https://doi.org/10.82144/1467084c https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1192 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/b4b66bdd-f0c2-43ad-b642-1f0c2cb44654 https://obis.org/dataset/eaae2852-255f-45b3-a345-dfb0bf20e6a6 Sue Barco Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Primary contact SGBarco@virginiaaquarium.com OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Sue Barco Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Primary contact SGBarco@virginiaaquarium.com owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Dataset credits: Virginia Aquarium Foundation - Sarah D. Mallette, Gwen G. Lockhart, Susan G. Barco University of North Carolina Wilmington - William A. McLellan, Ryan J. McAlarney Erin W. Cummings and D. Ann Pabst Abstract: The data provided were collected as part of the Documenting Whale Migration off Virginia's Coast for Use in Marine Spatial Planning project - funded by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program Grant Section 309 Environmental Enhancement Program Strategy Project of Special Merit No. NA12NOS4190027. Aerial surveys were conducted under NOAA Scientific Permits No. 948-1692-00 and 16473, held by UNCW. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine Biology Visual sighting Marine Animal Survey Marine mammals Sea turtles Visual Sighting Aircraft N/A The original survey data are separated into two datasets, collected from left-side and right-side observers to address variance in environmental and sighting conditions. This dataset is from the left side sightings data. The right side sightings data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1194">Virginia CZM Wind Energy Area Survey- Right side - November 2012 through April 2014</a> dataset. The effort data layer, for this project is static transect lines. The plane track lines are available by request. Off-effort sightings were removed from this dataset. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1192 Oceans,North Atlantic -76.128829 -74.787223 37.266567 36.607376 2012-11-26 2014-04-25 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle species Cetorhinus maximus Basking shark family Cheloniidae Sea turtles class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fishes family Delphinidae Dolphins species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle species Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin On November 1, 2013, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced Dominion Virginia Power was the provisional winner of the commercial lease area offshore of Virginia (VA WEA). Development of off shore wind energy poses potential threats to marine mammals, including direct effects (i.e. vessel interactions, collision and entanglement with structures, displacement, avoidance, or injury due to noise from construction or operations) and indirect threats (i.e. effects on prey species, increased risk of fishery and vessel interaction through displacement out of the WEA) (BOEM 2012). This information is important to mitigate the potentially harmful impacts from ocean development, shipping, and other anthropogenic activities. To address these existing data gaps, we have collected marine mammal sighting data from multiple platforms in addition to sea turtle sighting data off the coast of Virginia from 2012 to 2014. notPlanned Sue Barco Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Primary contact SGBarco@virginiaaquarium.com NA NA NA Sue Barco owner NA zd_1192 2025-07-31T16:31:37-04:00 dataset Barco, S. 2016. Virginia CZM Wind Energy Area Survey- Left side - November 2012 through April 2014. Version 1.6.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/1467084c. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1192 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1192/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1192/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_1192 zd_1192 Sarah D. Mallette, Gwen G. Lockhart, Ryan J. McAlarney, Erin W. Cummings, William A. McLellan, D. Ann Pabst and Susan G. Barco. 2014. Documenting Whale Migration off Virginia’s Coast for Use in Marine Spatial Planning: Aerial and Vessel Surveys in the Proximity of the Virginia Wind Energy Area (VA WEA). VAQF Scientific Report 2014-08: pp. 89.