Crystal River Energy Complex

General Information

Project Type(s):incidental

Site Name:Crystal River Energy Complex

Site Reference Number:8

Region(s):Northwest

Counties:Citrus

Approximate Latitude: 28.95 Approximate Longitude: -82.72

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Principal Investigator(s):Bruzek, David

Point(s) of Contact:Bruzek, David - Phone Number: (727) 820-5410, Email: david.bruzek@pgnmail.com

Organizations Involved:Progress Energy Florida

Organization Type(s):utility company

Project Status: Active

Start Date: 1/1999

End Date: n/a

Equipment and Methods

General Method(s) Used:intake canal

Sampling and Effort

	Visual	Capture
Sampling regime:	annually	annually
Measure of effort:		cap/area

Bottom Type(s):channel, mud, sand

Water Type Zone: neritic Water Type Environment: marine

Min. Depth (m): 0 Max. Depth (m): 6

Mean Depth (m): 6

Captures and Sightings Information

Species	No. of Captures	No. of Sightings	Min Size* (cm)	Max Size* (cm)	Mean Size* (cm)	FP Observed	Life Stages**
Green Turtle (Cm)	66	n/a	22.3 CCLstd	53.0 CCLstd	36.7 CCLstd	Yes	O, N
Loggerhead (Cc)	16	n/a	29.4 CCLstd	90.0 CCLstd	65.9 CCLstd	No	N, S, A
Kemp's Ridley (Lk)	109	n/a	23.0 CCLstd	60.0 CCLstd	31.8 CCLstd	No	O, N, S, A
Hawksbill (Ei)	1	n/a	0.0 CCLstd	0.0 CCLstd	0.0 CCLstd	No	n/r
Leatherback (Dc)	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Unidentified	1	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	No	n/r

*All size measurements are SSCL unless otherwise indicated
** For Cm, Cc, Lk, & Ei: O - Oceanic-stage juvenile; N - Neritic-stage juvenile; S - Subadult; A - Adult. For Dc: I - Immature; A - Adult. n/a = not applicable; n/r = not reported.

This report adheres to the following size ranges for life stage classification for these species:

	Green turtle	Loggerhead	Kemp's ridley	Hawksbill
Oceanic-stage juvenile	< 25 cm SCL	< 30 cm SCL	< 25 cm SCL	< 25 cm SCL
Neritic-stage juvenile	25-69 cm SCL	30-69 cm SCL	25-39 cm SCL	25-64 cm SCL
Subadult	70-84 cm SCL	70-79 cm SCL	40-59 cm SCL	65-74 cm SCL
Adult	≥ 85 cm SCL	≥ 80 cm SCL	≥ 60 cm SCL	≥ 75 cm SCL

	Leatherback
Immature	< 135 cm OCL
Adult	≥ 135 cm OCL

Other Information Collected

Project Summary

The Crystal River Energy Complex (CREC) contains five separate power plants that began commercial operations in October 1966, November 1969, March 1977, December 1982, and December 1984, respectively. The Gulf of Mexico provides cooling and receiving waters for various units through an intake canal, which is a 14-mile-long dredged canal with an average minimum depth of 20 feet. It extends 3 miles westward into the Gulf from the plant, and then continues another 11 miles out into the gulf (Figure 13). Sea turtle protection measures were implemented in 1998, when Florida Power Corporation (FPC) observed a significant increase in the number of Kemp’s ridleys stranded on the intake bar racks of the power plants. Data on the number and sizes of turtles stranded on the racks have been collected ever since that time.

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Literature/Reports Produced

Florida Power Corporation. 1999. Crystal River Energy Complex intake screens monitoring sea turtle program - 1999. Annual report submitted to FWC.

Florida Power Corporation. 2000. Crystal River Energy Complex intake screens monitoring sea turtle program - 2000. Annual report submitted to FWC, 8 pp.

Florida Power Corporation. 2001. Crystal River Energy Complex intake screens monitoring sea turtle program - 2001. Annual report submitted to FWC, 12 pp.

Florida Power Corporation. 2002. Crystal River Energy Complex sea turtle program summary. Annual report submitted to FWC, 4 pp.

Florida Power Corporation. 2003. Crystal River Energy Complex intake screens monitoring sea turtle program 2003. Annual report submitted to FWC, 8 pp.

Progress Energy Florida. 2004. Crystal River Energy Complex intake screens monitoring sea turtle program 2004. Annual report submitted to FWC, 9 pp.

Progress Energy Florida. 2005. Crystal River Energy Complex intake screens monitoring sea turtle program 2005. Annual report submitted to FWC, 9 pp.