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Fiscal Year: 1997
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Project Dates: 10/14/96 - 2/23/97
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Contract Number: DACW97C0003; DACW97C0006; DACW97C0011; 97LMN915
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Project Description: Emergency bar channel dredging to restore project depth after extensive shoaling caused by Tropical Storm Josephine.
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Maintenace / New Work: Maintenance
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Federal / Regulatory: Federal
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Total Project Cubic Yards: 13750000
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Total Days of Dredging: 371
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Total Hours of Dredging: 0
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Type of Material: Sand, silt, mud, clay
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Disposal Method(s) for Material: Dredge & haul, agitation, continuous pump-out, side-casting
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Total Turtle Takes: 5
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Observer Company Used: Coastwise Consulting
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Relocation Trawling? No
N/A
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Relocation Company: N/A
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Loggerheads:
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Greens:
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Kemp's Ridley:
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Leatherbacks:
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Hawksbill:
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Total number turtles relocated: 0
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Are Relocation Reports Available? No
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Are Dredging Records Available? No
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Are original turtle take data still available? Yes
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Description of mitigation measures/dates used: Deflectors installed after first turtle take on 10/22/96, windows (11/30-3/31)
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Other Remarks: A series of events were observed during the project that could have impacted turtles in the area: 1) reported red tide in the interior marshes of Breton Sound; 2) surface oil slick on 10/27; 3) transit of a damaged barge possibly leaking vinyl acetate inbound from Gulf through channel on 11/10; 4)commercial activities in vicinity of dredge. Large quantities of floating dead fish observed from the dredge coincided with the red tide and damaged barge.
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