10.82144/c2b72183 4abc37ad-5067-4800-999f-2487b28690d7 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2192 92474b6c-761f-4e2c-99b1-68d91b38dc93 zd_2192 MatthewArundaleAPEM LtdPrimary contact m.arundale@apemltd.co.uk MichelleFogartyEquinorPrimary contact MFOG@equinor.com JamesNeveuBPSecondary contact james.neveu@bp.com OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor MatthewArundaleAPEM LtdPrimary contact m.arundale@apemltd.co.uk ownerMichelleFogartyEquinorPrimary contact MFOG@equinor.com ownerJamesNeveuBPSecondary contact james.neveu@bp.com originator 2026-04-28 eng Original provider: APEM Inc. Dataset credits: APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates Inc. Abstract: Equinor Wind US, LLC were committed to undertaking a Construction and Operation Plan (COP) of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Lease Area Outer Continental Shelf (OCS-A) 0520, now called Beacon Wind. To facilitate this, 16 surveys were undertaken by APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates, Inc. (Normandeau-APEM Team) between December 2019 and November 2020 to provide baseline information for consideration in the assessment of potential impacts. Additional surveys were collected between March 2021 and October 2021 and can be accessed at https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2187. 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 SightingVessel N/A This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2192 North Atlantic -70.7434 41.0551 41.0551 40.6321 2019-12-07 2020-11-04 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). speciesAlca tordaRazorbill familyAlcidaeMurres speciesAlle alleDovekie familyAnatidaeDucks classAvesBirds speciesBalaenoptera acutorostrataCommon minke whale speciesBalaenoptera physalusFin whale speciesCalonectris diomedeaCory's shearwater familyCarcharhinidaerequiem sharks speciesCarcharhinus limbatusBlacktip shark speciesCarcharhinus longimanusOceanic whitetip shark speciesCarcharhinus obscurusDusky shark speciesCarcharhinus plumbeusSandbar shark speciesCarcharodon carchariasGreat white shark speciesCaretta carettaLoggerhead sea turtle familyCentrarchidaeSunfishes speciesCetorhinus maximusBasking shark speciesChroicocephalus philadelphiaBonaparte's gull speciesClangula hyemalisLong-tailed duck speciesCoryphaena hippurusDolphinfish familyDelphinidaeDolphins speciesDelphinus delphisShort-beaked common dolphin subclassElasmobranchiiCartilaginous fishes speciesFratercula arcticaAtlantic puffin speciesFulmarus glacialisNorthern fulmar speciesGaleocerdo cuvierTiger shark speciesGavia immerCommon loon speciesGavia stellataRed-throated loon familyGaviidaeDivers speciesHalichoerus grypusAtlantic gray seal familyHyperoodontidaeBeaked whales familyIstiophoridaeBillfishes speciesIsurus oxyrinchusShortfin mako familyLaridaeGulls speciesLarus argentatusHerring gull speciesLarus delawarensisRing-billed gull speciesLarus fuscusLesser black-backed gull speciesLarus glaucoidesIceland gull speciesLarus marinusGreat black-backed gull speciesLepidochelys kempiiKemp's ridley speciesLeucophaeus atricillaLaughing gull classMammaliaMammals speciesMegaptera novaeangliaeHumpback whale genusMelanittaScoters speciesMelanitta fuscaVelvet scoter speciesMelanitta nigraBlack scoter speciesMelanitta perspicillataSurf scoter speciesMobula tarapacanaSicklefin devil ray speciesMola molaOcean sunfish speciesMorus bassanusNorthern gannet speciesOceanites oceanicusWilson's storm petrel superclassOsteichthyesBony fishes familyOtariidaeEared seals orderPerciformesperch-like fishes genusPhalacrocoraxCormorants genusPhalaropusPhalaropes speciesPhalaropus fulicariusRed phalarope speciesPhoca vitulinaHarbor seal speciesPhocoena phocoenaHarbor porpoise speciesPrionace glaucaBlue shark familyProcellariidaeFulmars / petrels / shearwaters orderProcellariiformesTube-nosed Swimmers speciesPuffinus gravisGreat shearwater speciesPuffinus griseusSooty shearwater speciesPuffinus puffinusManx shearwater speciesRissa tridactylaBlack-legged kittiwake speciesSomateria mollissimaCommon eider speciesSphyrna lewiniScalloped hammerhead speciesSphyrna mokarrangreat hammerhead speciesSphyrna zygaenaSmooth hammerhead familySphyrnidaeBonnethead sharks speciesSqualus acanthiasPiked dogfish speciesStercorarius parasiticusParasitic jaeger genusSternaTypical Terns speciesSterna dougalliiRoseate tern speciesSterna forsteriForster's tern speciesSterna hirundoCommon tern speciesThunnus thynnusAtlantic bluefin tuna speciesTursiops truncatusCommon bottlenose dolphin genusUriaMurres speciesXema sabiniSabine's gull speciesXiphias gladiusAtlantic swordfish N/A notPlanned MatthewArundaleAPEM LtdPrimary contact m.arundale@apemltd.co.uk MichelleFogartyEquinorPrimary contact MFOG@equinor.com NA NA NA MatthewArundaleownerMichelleFogartyownerJamesNeveuoriginator NA 2026-04-28T11:48:30-04:00 dataset Fogarty, M., M. Arundale and J. Neveu. 2025. Beacon Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0520, Equinor Wind US LLC, December 2019 – November 2020. Version 1.0.1. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/c2b72183. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2192 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2192/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2192/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_2192 zd_2192