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NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) April 2016 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report
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1 NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From:

Steve Weege <steveweege@gmail.com>

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Saturday, May 07, 2016 11:50 AM To:

Meghan Koperski Cc:

Ed Hollowell; Jodie Gless; John Jones; 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; Kristin.Eaton@fpl.com; Jonathan Gorham

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[External_Sender] April 2016 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments:

April 2016 Marine Turtle Captures.pdf; Monthly Report Notes 2016.pdf; FPL St Lucie Capture Summary 2016.pdf; Power Plant Causal Turtles.pdf Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469

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Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary April 2016

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for April 2016. This month, we captured thirty-nine (39) Caretta caretta, twelve (12) Chelonia mydas, and one (1) Lepidochelys kempii in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. Two sea turtles were sent for rehabilitation during the month of April. Both strandings this month were non-causal. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) was consulted for each stranding and the appropriate form was filed with the state through the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network.

Two loggerheads were sent to rehabilitation facilities for non-causal injuries this month. On April 21st, a large subadult loggerhead was recovered from the tangle nets with recent shark bite wounds. There was a deep laceration exposing bone in the right rear flipper. There were also shark rakings across the carapace and plastron. Secondarily, there was an impact wound or break in the anterior carapace, possibly from an old boat strike injury. After consultation with FWC, Inwater Research Group (IRG) biologists transported the turtle partway to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton for rehabilitation. On April 22nd, an underweight and lethargic subadult loggerhead was recovered from the tangle nets. This turtle appeared to be suffering from Chronic Debilitation Syndrome. There were necrotic sores along the ventral marginals as well as a small bleeding wound in the anterior plastron. IRG biologists transported the turtle partway to the rehab facility at SeaWorld Orlando. Both of these live strandings were considered non-causal.

Throughout the month, the permanent 5-inch barrier net experienced light loads of algae and jellyfish that entered into the intake canal system. Overall, the barrier net has performed as designed and no turtles have been observed beyond the 5-inch net.

2 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 2016. In addition, this spreadsheet also tracks fresh scrapes incurred on captured turtles for the current month, as well as the entire year. An additional Excel spreadsheet tracks all causal injuries and mortalities incurred by sea turtles at the St. Lucie Plant since 2003.

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

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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL APRIL 2016 Date Species Note Tag #'s SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL Weight Method (cm) (cm) (cm)

(cm)

(kg) 4/1/2016 Chelonia mydas LLS399/LLS400 43.5 43.9 46.4 39.4 35.0 35.4 9.7 North net 4/1/2016 Caretta caretta LLS401/LLS402 65.1 66.5 70.7 65.3 50.1 50.4 36.9 South net 4/3/2016 Caretta caretta LLS403/LLS404 64.0 66.0 70.5 67.0 53.1 49.9 36.7 North net 4/3/2016 Caretta caretta LLS405/LLS406 63.5 64.4 68.4 64.5 54.5 49.6 40.6 North net 4/3/2016 Lepidochelys LLS407/LLS408 50.6 51.7 54.2 56.2 50.6 40.1 18.1 South net kempii 4/4/2016 Caretta caretta LLS409/LLS410 61.8 62.9 68.1 67.2 55.8 49.6 40.0 North net 4/5/2016 Caretta caretta LLS411/LLS412 69.0 70.4 76.7 73.6 59.1 54.8 50.2 South net 4/5/2016 Caretta caretta LLS413/LLS414 62.8 69.2 74.5 74.7 58.9 54.3 48.6 North net 4/8/2016 Caretta caretta LLS415/LLS416 63.3 64.7 69.2 66.5 54.6 49.9 38.4 North net 4/9/2016 Chelonia mydas 982000406133564 24.8 25.4 26.9 20.8 19.4 20.6 1.7 Barrier net 4/9/2016 Caretta caretta LLS417/LLS418 64.1 65.8 70.9 66.8 53.8 48.9 37.2 North net 4/9/2016 Caretta caretta LLS419/LLS420 64.7 66.2 77.6 66.2 53.7 50.3 42.1 North net 4/9/2016 Caretta caretta LLS421/LLS422 63.0 63.7 69.0 67.5 54.7 50.3 39.1 North net 4/10/2016 Caretta caretta LLS423/LLS424 64.0 66.3 70.9 66.2 55.8 49.7 39.6 South net 4/13/2016 Caretta caretta LLS425/LLS426 69.6 70.9 73.4 71.1 58.8 55.8 51.2 North net

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

(cm)

(kg) 4/13/2016 Chelonia mydas LLS427/LLS428 43.4 43.7 46.3 43.1 36.3 36.0 11.9 North net 4/13/2016 Caretta caretta LLS429/LLS430 65.1 66.2 71.9 66.5 52.6 50.7 41.9 North net 4/14/2016 Caretta caretta LLS431/LLS432 65.9 67.2 72.5 70.5 53.8 51.8 39.7 North net 4/16/2016 Chelonia mydas 1 BBP274 51.6 51.9 55.5 49.5 40.8 41.8 16.9 South net 4/17/2016 Caretta caretta 2

LLA065/LLA066 60.1 61.3 65.0 64.5 51.9 48.8 34.0 North net 4/17/2016 Chelonia mydas LLS433/LLS434 42.5 43.0 45.2 39.0 33.8 36.6 10.3 North net 4/17/2016 Chelonia mydas LLS435/LLS436 52.0 52.4 55.1 49.9 41.3 42.2 17.8 North net 4/17/2016 Caretta caretta LLS437/LLS438 76.3 77.3 82.9 78.7 59.9 57.0 66.9 North net 4/18/2016 Chelonia mydas LLS439/LLS440 40.5 41.5 43.0 36.8 34.0 34.4 8.0 North net 4/18/2016 Caretta caretta LLS441/LLS442 75.0 75.9 82.5 74.8 57.6 57.0 58.9 North net 4/19/2016 Caretta caretta LLS443/LLS444 54.1 55.3 59.0 59.0 49.3 44.7 27.2 North net 4/19/2016 Chelonia mydas 3 LLS445 42.4 42.5 45.1 40.9 34.7 34.7 114.0 South net 4/20/2016 Caretta caretta 4

LLS446/LLS447 96.9 96.9 103.5 72.6 95.0 74.6 141.7 South net 4/20/2016 Caretta caretta LLS448/LLS449 78.5 79.9 83.5 84.2 64.7 63.9 79.7 North net 4/20/2016 Caretta caretta LLS450/LLS476 70.5 71.8 77.1 76.8 62.6 56.9 53.9 North net 4/21/2016 Caretta caretta LLS477/LLS478 58.3 60.2 65.4 63.6 52.7 48.4 35.0 South net 4/21/2016 Caretta caretta LLS479/LLS480 65.4 67.2 71.1 69.0 54.0 45.5 39.5 North net 4/21/2016 Caretta caretta LLS481/LLS482 65.3 66.8 69.5 65.2 55.0 47.0 44.4 North net 4/21/2016 Caretta caretta 5

STW160421-01 71.7 73.0 78.8 73.5 60.0 57.1 56.4 South net 4/22/2016 Caretta caretta LLS483/LLS484 66.5 67.5 73.1 68.6 55.8 52.0 46.9 North net

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

(cm)

(kg) 4/22/2016 Caretta caretta LLS485/LLS486 63.0 64.3 68.7 68.0 55.2 49.9 40.6 North net 4/22/2016 Caretta caretta 6

LLS487/LLS488 94.5 96.5 102.3 92.4 73.1 72.5 North net 4/22/2016 Caretta caretta LLS489/LLS490 56.4 57.3 63.0 58.2 48.8 46.8 North net 4/22/2016 Caretta caretta 7

STW160422-01 59.9 61.1 67.0 61.4 51.6 47.3 South net 4/23/2016 Caretta caretta 8

LLS483/LLS484 66.3 67.5 73.7 68.5 55.7 52.8 46.9 South net 4/23/2016 Chelonia mydas 9 LLS491/LLS492 57.3 58.0 61.6 54.0 44.8 46.3 21.7 South net 4/24/2016 Caretta caretta LLS493/LLS494 63.9 66.7 69.2 66.5 56.8 50.3 39.0 North net 4/26/2016 Chelonia mydas 10 4A5A473052 46.0 46.3 50.4 42.5 36.2 39.4 13.9 South net 4/26/2016 Caretta caretta 11 EEP329 81.8 83.2 90.6 84.7 65.2 63.0 78.6 North net 4/26/2016 Chelonia mydas 12 LLP389 59.4 59.4 63.4 60.2 47.4 47.8 26.7 South net 4/26/2016 Caretta caretta LLS495/LLS496 62.2 63.7 68.0 65.4 54.7 49.9 41.5 North net 4/27/2016 Caretta caretta LLS497/LLS498 73.2 74.2 79.6 76.4 59.6 55.5 54.2 North net 4/27/2016 Caretta caretta LLS499/LLS500 60.6 62.6 68.0 64.9 54.8 49.9 38.5 South net 4/28/2016 Caretta caretta LLS501/LLS502 63.0 64.3 68.7 65.7 51.6 49.7 33.4 North net 4/29/2016 Chelonia mydas 13 LLS316/LLS317 50.6 50.8 54.1 48.9 40.0 43.0 17.0 South net 4/29/2016 Caretta caretta 14 LLS503/LLS504 95.2 96.0 100.8 96.4 73.3 73.6 136.6 South net 4/29/2016 Caretta caretta 15 LLS505/LLS506 88.2 91.4 99.0 86.2 62.7 68.4 109.1 North net

NOTES

1. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/4/07, 10/20/11, 7/21/12, 12/12/12, 1/6/13, 4/3/13, 1/6/14, 7/26/14, 11/23/14, 3/10/15, 1/17/16 and 4/16/16. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 3 {heavy}, Total Tumor Score = 8). Large papilloma tumor where tag scar would have been in the left front flipper. Bone exposed on carapace and head (under left eye) from moderate fresh scrapes. Good body condition & active.

2. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 8/5/14 and 4/17/16.

3. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 11/24/12, 1/30/13, 5/8/13, 6/5/13, 6/15/13, 3/8/15, 3/28/15 and 4/19/16. New flipper tag inserted.

4. Adult female. Tail length = 280 mm.

5. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# STW160421-01. Large subadult loggerhead with recent shark bite wounds (laceration in right rear flipper exposing bone). Shark rakings across carapace and right side of plastron. Impact wound/ break in anterior carapace (possible boat strike injury). Inwater Research Group (IRG) biologists transported the turtle partway to rehab at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton.

6. Adult female. Tail length = 230 mm. Partially healed wounds above and below left eye (not from entrainment). Large 13cm long partially healed wound in dorsal surface of neck (possible mating wound).

Weight not taken due to broken davit.

7. REHAB (NON-CAUSAL). Stranding# STW160422-01. Underweight and lethargic subadult loggerhead with a heavy epibiont load (Debilitated Loggerhead Turtle Syndrome). Sores along the ventral marginals.

Bleeding 2.5cm wound in right anterior plastron. Small scar and a healing 5cm cut in right axilla. IRG biologists facilitated transfer to rehab facility by transporting the animal partway to SeaWorld Orlando.

8. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 4/22/16 and 4/23/16.

9. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/17/10, 10/18/13, 11/24/13, 4/9/15 and 4/23/16. New Inconel tags inserted.

10. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 12/4/08, 8/18/09, 9/15/09, 6/20/12, 10/3/12, 12/6/12, 3/22/13, 7/11/13, 9/3/14, 12/29/14,1/14/16 and 4/26/16. PAPILLOMAS (Balazs Tumor Score = 1 {light}, Total Tumor Score = 1). Papilloma at tag application site in left front flipper (no tags flipper tags applied).

11. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 10/29/13 and 4/26/16.

12. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 3/1/04, 11/3/04, 11/21/04, 7/8/05, 8/12/05, 9/13/05, 4/24/06, 9/29/06, 11/19/06, 12/4/06, 12/9/07, 2/10/08, 4/3/08, 9/14/08, 11/26/08, 12/18/08, 12/14/09, 1/11/10, 9/21/10, 7/25/11, 10/13/11, 7/12/12, 12/16/12, 8/19/13, 2/12/14, 1/4/16 and 4/26/16. Moderate fresh scrapes to 2nd & 3rd vertebral scutes (bone exposed). Turtle missing 50% of left rear flipper and 35% of right rear flipper (both healed).

13. RECAPTURE. Turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released at Hutchinson Island on 2/6/06, 4/3/09, 7/28/09, 12/3/09, 2/11/10, 9/3/10, 5/18/11, 1/9/12, 10/31/12, 4/11/13, 7/29/13, 1/3/14, 7/7/14, 3/11/15, 3/1/16 and 4/29/16.

14. Adult female. Tail length = 270 mm.

15. Adult female. Tail length = 264 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

Apr-16 Year to Date Apr-16 Year to Date Apr-16 Year to Date Apr-16 Year to Date Apr-16 Year to Date Apr-16 Year to Date Captures 39 137 12 103 0

1 0

1 1

6 52 248 Causal Mortalities 0

0 0

0 Non-Causal Mortalities 0

0 0

8 0

0 0

8 Causal Injuries 0

0 0

0 Sent to Rehab 2

9 0

5 0

1 0

0 0

2 2

17 Fresh Scrapes Apr-16 Year to Date Apr-16 Year to Date Apr-16 Year to Date Apr-16 Year to Date Apr-16 Year to Date Apr-16 Year to Date None 6

18 1

20 0

0 0

0 7

38 Minor 32 110 8

69 0

1 0

0 1

6 41 186 Moderate 1

9 3

14 0

0 0

1 0

0 4

24 Severe 0

0 0

0 Percent with Mod/Sev Scrapes 2.6%

6.6%

25.0%

13.6%

N/A 0.0%

N/A 100.0%

0.0%

7.7%

9.7%

Leatherbacks Loggerheads Green turtles (Caretta caretta)

(Chelonia mydas)

Overall Totals Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)

(Eretmochelys imbricata)

(Dermochelys coriacea)

Hawksbills

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

- 2016 Injury / Mortality Totals by Species Total Captures 538 623 484 419 227 420 260 295 302 232 302 275 274 137 4,788 Injuries 0

0 1

3 0

1 1

0 0

1 1

0 0

0 5

Mortalities 0

1 0

21 0

0 0

1 0

0 0

0 2

Total Captures 394 286 428 267 101 299 161 444 217 127 197 134 181 103 3,339 Injuries 1

0 3

7 0

2 2

1 0

0 0

0 16 Mortalities 1

1 1

2 0

3 1

2 2

0 4

0 19 Total Captures 4

2 0

1 1

0 1

2 0

2 2

0 2

1 18 Injuries 0

0 0

Mortalities 0

0 0

Total Captures 2

1 3

3 0

2 0

7 0

0 0

2 7

6 33 Injuries 0

0 0

Mortalities 0

0 0

Total Captures 6

2 2

2 1

4 2

3 2

1 2

3 1

1 32 Injuries 0

0 0

Mortalities 0

0 0

2 2

5 32 1

5 3

5 1

3 3

0 4

0 66 944 914 917 692 330 725 424 751 521 362 503 414 465 248 8,210

The loggerhead causal injuries and mortalities in 2006 were all hatchlings.

- 2016 is a partial year.

St Lucie Power Plant Causal Turtles Total Captures per Year Loggerhead Green Leatherback Kemp's Ridley Hawksbill Injury & Mortality Yearly Totals