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  <para>Original provider:
Happywhale

Dataset credits:
Happywhale and contributors

Abstract:
Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.
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	<para>Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP.

There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only.

This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 15 contributors in alphabetic order:

Adrian Boyle; Conor Ryan; Dan Brown; Fanny; Gil Elimor; Lancy Cheng; Marian Herz; Mella Re; Mikhail Surudo; MS Fridtjof Nansen; Pamela Le Noury; Phillip Hunter; Stefan Bernhard; Troels Jacobsen; Vicki Beaver</para>
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	<title>Happywhale - Southern right whale in Southern Ocean</title>
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			<citation identifier="https://doi.org/10.82144/d527c01f">Happywhale. 2025. Happywhale - Southern right whale in Southern Ocean. Version 1.3.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.82144/d527c01f.</citation>
<bibliography><citation identifier="https://happywhale.com/">Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman. 2026. Happywhale encounter. </citation></bibliography>
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