10.82144/9f540955 ed8817bd-2087-4667-bcd1-f2f82f9ca894 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/513 ea93b52d-23aa-4be7-9686-a56be3b3ee2b zd_513 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 2026-04-30 eng Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: Whale Ecology 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 mammalsAircraftVisual Sighting N/A This dataset is now split into yearly datasets and thus not available to download. Please access the yearly datasets at https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/10yyyy where yyyy is the year of the data starting from 1998 (e.g. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/101998 for the 1998 data). Other references: <a href="http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/crd/crd0905/" target="_blank">Khan C, Cole TVN, Duley P, Glass AH, Niemeyer M, Christman C. 2009. North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) and Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS) 2008 Results Summary. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc. 09-05; 7 p.</a> <a href="http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/crd/crd0806/index.html" target="_blank">Niemeyer, M., T.V.N. Cole, C.L. Christman, P. Duley and A.H. Glass. 2008. North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) and Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS) 2007 results summary. Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document. 08-06; 6 p. </a> <a href="http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/crd/crd0702/" target="_blank">Cole TVN, Gerrior P, Merrick RL. 2007. Methodologies of the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service aerial survey program for right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Northeast U.S., 1998-2006. US Dep Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc 07-02; 11 p.</a> The access to this work requires permission. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/513 North Atlantic Ocean -76.04468 50.15105 50.15105 35.58586 1998-05-14 2024-12-19 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). speciesBalaena mysticetusBowhead genusBalaenopteraBaleen whales speciesBalaenoptera acutorostrataCommon minke whale speciesBalaenoptera borealisSei whale speciesBalaenoptera musculusBlue whale speciesBalaenoptera physalusFin whale suborderCaniformiaPinnipeds speciesCarcharodon carchariasGreat white shark speciesCaretta carettaLoggerhead sea turtle orderCetaceaCetaceans speciesCetorhinus maximusBasking shark familyCheloniidaeSea turtles classChondrichthyesCartilaginous fishes familyDelphinidaeDolphins speciesDelphinus delphisShort-beaked common dolphin speciesDermochelys coriaceaLeatherback sea turtle speciesEubalaena glacialisNorth Atlantic right whale genusGlobicephalaPilot whales speciesGrampus griseusRisso's dolphin speciesHalichoerus grypusAtlantic gray seal speciesHyperoodon ampullatusNorthern bottlenose whale familyHyperoodontidaeBeaked whales genusLagenorhynchusWhite-beaked dolphins speciesLagenorhynchus acutusAtlantic white-sided dolphin speciesLagenorhynchus albirostrisWhite-beaked dolphin speciesLepidochelys kempiiKemp's ridley speciesMegaptera novaeangliaeHumpback whale genusMesoplodonBeaked whales speciesMola molaOcean sunfish suborderOdontocetiToothed whales speciesOrcinus orcaKiller whale speciesPhocoena phocoenaHarbor porpoise speciesPhyseter macrocephalusSperm whale speciesPrionace glaucaBlue shark familyRajidaerays speciesRhincodon typusWhale shark genusSphyrnaBonnethead sharks genusStenellaSpinner dolphins speciesStenella coeruleoalbaStriped dolphin genusThunnusalbacores speciesTursiops truncatusCommon bottlenose dolphin speciesXiphias gladiusAtlantic swordfish not provided notPlanned TimColeNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science CenterPrimary contact Tim.Cole@noaa.gov http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/surveys/ NA NA NA TimColeownerChristinKhanoriginatorAlisonOgilvieoriginator NA 2026-04-30T16:00:47-04:00 dataset Cole, T., C. Khan and A. Ogilvie. 2025. NEFSC Right Whale Aerial Survey. Version 2.11.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/9f540955. Gatzke J, Khan C, Henry A, Cole T, Duley P. 2013. North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) and Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS) 2012 Results Summary. US Dept Commer, Northeast Fish Sci Cent Ref Doc13-08; 7 p. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/513 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/513/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/513/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_513 zd_513