Cole, T. and A. Ogilvie2025vector digital dataOBIS-SEAMAP2314https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2314OBIS-SEAMAPhttps://doi.org/10.82144/00ac69e5Version 1.0.0 The North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) is a NOAA Fisheries program which locates and records the seaonsl distribution of right whales off the northeastern United States.not providedThis is a part of NEFSC Right Whale Aerial Survey (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/513) conducted by Azura.2024011220240303ground conditionCompleteNone plannedNorth Atlantic Ocean-75.35588-73.0167939.7834437.13455 NoneMarine Animal SurveyMarine BiologyMarine mammalsVisual SightingAircraftNoneNorth Atlantic OceanMid-Atlantic 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 the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required. Suggested citation for this dataset: Cole, T. and A. Ogilvie. 2025. Mid-Atlantic marine mammal visual survey in 2024. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2314) on yyyy-mm-dd. Suggested 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. 4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP. 5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your analyses. 6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Tim Cole; Alison OgilvieNOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center; NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center mailing and physical address

n/a; 166 Water St

Woods Hole; Woods HoleMA; MAn/a; 02543n/a; USA n/a; n/aTim.Cole@noaa.gov; alison.ogilvie@noaa.gov Whale Ecology Branch through Azura, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA/NMFS Relational database 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. Hyrenbach2009vector digital dataOceanography22(2):104-115http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle 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.20250401Point 1e-051e-05Decimal degrees D_WGS_1984WGS_1984 6378137.000000298.257224 Biogeographic dataBiogeographic dataNot applicableoidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)Data provider1485idRecord IDData provider114631707sourceNEFSCData providerNEFSCplaneType of planeData providerType of planedate_localDate of the sighting in local time zoneData provider2024-01-122024-03-03time_localTime of the sighting in local time zoneData provider09:49:0815:43:30event_numberEvent numberData provider3162604flight_typeSurvey type code. Code descriptions available upon request.Data provider2020latitudeLatitude in decimal degreesData provider37.13455039.783440longitudeLongitude in decimal degreesData provider-75.355880-73.016790legtypeSurvey line type code. Code descriptions available upon request.Data provider16legstageSurvey watch stage code. Code descriptions available upon request.Data provider14psb_legstageSurvey watch stage code. Code descriptions available upon request.Data provider19altitudeAltitude in feetData provider7941538headingPlatform heading (degrees)Data provider7.98358.41speedPlatform speed (knots)Data provider69.44116.99sst_cSea surface temperature in celsiusData providerbeaufortBeaufort sea stateData provider2.004.00visibilty_codeVisibility codeData providervisibilty_nmVisibility in nautical milesData provider15.0035.00cloud_codeCloud codeData provider14cloud_percentCloud cover as a percentage.Data providerglare_lGlare at the left sideData provider23glare_rGlare at the right sideData provider23quality_lQuality at the left sideData providerQuality at the left sidequality_rQuality at the right sideData providerQuality at the right sideid_reliabilityReliability of species identificationData provider23sighting_numberSighting numberData provider115spcodeSpecies code by providerData providerSpecies code by providergroup_sizeGroup sizeData provider16calvesThenumber of calvesData providerbearingBearingData provideractual_headingActual heading in degreesData provider12.00344.00distanceDistanceData providerrelative_headingRelative headingData providerobserverObserver initialsData providerObserver initialsobs_positionObserverData providerObserverangleDeclination angle (0-90 degrees) of sighting available upon provider persmissionData provider45.0082.00cueSighting cueData providerSighting cueb1_final_codedefinition not providedData providerdefinition not providedb2_final_codedefinition not providedData provider878b3_final_codedefinition not providedData provider167b4_final_codedefinition not providedData provider154b5_final_codedefinition not providedData providerphotosIs a photo taken: yes=2 no=1Data provider12effort_commentsComments on effortData providerComments on effortsighting_commentsComments on sightingData providerComments on sightingedit1Changes made by the 1st editorData providerChanges made by the 1st editoredit2Changes made by the 2nd editorData providerChanges made by the 2nd editoredit3Changes made by the 3rd editorData providerChanges made by the 3rd editormisc_edit1definition not providedData providerdefinition not providedmisc_edit2definition not providedData providerdefinition not providedmisc_edit3definition not providedData providerdefinition not providedmisc_edit4Changes made by an editorData providerChanges made by an editorridRIDData provider49398124984850sp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPData provider180488180537geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providerGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPtimezone_hTime zone (hours)Data providerTime zone (hours)This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. The availability of the attributes depends on the share policy. When "Minimum attributes" is selected, only date/time, lat/lon, species identification and group size are available. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider. When "All attributes" is selected, all attributes are available in download.NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ. OBIS-SEAMAP mailing and physical address

A328, LSRC

DurhamNC27708USA 919-613-8021 seamap-contact@duke.edu OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset ID 2314Not 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. 2025040120250401 Ei Fujioka Nicholas School, Duke Universitymailing and physical address

A328, LSRC

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