Mallette S.D., Lockhart G G., McAlarney R.J., Cummings E.W., Pabst D. A., McLellan W.A., Barco S.G2016VAQF Scientific Report. 2016-04 The data provided were collected as part of the Documenting Whale Migration off Virginia's Coast for Use in Marine Spatial Planning project - funded by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program Grant Section 306 Environmental Enhancement Program Strategy Project of Special Merit. NA14NOS4190141 Jan 2014 - March 2016 Aerial surveys were conducted under NOAA Scientific Permits No. 948-1692-00 and 16473, held by UNCW.On November 1, 2013, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced Dominion Virginia Power was the provisional winner of the commercial lease area offshore of Virginia (VA WEA). Development of off shore wind energy poses potential threats to marine mammals, including direct effects (i.e.vessel interactions, collision and entanglement with structures, displacement, avoidance, or injury due to noise from construction or operations) and indirect threats (i.e. effects on prey species, increased risk of fishery and vessel interaction through displacement out of the WEA) (BOEM 2012). This information is important to mitigate the potentially harmful impacts from ocean development, shipping, and other anthropogenic activities. To address these existing data gaps, we have collected marine mammal and sea turtle sighting data from aerial surveys conducted off the coast of Virginia from November 2012 to December 2016.The sightings are split into the left and right sides. The sightings from the left side are available in http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1373 Opportunistic sightings (eventcode=10.0) are not included. Effort data (tracklines) are available upon request and permission from the provider.2015012020151101ground conditionCompleteNone plannedVirginia-75.967866-74.82691337.26833436.606516 NoneMarine Animal SurveyMarine BiologyMarine mammalsSea turtlesVisual SightingAircraftNoneVirginiaTaxon coveredMarine mammalsRays and sharksIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemUnknownNot applicableDownloaded April, 2004http://www.itis.usda.gov/Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetmailing and physical address

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Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetNot providedIdentified by observers or researchers conducting the surveyKingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataSubphylumVertebrataClassReptiliaOrderTestudinesSuborderCryptodiraSuperfamilyChelonioideaFamilyCheloniidaeSubfamilyCarettinaeGenusCarettaSpeciesCaretta carettaFamilyDermochelyidaeGenusDermochelysSpeciesDermochelys coriaceaClassChondrichthyesSubclassElasmobranchiiSuperorderEuselachiiOrderMyliobatiformesFamilyMobulidaeGenusMantaSpeciesManta birostrisFamilyRhinopteridaeGenusRhinopteraSpeciesRhinoptera bonasusClassMammaliaSubclassTheriaInfraclassEutheriaOrderCetaceaSuborderOdontocetiFamilyDelphinidaeGenusTursiopsSpeciesTursiops truncatus Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details. 1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless the datasets are explicitly shown under public domain. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you download come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required. Example citation for a dataset (Dataset ID: 1231; when References in the metadata is not empty, pick the first one): Sarah D. Mallette, Gwen G. Lockhart, Ryan J. McAlarney, Erin W. Cummings, William A. McLellan, D. Ann Pabst and Susan G. Barco. 2014. Documenting Whale Migration off Virginia's Coast for Use in Marine Spatial Planning: Aerial Surveys in the Proximity of the Virginia Wind Energy Area (VA WEA). VAQF Scientific Report 2015-02. pp. 24. Example citation for a dataset (Dataset ID: 1201; when References in the metadata is empty, use the title of the dataset and the information in Dataset credit and contact information): Lockhart, G.G., DiGiovanni Jr., R.A., DePerte, A.M. 2014. Virginia and Maryland Sea Turtle Research and Conservation Initiative Aerial Survey Sightings, May 2011 through July 2013. Downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1201) on xxxx-xx-xx. Citation for OBIS-SEAMAP: Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115 2. To forward the citation of any publication / report that made use of the data / tools provided by OBIS-SEAMAP for inclusion in our list of references. 3. Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. Gwen Lockhart; Sue BarcoTetra Tech; Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response mailing and physical address

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Boston; n/aMA; n/a02109; n/aUnited States; USA 7577486757; n/agwen.lockhart@tetratech.com; SGBarco@virginiaaquarium.com Virginia Aquarium Foundation - Sarah D. Mallette, Gwen G. Lockhart, Susan G. Barco University of North Carolina Wilmington - William A. McLellan, Ryan J. McAlarney Erin W. Cummings and D. Ann Pabst Relational database Mallette S.D., Lockhart G G., McAlarney R.J., Cummings E.W., Pabst D. A., McLellan W.A., Barco S.G2016vector digital dataVAQF Scientific Report. 2016-04Mallette S.D., Lockhart G G., McAlarney R.J., Cummings E.W., Pabst D. A., McLellan W.A., Barco S.G2016vector digital dataVAQF Scientific Report2016-04Barco, S. and G. Lockhart2016Version 1.0.0vector digital dataOBIS-SEAMAP1375https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1375OBIS-SEAMAPhttps://doi.org/10.82144/cce5bdc3Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach2009Oceanography22(2):104-115 All attributes were measured and recorded during the survey and validated by the data provider. Permissible values for date and time and coordinates were validated by the data provider and the OBIS-SEAMAP data manager. Species identification by the data provider was matched with Integrated Taxonomic Information System. All observation records are included.Data were put through the OBIS-SEAMAP data registration steps.20160519Point 1e-061e-06Decimal degrees D_WGS_1984WGS_1984 6378137.000000298.257224 Biogeographic dataBiogeographic dataNot applicableoidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)Data providerUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)objectidUnique ID numberData providerUnique ID numbermonthMonth of the sightingData provider111waypointWaypoint number generated by GPSData providerWaypoint number generated by GPSlatitudeLatitude in decimal degreesData provider36.606516037.2683340longitudeLongitude in decimal degreesData provider-75.9678660-74.8269130headingHeadingData providerHeadingtrackTrack numberData providerTrack numberobserverObserver left or rightData providerObserver left or rightbsssea stateData providersea stateData providercloudCloud cover codeData providerCloud cover codeData providerglarelGlare Left codeData providerGlare Left codeData providerglarerGlare Right codeData providerGlare Right codeData providerangleoutVertical angle is given in rough increments of 20 degrees with 1 being directly on the trackline and 4 being anything outside of survey wide to horizData provider14sightingcueSighting cue codeData providerSighting cue codeData providerspeciesSpecies name recordedData providerSpecies name recordedreliabilityReliability codeData providerReliability codeData providermin_countMinimum number of animalsData provider1400max_countMaximum number of animalsData provider1600best_countBest estimate of number of animalsData provider1500commentsComments about sightingData providerComments about sightingvisibilityVisibility codeData providerVisibility codeData providereventcodeEvent codeData providerEvent codeData providerdegreeforwardDegree forward is given assuming the nose of the plane is 0 degrees and directly off the wing is 90 degrees – measurements are taken from 1-180 on each side of the planeData provider40155datetimeobservation date time in Eastern Standard TimeData provider2015-01-20 15:35:422015-11-01 11:13:32contractFunding SourceData providerFunding SourcetsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPData provider159785331030datetime_iniInternal useData providerInternal uselatitude_iniInternal useData providerInternal uselongitude_iniInternal useData providerInternal usegeomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providerGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPThis section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ. OBIS-SEAMAP mailing and physical address

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DurhamNC27708USA 919-613-8021 seamap-contact@duke.edu OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset ID 1375Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. Also please refer to Use Constraints. CSV and ESRI shapefile OBIS-SEAMAP Free Go to the OBIS-SEAMAP web site. 2025091120250911 Ei Fujioka Nicholas School, Duke Universitymailing and physical address

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DurhamNC27708USA 919-613-8021 seamap-contact@duke.edu FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial MetadataFGDC-STD-001-1998local time http://www.nbii.gov/Biological Data Profile