https://doi.org/10.82144/f7ef17a7 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/285 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/55188f88-bf72-4ba7-b5b9-d41796c58cb2 https://obis.org/dataset/d11b19e7-4103-4cf5-ad4e-8c6c2cfb2e6d Robert Kenney University of Rhode Island Primary contact rkenney@gso.uri.edu OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Robert Kenney University of Rhode Island Primary contact rkenney@gso.uri.edu owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: University of Rhode Island Dataset credits: University of Rhode Island Bureau of Land Management US Dept of the Interior Abstract: The Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program (CETAP) was sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management and conducted between October 1978 and January 1982 by the University of Rhode Island in outer continental shelf waters of the northeastern United States from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to the Gulf of Maine and from shore to 9.3 km (5 nautical miles) seaward of the 1829 m (1000 fathoms) isobath. Population surveys were conducted by CETAP to assess the distribution and abundance of whales, dolphins and sea turtles inhabiting the study area. 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 Marine Animal Survey Marine mammals Sea turtles Aircraft Visual Sighting N/A Sighting points that are more than 2 km inland were eliminated. Sightings located from 1 km to 2 km inland can be considered as on-water sightings. Those points have TRUE in [Excluded] field to indicate that they seem to fall on land but may be correct sightings. Metadata are in progress. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/285 Oceans,North Atlantic Ocean -79.7 -58.867 45.017 31.9 1978-11-03 1980-12-26 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). kingdom Animalia animals genus Balaenoptera Baleen whales species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Balaenoptera borealis Sei whale species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale family Balaenopteridae Rorquals species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle order Cetacea Cetaceans species Cetorhinus maximus Basking shark species Chelonia mydas Green sea turtle class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fishes family Delphinidae Dolphins species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle subclass Elasmobranchii Cartilaginous fishes species Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale genus Globicephala Pilot whales species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin family Hyperoodontidae Beaked whales family Istiophoridae Billfishes genus Lagenorhynchus White-beaked dolphins species Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic white-sided dolphin species Lagenorhynchus albirostris White-beaked dolphin species Manta birostris Atlantic manta species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale genus Mesoplodon Beaked whales species Mola mola Ocean sunfish species Orcinus orca Killer whale superclass Osteichthyes Bony fishes species Phoca vitulina Harbor seal species Phocoena phocoena Harbor porpoise species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Prionace glauca Blue shark species Pseudorca crassidens False killer whale family Scombridae Albacores genus Sphyrna Bonnethead sharks genus Stenella Spinner dolphins species Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin species Stenella longirostris Spinner dolphin species Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed dolphin order Testudines Turtles species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin species Xiphias gladius Atlantic swordfish species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale This dataset is a subset of CETAP sightings, extracting opportunistic sighting records, with the addition of taxonomic information of species sighted. The full dataset may be available upon request. Requests for more data, further details on the dataset, proper use of the dataset, and questions should be directed to the primary contact person. notPlanned Robert Kenney University of Rhode Island Primary contact rkenney@gso.uri.edu NA NA NA Robert Kenney owner NA zd_285 2025-07-31T14:12:44-04:00 dataset Kenney, R. 2020. BLM CETAP SHIP Sightings. Version 1.6.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/f7ef17a7. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/285 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/285/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/285/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_285 zd_285 Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program. 1981. A characterization of marine mammals and turtles in the mid- and north-Atlantic areas of the U.S. outer continental shelf, Annual Report for 1979. Contract AA551-CT8-48. Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC: (NTIS# PB-81-243289.).