https://doi.org/10.82144/64638a33
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/b94b8066-0d14-43b7-83da-d4e2002ab96a
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2213
https://obis.org/dataset/6b7a8fc5-84cd-4075-9328-79d2771086aa
Historical occurrence of whales in Scottish Waters inferred from whaling records
Conor
Ryan
Scottish Association for Marine Science
Primary contact
miolmor@gmail.com
conorryan.photography
OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
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Durham
NC
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Durham
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distributor
Conor
Ryan
Scottish Association for Marine Science
Primary contact
miolmor@gmail.com
conorryan.photography
owner
2025-09-11
eng
Original provider:
Conor Ryan
Dataset credits:
IWC
Abstract:
Archived logbooks detailing landings at Scottish shore-based whaling stations between 1903 and 1951 were used to map whale catch locations.
Historical distribution and occurrence are inferred and summary statistics on total landings are updated for blue (Balaenoptera musculus), fin (Balaenoptera physalus), humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), North Atlantic right (Eubalaena glacialis), sei (Balaenoptera borealis) and sperm (Physeter macrocephalus) whales: a total of 9,996 whales were caught
during this period, which is 3.7% higher than previously reported and 25% higher for blue whales.
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
Whale catch
Marine Animal Survey
Marine mammals
Visual Sighting
Vessel
N/A
This dataset contains a subset of the data used in the citation. The data
belong to IWC and the use of the data should be credited to the references.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License.
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2213
Oceans,Scotland
-14.463548
3.396713
63.409481
56.170033
1904-04-18
1951-08-05
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
species
Balaenoptera borealis
Sei whale
species
Balaenoptera musculus
Blue whale
species
Balaenoptera physalus
Fin whale
species
Eubalaena glacialis
North Atlantic right whale
species
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Northern bottlenose whale
species
Megaptera novaeangliae
Humpback whale
species
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale
notPlanned
Conor
Ryan
Scottish Association for Marine Science
Primary contact
miolmor@gmail.com
conorryan.photography
NA
NA
NA
Historical occurrence of whales in Scottish Waters inferred from whaling records
Conor
Ryan
owner
NA
zd_2213
2025-09-11T15:59:49-04:00
dataset
Ryan, C. 2022. Historical occurrence of whales in Scottish Waters inferred from whaling records. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/64638a33.
Conor Ryan, Susannah Calderan, Cherry Allison, Russell Leaper, Denise Risch. 2022. Historical occurrence of whales in Scottish Waters inferred from whaling records. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems1 - 18.
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