https://doi.org/10.82144/a43a260e https://www.gbif.org/dataset/e1f3ca58-eadf-40cb-956d-d8d93f40e1e4 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1997 https://obis.org/dataset/47ab07e9-ac50-47b1-9ca1-421b5aafe1db Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries Primary contact elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov Debi Palka NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center Secondary contact dpalka@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries Primary contact elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov owner Debi Palka NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center Secondary contact dpalka@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu originator 2025-09-11 eng Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Abstract: During 6 June 2017 – 15 July 2017, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) conducted aerial abundance surveys targeting marine mammals and sea turtles. The southwestern extent was New Jersey and the northeastern extent was off of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. This survey covered waters from the coast line to about the 2000 m depth contour with a higher coverage over the New York State Offshore Planning Area. This survey coordinated with the SE aerial survey south of this study area in US waters. Track lines were flown 183 m (600 ft) above the water surface, at about 200 kph (110 knots). The two-independent team methodology was used to collect data. In Beaufort sea states of six and less, about 9,479 km of on-effort track lines were surveyed, where 95% of this effort was in Beaufort 3 and below. 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 survey code is TONE17SPR. Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available. Please contact the data provider to obtain this attribute. 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/1997 Oceans,North Atlantic -73.6779709 -62.737175 44.9661446 38.9483643 2017-06-10 2017-07-09 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Balaenoptera borealis Sei whale species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale family Balaenopteridae Rorquals species Carcharodon carcharias Great white shark species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle order Cetacea Cetaceans species Cetorhinus maximus Basking shark species Chelonia mydas Green sea turtle family Cheloniidae Sea turtles class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fishes phylum Chordata chordates family Delphinidae Dolphins species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle subclass Elasmobranchii Cartilaginous fishes species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin species Halichoerus grypus Atlantic gray seal species Hyperoodon ampullatus Northern bottlenose whale species Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic white-sided dolphin species Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's ridley species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale genus Mesoplodon Beaked whales species Mobula tarapacana Sicklefin devil ray species Mola mola Ocean sunfish order Perciformes perch-like fishes family Phocidae Earless seals species Phocoena phocoena Harbor porpoise species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Prionace glauca Blue shark genus Sphyrna Bonnethead sharks species Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale The objectives of this aerial flight was to collect the data needed to estimate abundance of cetaceans and turtles in the study area and to investigate how the animals’ distribution and abundance relate to their ecosystem. notPlanned Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries Primary contact elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov NA NA NA Beth Josephson owner Debi Palka originator NA zd_1997 2025-09-11T15:45:22-04:00 dataset Josephson, B. and D. Palka. 2020. AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Spring 2017. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/a43a260e. NEFSC. 2018. 2017 Annual Report of a Comprehensive Assessment of Marine Mammal, Marine Turtle, and Seabird Abundance and Spatial Distribution in US waters of the Western North Atlantic Ocean – AMAPPS II. Annual ReportAvailable at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/publication-database/atlantic-marine-assessment-program-protected-species. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1997 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1997/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1997/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_1997 zd_1997