https://www.gbif.org/dataset/ece7b9b2-4c2f-4a7b-b15f-9e5ce9b4e9c8https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/102006 zd_102006 TimColeNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterPrimary contact Tim.Cole@noaa.gov http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/surveys/ChristinKhanNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterSecondary contact Christin.Khan@noaa.gov www.cbkhan.comAlisonOgilvieNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterSecondary contact alison.ogilvie@noaa.gov OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor TimColeNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterPrimary contact Tim.Cole@noaa.gov http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/surveys/ownerChristinKhanNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterSecondary contact Christin.Khan@noaa.gov www.cbkhan.comoriginatorAlisonOgilvieNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterSecondary contact alison.ogilvie@noaa.gov originator 2025-12-19 eng Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: Whale Ecology Branch, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA/NMFS Abstract: The North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) is a NOAA Fisheries program which locates and records the seasonal distribution of right whales off the northeastern United States. OccurrenceGBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xmlObservationGBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine BiologyVisual sightingMarine Animal SurveyMarine mammalsSea turtlesVisual SightingAircraft N/A This dataset is a subset of NEFSC Right Whale Aerial Survey. Other references: <a href="http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/crd/crd0905/" target="_blank">Khan C, Cole TVN, Duley P, Glass AH, Niemeyer M, Christman C. 2009. North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) and Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS) 2008 Results Summary. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 09-05; 7 p.</a> <a href="http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/crd/crd0806/index.html" target="_blank">Niemeyer, M., T.V.N. Cole, C.L. Christman, P. Duley and A.H. Glass. 2008. North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) and Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS) 2007 results summary. Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document. 08-06; 6 p. </a> <a href="http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/crd/crd0702/" target="_blank">Cole TVN, Gerrior P, Merrick RL. 2007. Methodologies of the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service aerial survey program for right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Northeast U.S., 1998-2006. US Dep Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc 07-02; 11 p.</a> To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/102006 North Atlantic Ocean -72.81384 45.09511 45.09511 40.367 2006-01-02 2006-12-18 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). genusBalaenopteraBaleen whales speciesBalaenoptera acutorostrataCommon minke whale speciesBalaenoptera borealisSei whale speciesBalaenoptera physalusFin whale suborderCaniformiaPinnipeds speciesCaretta carettaLoggerhead sea turtle orderCetaceaCetaceans speciesCetorhinus maximusBasking shark familyCheloniidaeSea turtles classChondrichthyesCartilaginous fishes familyDelphinidaeDolphins speciesDelphinus delphisShort-beaked common dolphin speciesDermochelys coriaceaLeatherback sea turtle speciesEubalaena glacialisNorth Atlantic right whale genusGlobicephalaPilot whales speciesGrampus griseusRisso's dolphin speciesHyperoodon ampullatusNorthern bottlenose whale speciesLagenorhynchus acutusAtlantic white-sided dolphin speciesLepidochelys kempiiKemp's ridley speciesMegaptera novaeangliaeHumpback whale genusMesoplodonBeaked whales speciesMola molaOcean sunfish suborderOdontocetiToothed whales speciesPhocoena phocoenaHarbor porpoise speciesPhyseter macrocephalusSperm whale speciesPrionace glaucaBlue shark genusThunnusalbacores speciesTursiops truncatusCommon bottlenose dolphin not provided notPlanned TimColeNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterPrimary contact Tim.Cole@noaa.gov http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/surveys/ NA NA NA TimColeownerChristinKhanoriginatorAlisonOgilvieoriginator NA 2025-12-19T10:51:19-05:00 dataset Cole, T., C. Khan and A. Ogilvie. 2025. NEFSC Right Whale Aerial Survey in 2006. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. Data accessed on yyyy-mm-dd from https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/102006. Gatzke J, Khan C, Henry A, Cole T, Duley P. 2013. North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) and Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS) 2012 Results Summary. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc13-08; 7 p. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/102006 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/102006/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/102006/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_102006 zd_102006