https://doi.org/10.82144/78d4cbe5 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2059 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/178153ae-4c80-4741-99eb-b5c6a6bb877d https://obis.org/dataset/99b55c38-8d4a-4b4c-9658-25f5579f3450 Kristen Ampela HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. Primary contact Kristen.Ampela@hdrinc.com Mark Cotter HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. Primary contact Mark.Cotter@hdrinc.com OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Kristen Ampela HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. Primary contact Kristen.Ampela@hdrinc.com owner Mark Cotter HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. Primary contact Mark.Cotter@hdrinc.com owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. Dataset credits: The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program Abstract: Data in this dataset represent animal sightings that occurred during aerial marine species monitoring surveys beginning in April 2018 through August 2019 conducted in the NFC (Norfolk Canyon) study area off the coast of Virginia Beach, VA. Twenty-three days of aerial surveys were completed between 4/09/2018 – 08/12/2019. Work was performed under HDR task order 18F4019 (IDIQ contract award N62470-15-D-8006, NAVFAC LANT). 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 VACAPES Aerial Marine Animal Survey Marine mammals Sea turtles Visual Sighting Aircraft N/A Survey tracklines are available as a static layer. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2059 Oceans,North Atlantic -76.077675 -74.293938 37.33705 36.178883 2018-04-09 2019-08-12 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Balaenoptera borealis Sei whale species Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale species Carcharodon carcharias Great white shark species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle order Cetacea Cetaceans species Cetorhinus maximus Basking shark family Cheloniidae Sea turtles family Delphinidae Dolphins species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle subclass Elasmobranchii Cartilaginous fishes species Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale species Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned pilot whale species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin family Hyperoodontidae Beaked whales genus Kogia Pygmy sperm whales species Kogia sima Dwarf sperm whale species Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's ridley genus Manta mantas species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale species Mesoplodon bidens Sowerby's beaked whale species Mesoplodon mirus True's beaked whale species Mobula mobular Giant devil ray species Mobula tarapacana Sicklefin devil ray family Mobulidae Devil rays species Mola mola Ocean sunfish species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Prionace glauca Blue shark species Rhincodon typus Whale shark species Rhinoptera bonasus Cownose ray genus Sphyrna Bonnethead sharks species Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin species Stenella frontalis Atlantic spotted dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin notPlanned Kristen Ampela HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. Primary contact Kristen.Ampela@hdrinc.com Mark Cotter HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. Primary contact Mark.Cotter@hdrinc.com NA NA NA Kristen Ampela owner Mark Cotter owner The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program zd_2059 2025-07-31T17:31:02-04:00 dataset Ampela, K. and M. Cotter. 2020. VACAPES NFC Aerial Surveys 2018-2019. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/78d4cbe5. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2059 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2059/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2059/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_2059 zd_2059