NEFSC2020Annual ReportTO BE PUBLISHED During fall (13 October – 24 November) 2019, 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 on the Scotia Shelf. The surveys covered waters from the coast line to about the 2000 m depth contour. Track lines were flown 183 m (600 ft) above the water surface, at about 200 kph (110 knots). Approximately 7,770 km of on-effort track lines were surveyed, where 85% of this effort was in Beaufort 3 and below.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.The servery code is TONE19FAL. Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available. Please contact the data provider to obtain this attribute.2019101520191123ground conditionCompleteNone plannedNorth Atlantic-73.913116-65.90821145.0718839.212856 NoneMarine Animal SurveyMarine BiologyMarine mammalsSea turtlesVisual SightingAircraftNoneNorth AtlanticTaxon coveredMarine mammalsSea turtlesRays and sharksIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemUnknownNot applicableDownloaded April, 2004http://www.itis.usda.gov/Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetmailing and physical address

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Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetNot providedIdentified by observers or researchers conducting the surveyKingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataSubphylumVertebrataClassMammaliaSubclassTheriaInfraclassEutheriaOrderCetaceaSuborderMysticetiFamilyBalaenopteridaeGenusBalaenopteraSpeciesBalaenoptera acutorostrataSpeciesBalaenoptera physalusGenusMegapteraSpeciesMegaptera novaeangliaeSuborderOdontocetiFamilyDelphinidaeGenusDelphinusSpeciesDelphinus delphisGenusGlobicephalaGenusGrampusSpeciesGrampus griseusGenusLagenorhynchusSpeciesLagenorhynchus acutusGenusTursiopsSpeciesTursiops truncatusFamilyPhocoenidaeGenusPhocoenaSpeciesPhocoena phocoenaFamilyPhyseteridaeGenusPhyseterSpeciesPhyseter macrocephalusFamilyHyperoodontidaeGenusZiphiusSpeciesZiphius cavirostrisOrderCarnivoraSuborderCaniformiaFamilyPhocidaeGenusHalichoerusSpeciesHalichoerus grypusGenusPhocaSpeciesPhoca vitulinaFamilyOtariidaeClassReptiliaOrderTestudinesSuborderCryptodiraSuperfamilyChelonioideaFamilyCheloniidaeSubfamilyCarettinaeGenusCarettaSpeciesCaretta carettaFamilyDermochelyidaeGenusDermochelysSpeciesDermochelys coriaceaClassChondrichthyesSubclassElasmobranchiiSuperorderEuselachiiOrderLamniformesFamilyCetorhinidaeGenusCetorhinusSpeciesCetorhinus maximusOrderMyliobatiformesFamilyMobulidaeGenusMantaSpeciesManta birostrisOrderCarcharhiniformesFamilyCarcharhinidaeGenusPrionaceSpeciesPrionace glauca Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details. 1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required. Suggested citation for this dataset: Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP: Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115 2. To forward the citation of any publication / report that made use of the data / tools provided by OBIS-SEAMAP for inclusion in our list of references. 3. Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. 4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP. 5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your analyses. 6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Beth JosephsonNOAA Fisheries mailing and physical address

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Woods HoleMA02556USA 508.495.2362elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov Relational database NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)NEFSC2020vector digital dataAnnual ReportTO BE PUBLISHEDJosephson, B2020Version 1.0.0vector digital dataOBIS-SEAMAP2062https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2062OBIS-SEAMAPhttps://doi.org/10.82144/ce66222dHalpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach2009Oceanography22(2):104-115 All attributes were measured and recorded during the survey and validated by the data provider. Permissible values for date and time and coordinates were validated by the data provider and the OBIS-SEAMAP data manager. Species identification by the data provider was matched with Integrated Taxonomic Information System. All observation records are included.Data were put through the OBIS-SEAMAP data registration steps.20200410Point 1e-061e-06Decimal degrees D_WGS_1984WGS_1984 6378137.000000298.257224 Biogeographic dataBiogeographic dataNot applicableoidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)Data providerUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)tripidTrip IDData providerTrip IDplatformvltsAlways A (Airplane)Data providerAlways A (Airplane)oneffortFlag (Y/N) to indicate on effort.Data providerFlag (Y/N) to indicate on effort.speciescodeSpecies code by providerData providerSpecies code by providercomnameCommon nameData providerCommon namesp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPData provider159786180653kingdomKingdomData providerKingdomphylumPhylumData providerPhylumclassClassData providerClassorder_sciOrderData providerOrderfamilyFamilyData providerFamilyscientificnameScientific nameData providerScientific namereferences_ReferencesData providerReferencesobservationheightAltitude of aircraft in feet above sea levelData provider600600platformspeedSpeed of the platform at the time of the sighting in knotsData provider110110higherinstitutioncodeHigher institution code "DOC:NOAA:NEFSC"Data providerHigher institution code "DOC:NOAA:NEFSC"institutioncodeInstitution code "NEFSC"Data providerInstitution code "NEFSC"ownerinstitutioncodeInstituion who owns the data "NEFSC"Data providerInstituion who owns the data "NEFSC"basisofrecordBasis of record "HumanObservation"Data providerBasis of record "HumanObservation"recordtypeRecord type "VLTS" (visual line transect survey)Data providerRecord type "VLTS" (visual line transect survey)sightidSight IDData provider104448105459individualcountIndividual countData provider1175latitudeLatitude in decimal degreesData provider39.212856045.0718800sighttypeSighting type ("O")Data providerSighting type ("O")longitudeLongitude in decimal degreesData provider-73.9131160-65.9082110perpendiculardistancePerpendicular distance to the animalData providerPerpendicular distance to the animaldatasetnameDataset name by providerData providerDataset name by providereventdateDate and time of the sigthing at local timeData provider2019-10-15 09:49:542019-11-23 14:24:03eventdatetimezoneThe time zone of the observation eventData provider-5.000-4.000eventdate_utcDate of the sighting in UTCData providerDate of the sighting in UTCtime_utcTime of the sighting in UTCData providerTime of the sighting in UTCeffortidEffort IDData provider4731148644cueSighingt cueData providerSighingt cuebehaviorBehaviorData providerBehaviorbeaufortBeaufort sea scaleData provider1.204.90geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providerGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPThis section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ. OBIS-SEAMAP mailing and physical address

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DurhamNC27708USA 919-613-8021 seamap-contact@duke.edu OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset ID 2062Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. Also please refer to Use Constraints. CSV and ESRI shapefile OBIS-SEAMAP Free Go to the OBIS-SEAMAP web site. 2025091120250911 Ei Fujioka Nicholas School, Duke Universitymailing and physical address

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DurhamNC27708USA 919-613-8021 seamap-contact@duke.edu FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial MetadataFGDC-STD-001-1998local time http://www.nbii.gov/Biological Data Profile