10.82144/f367ffcb 8bfd90da-4ab9-40a2-8c96-bd7c2c9e9fc5 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2161 0ff4be1c-4f94-4599-b782-b7cb8f5db151 zd_2161 MichelleVukovichNormandeau Associates, Inc.Primary contact jwillmott@normandeau.com https://remote.normandeau.com OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor MichelleVukovichNormandeau Associates, Inc.Primary contact jwillmott@normandeau.com https://remote.normandeau.comowner 2026-04-28 eng Original provider: APEM, Normandeau Associates Dataset credits: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Normandeau Associates Inc., APEM Ltd. Abstract: Normandeau Associates, Inc., and APEM Inc. (Team) have been contracted by BOEM to complete quarterly high-altitude aerial digital surveys in a 12- month period. The Team proposes to conduct the first survey in May 2019 and complete all four surveys in the 2020 calendar year. The South Atlantic Survey area (SASA) is defined as the area of the ocean off the coast of North and South Carolina out to the -30-m contour line. The approximate size of the area is 11,000 square nautical miles. Transect surveys will cover a minimum of 5% of the SASA.In addition, 10% of the total area within the Kitty Hawk, Wilmington East, and Wilmington West Wind Energy Areas –as well as the South Carolina–Grand Stand Call Area will be surveyed. The planned image resolution of all the imagery for the project will be 1.5- cm ground sampling distance at the surface of the ocean. Option Year 2 includes four surveys of each these areas from May 2019 to Feb 2020. OccurrenceGBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xmlObservationGBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine BiologyVisual sightingMarine Animal SurveySeabirdsMarine mammalsSea turtlesVisual SightingAircraft N/A [2022-06-07] The following recorded species names got their assigned scientific names corrected. BLACK SCOTER: Melanitta nigra americana => Melanitta nigra GREAT SHEARWATER: Aythya marila => Puffinus gravis GREAT SKUA: Puffinus gravis => Stercorarius skua GREATER SCAUP: Stercorarius skua => Aythya marila The areas defined for survey were the South Atlantic Survey Area (SASA), Kitty Hawk (KH) Wind Energy Area (WEA), Wilmington East (WE) WEA, Wilmington West (WW) WEA, Grand Stand Call Area (GSCA), Charleston Call Area (CCA), and fish spawning areas SMZ 51 (A51) and SMZ 53 (A53). SASA surveys are linear transects flown in a saw tooth pattern out to the -30-m contour line along the entire South Carolina and North Carolina coasts. These surveys included the CCA, A51 and A53 areas. The overlap portion of SASA and CCA is designated "SASA,CCA"; the overlap portion of SASA and A51 is designated "SASA,A51"; and the overlap portion of SASA and A53 is designated "SASA,A53".The WEAs and GSCA areas are grid surveys through the area plus a 1NM buffer. GSCA and WW share survey overlap and that overlap portion is designated as "GSCA,WW".The SASA survey area overlaps portions of CCA, A51 and A53 areas and overlapped areas are designated by the area name "SASA,CCA"; "SASA,A51"; or "SASA,A53". GSCA and WW also share survey overlap and that area is designated by "GSCA,WW".DISCLAIMERStudy concept, oversight, and funding were provided by the US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Environmental Studies Program, Washington, DC, under Contract Number M17PC00010; Order M17PD00063. This report has been technically reviewed by BOEM, and it has been approved for publication. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the opinions or policies of the US Government, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2161 North Atlantic,North Carolina,South Carolina -80.7646 36.5458 36.5458 31.7983 2019-05-18 2020-02-12 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). speciesAetobatus narinariSpotted eagle ray speciesAlca tordaRazorbill familyAlcidaeMurres speciesAlle alleDovekie speciesAnas streperaGadwall familyAnatidaeDucks speciesArdea herodiasGreat blue heron speciesArenaria interpresRuddy turnstone speciesAythya americanaRedhead speciesAythya marilaGreater scaup speciesCalonectris diomedeaCory's shearwater suborderCaniformiaPinnipeds familyCarcharhinidaerequiem sharks speciesCarcharhinus limbatusBlacktip shark speciesCarcharhinus obscurusDusky shark speciesCarcharodon carchariasGreat white shark speciesCaretta carettaLoggerhead sea turtle familyCentrarchidaeSunfishes speciesChelonia mydasGreen sea turtle familyCheloniidaeSea turtles speciesChlidonias nigerBlack tern classChondrichthyesCartilaginous fishes speciesChroicocephalus philadelphiaBonaparte's gull orderCiconiiformesCiconiiformes speciesCoryphaena hippurusDolphinfish speciesDasyatis sabinaAtlantic stingray familyDelphinidaeDolphins speciesDelphinus delphisShort-beaked common dolphin speciesDermochelys coriaceaLeatherback sea turtle familyEcheneidaeRemoras speciesEgretta thulaSnowy egret subclassElasmobranchiiCartilaginous fishes speciesFratercula arcticaAtlantic puffin speciesFulmarus glacialisNorthern fulmar speciesGaleocerdo cuvierTiger shark speciesGavia immerCommon loon speciesGavia stellataRed-throated loon familyGaviidaeDivers speciesGelochelidon niloticaGull-billed tern speciesGrampus griseusRisso's dolphin speciesHydrocoloeus minutusLittle gull speciesHydroprogne caspiaCaspian tern familyIstiophoridaeBillfishes familyLaridaeGulls speciesLarus argentatusHerring gull speciesLarus delawarensisRing-billed gull speciesLarus fuscusLesser black-backed gull speciesLarus marinusGreat black-backed gull speciesLepidochelys kempiiKemp's ridley speciesLeucophaeus atricillaLaughing gull classMammaliaMammals speciesManta birostrisAtlantic manta speciesMegaptera novaeangliaeHumpback whale genusMelanittaScoters speciesMelanitta fuscaVelvet scoter speciesMelanitta nigraBlack scoter speciesMelanitta perspicillataSurf scoter speciesMergus serratorRed-breasted merganser speciesMobula hypostomaAtlantic Pygmy Devil Ray speciesMobula mobularGiant Devil Ray speciesMobula tarapacanaSicklefin devil ray speciesMola molaOcean sunfish speciesMorus bassanusNorthern gannet orderMyliobatiformesstingrays genusOnychoprion speciesOnychoprion anaethetusBridled tern speciesOnychoprion fuscatusSooty tern superclassOsteichthyesBony fishes orderPasseriformesPerching birds speciesPelecanus occidentalisBrown pelican orderPerciformesperch-like fishes familyPhalacrocoracidaeCormorants speciesPhalacrocorax auritusDouble-crested cormorant genusPhalaropusPhalaropes speciesPhalaropus fulicariusRed phalarope speciesPhalaropus lobatusRed-necked phalarope speciesPhocoena phocoenaHarbor porpoise speciesPluvialis squatarolaBlack-bellied plover speciesPrionace glaucaBlue shark familyProcellariidaeFulmars / petrels / shearwaters orderProcellariiformesTube-nosed Swimmers speciesPterodroma arminjonianaHerald petrel speciesPterodroma hasitataBlack-capped petrel speciesPuffinus gravisGreat shearwater speciesPuffinus griseusSooty shearwater speciesPuffinus lherminieriAudubon's shearwater speciesPuffinus puffinusManx shearwater speciesRachycentron canadumCobia speciesRhincodon typusWhale shark speciesRhinoptera bonasusCownose ray speciesRissa tridactylaBlack-legged kittiwake genusSphyrnaBonnethead sharks speciesSphyrna lewiniScalloped hammerhead speciesSphyrna mokarrangreat hammerhead speciesSphyrna zygaenaSmooth hammerhead familySphyrnidaeBonnethead sharks speciesSqualus acanthiasPiked dogfish speciesStenella attenuataPantropical spotted dolphin speciesStenella clymeneClymene dolphin speciesStenella frontalisAtlantic spotted dolphin speciesSteno bredanensisRough-toothed dolphin familyStercorariidaeSkuas speciesStercorarius longicaudusLong-tailed jaeger speciesStercorarius parasiticusParasitic jaeger speciesStercorarius pomarinusPomarine jaeger speciesStercorarius skuaGreat skua genusSternaTypical Terns speciesSterna forsteriForster's tern speciesSterna hirundoCommon tern speciesSternula antillarumLeast tern genusThalasseus speciesThalasseus maximusRoyal tern speciesThalasseus sandvicensisSandwich tern speciesThunnus thynnusAtlantic bluefin tuna speciesTursiops truncatusCommon bottlenose dolphin genusUriaMurres N/A notPlanned MichelleVukovichNormandeau Associates, Inc.Primary contact jwillmott@normandeau.com https://remote.normandeau.com NA NA NA MichelleVukovichowner NA 2026-04-28T11:47:54-04:00 dataset Vukovich, M. 2022. Ecological Baseline Studies of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Option Year 2. Version 1.1.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/f367ffcb. APEM and Normandeau Associates prepared for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). 2021. Ecological Baseline Studies of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Option Year 2. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2161 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2161/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2161/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_2161 zd_2161