27/00, 7/12/01, 1/8/03, 11/4/03, 4/2/05, 5/19/05, 11/20/05, 2/28/06 and 5/19/06.

35. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on

9/16/99, 9/19/01, 9/1/02, 6/24/03, 11/24/04, 4/9/05, 9/7/05, 4/10/06, 5/2/06, 8/24/06, 4/18/07 and 5/20/08.

36. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/29/04.

37. Adult female. Tail length = 231 mm.

38. Strange tag, whereabouts pending. Note: back of tag reads Univ. Colima, Mexico. Adult female. Tail length =

293 mm.

39. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 7/6/08.

40. Recapture. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/1/04.

41. Adult female. Tail length = 209 mm.

42. Adult female. Tail length = 275 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

Jul-08 Year to Date Jul-08 Year to Date Jul-08 Year to Date Jul-08 Year to Date Jul-08 Year to Date Jul-08 Year to Date Captures 67 262 18 129 3

4 0

0 0

2 88 397 Causal Mortalities 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 Non-causal Mortalities 0

2 0

1 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

3 Causal Injuries 0

1 1

1 0

0 0

0 0

0 1

2 Sent to rehab 0

14 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

14 Fresh Scrapes Jul-08 Year to Date Jul-08 Year to Date Jul-08 Year to Date Jul-08 Year to Date Jul-08 Year to Date Jul-08 Year to Date None 6

30 0

27 3

3 0

0 0

1 9

61 Minor 29 132 12 67 0

1 0

0 0

0 41 200 Moderate 27 88 5

32 0

0 0

0 0

1 32 121 Severe 1

4 1

3 0

0 0

0 0

0 2

7 Percent with mod/sev scrapes 41.8%

35.1%

33.3%

27.1%

0.0%

0.0%

1. DIV/0! #DIV/0!

1. DIV/0!

50.0%

38.6%

32.2%

Leatherbacks Overall Totals Kemp's ridley (Caretta caretta)

(Chelonia mydas)

(Eretmochelys imbricata)

(Dermochelys coriacea)

(Lepidochelys kempii)

Loggerheads Green turtles Hawksbills