https://doi.org/10.82144/9fb8d264 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1992 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/b92486f8-0d01-450a-bb6c-699d10c92a72 https://obis.org/dataset/a9dacd9b-ae5e-4006-bfe7-b83f918bc67e Timothy Gowan Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Primary contact Tim.Gowan@MyFWC.com Barb Zoodsma NOAA Southeast Regional Office Secondary contact barb.zoodsma@noaa.gov OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Timothy Gowan Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Primary contact Tim.Gowan@MyFWC.com owner Barb Zoodsma NOAA Southeast Regional Office Secondary contact barb.zoodsma@noaa.gov originator 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Dataset credits: NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Regional Office Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute Funding for surveys provided by: NOAA Fisheries, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Georgia Department of Natural Resources Abstract: Right whale Early Warning System (EWS) aerial surveys are conducted during winter in the southeastern United States (SEUS). Surveys in this dataset began in 2016/2017 and were flown by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute (CMARI, formerly Sea to Shore Alliance). FWC surveys were conducted in a Cessna 337 Skymaster aircraft with 2 observers (1 of which was also the data recorder); CMARI surveys were typically conducted in a NOAA Twin Otter aircraft with 2 observers plus 1 dedicated data recorder. Target altitude was 1,000 ft, and target speed was 100 kts. Only large whales, large sharks, and leatherback turtles were consistently recorded by both teams. Manatees, ocean sunfish, and manta rays were consistently recorded by FWC. All other species were recorded opportunistically. Surveys broke track to obtain exact locations for large whales; locations for other species typically represent the location along the survey transect. 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 Survey data are split into three seasons (2016/17, 2017/18, and 2018/19). This is the 2017/18 season. The 2016/17 season is available at http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1990. The 2018/19 season is available at http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2004. Effort data are provided. The Trackline field (used to distinguish effort on a predetermined transect from verification surveys and transits) was recorded by observers during surveys. Additional information on species identification and taxonomic resolution may be available in the Notes and Photos fields. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1992 Oceans,North Atlantic -83.53626 -74.03052 37.4103 28.8353 2017-12-01 2018-03-27 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Carcharodon carcharias Great white shark species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle species Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale superorder Euselachii species Galeocerdo cuvier Tiger shark species Manta birostris Atlantic manta species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale family Molidae trunkfishes species Rhinoptera bonasus Cownose ray genus Sphyrna Bonnethead sharks species Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin species Stenella frontalis Atlantic spotted dolphin species Trichechus manatus West indian manatee species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale notPlanned Timothy Gowan Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Primary contact Tim.Gowan@MyFWC.com NA NA NA Timothy Gowan owner Barb Zoodsma originator NA zd_1992 2025-07-31T17:29:23-04:00 dataset Gowan, T. and B. Zoodsma. 2019. SEUS Right Whale EWS Aerial Surveys 2017-18. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/9fb8d264. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1992 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1992/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1992/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_1992 zd_1992 Surrey-Marsden, C., C. Accardo, M. White, C. George, T. Gowan, P. Hamilton, K. Jackson, J. Jakush, T. Pitchford, C. Taylor, L. Ward, and B. Zoodsma. 2018. North Atlantic Right Whale Calving Area Surveys: 2016/2017 Results. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SER-8, 16 p.