10.82144/4431190b https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2368 zd_2368 TimColeNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterPrimary contact Tim.Cole@noaa.gov http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/surveys/ChristinKhanNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterSecondary contact Christin.Khan@noaa.gov www.cbkhan.comAlisonOgilvieNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterSecondary contact alison.ogilvie@noaa.gov OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor TimColeNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterPrimary contact Tim.Cole@noaa.gov http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/surveys/ownerChristinKhanNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterSecondary contact Christin.Khan@noaa.gov www.cbkhan.comoriginatorAlisonOgilvieNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterSecondary contact alison.ogilvie@noaa.gov originator 2025-11-20 eng Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: Protected Species Branch, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA/NMFS Abstract: The North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) is a NOAA Fisheries program which locates and records the seasonal distribution of right whales off the northeastern United States. 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 SurveyMarine mammalsVisual SightingAircraft N/A This is a part of NEFSC Right Whale Aerial Survey (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/513) conducted by Azura. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2368 North Atlantic Ocean -75.84112 40.37169 40.37169 36.66412 2024-12-07 2025-03-28 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). speciesBalaenoptera acutorostrataCommon minke whale speciesBalaenoptera musculusBlue whale speciesBalaenoptera physalusFin whale speciesDelphinus delphisShort-beaked common dolphin speciesEubalaena glacialisNorth Atlantic right whale familyHyperoodontidaeBeaked whales speciesMegaptera novaeangliaeHumpback whale suborderOdontocetiToothed whales speciesPhyseter macrocephalusSperm whale speciesTursiops truncatusCommon bottlenose dolphin N/A notPlanned TimColeNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterPrimary contact Tim.Cole@noaa.gov http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/surveys/ NA NA NA TimColeownerChristinKhanoriginatorAlisonOgilvieoriginator NA 2025-11-20T11:49:49-05:00 dataset Cole, T., C. Khan and A. Ogilvie. 2025. Mid Atlantic marine mammal visual survey in Dec 2024 - Apr 2025. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. Data accessed on yyyy-mm-dd from https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2368. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2368 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2368/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2368/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_2368 zd_2368