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Found 23 datasets matching "Whale sightings".

#1 Federal
Survey effort, baleen whale sightings, and biopsy samples collected from Rice's whale (Balaenoptera ricei) by NOAA SEFSC from 2004-05-05 to 2019-07-31 (NCEI Accession 0306474)
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000+00:00
The Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) conducted 16 shipboard surveys in the Gulf of America (formerly U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico) between 2004 and 2019. This dataset includes data...
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Search relevance: 120.13 | Views last month: 0
#2 Federal
AFSC/NMML/CCEP: Gray whale survey and sightings ranging from California to Kodiak Island, Alaska conducted by the Marine Mammal Laboratory from 1993-07-05 to 2014-10-24
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2025-05-15T19:15:56.000+00:00
Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) survey and sightings data from 1993 - 2014 collected by the Marine Mammal Laboratories' California Current Ecosystem Program (AFSC/NOAA) personnel. Gray whales...
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Search relevance: 111.38 | Views last month: 0
#3 Federal
Gray whale survey and sightings ranging from California to Kodiak Island, Alaska conducted by the National Marine Mammal Laboratory from 1993-07-05 to 2014-10-24 (NCEI Accession 0145636)
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2016-05-10T00:00:00.000+00:00
Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) survey and sightings data from 1993 - 2014 collected by the National Marine Mammal Laboratories' California Current Ecosystem Program (AFSC/NOAA) personnel. Gray...
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Search relevance: 109.88 | Views last month: 0
#4 Federal
TWM quadrant sightings by month 1999-2022
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2024-01-03T00:00:00.000+00:00
The primary goal of the Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) Sightings Dashboard is to provide a resource for individuals and organizations to determine appropriate marine mammal protections for...
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Search relevance: 108.57 | Views last month: 0
#5 Federal
Right Whale Sightings Advisory System (RWSAS)
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2025-05-15T19:16:03.000+00:00
The Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS) is a NOAA Fisheries program which was designed to reduce collisions between ships and the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale...
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Search relevance: 103.13 | Views last month: 0
#6 Federal
AFSC/NMML: Cook Inlet Beluga Opportunistic Sightings, 1975 to 2015
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2015-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
As a part of National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) management of the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population, a database of opportunistic beluga whale sightings was compiled from reports...
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Search relevance: 66.67 | Views last month: 0
#7 Federal
Cook Inlet Beluga Opportunistic Sightings, 1975 to 2015 (NCEI Accession 0142326)
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000+00:00
As a part of National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) management of the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population, a database of opportunistic beluga whale sightings was compiled from reports...
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Search relevance: 65.40 | Views last month: 0
#8 Federal
SRKW occurrence coastal - Occurrence and habitat use of SRKW and other top marine predators
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2019-07-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
The Southern Resident killer whale (SRKW) population is threatened by a number of identified risk factors including prey availability, contaminants, vessel noise and disturbance, and small...
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Search relevance: 63.87 | Views last month: 0
#9 Federal
Marine animal sighting and census data from AIRCRAFT in the Arctic Ocean, Beaufort Sea, and others from 1989-09-20 to 1989-11-03 (NCEI Accession 9000139)
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2023-02-14T00:00:00.000+00:00
Whale monitoring biological data was collected from Chukchi Sea by Sea World Research Institute, San Diego, CA. The data was collected over three month period spanning from September 20 to...
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Search relevance: 57.58 | Views last month: 0
#10 Federal
Autonomous Passive Acoustic Monitoring in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00
Bryde’s whales, Balaenoptera edeni, are the only year-round resident baleen whale in the Gulf of Mexico, have an estimated abundance of 33 individuals (CV 1.07) in the Gulf of Mexico population,...
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Search relevance: 49.82 | Views last month: 1
#11 Federal
Whale data collected using visual observations and other instruments from aircraft in the Arctic Ocean from 1979-08-02 to 1982-10-18 (NCEI Accession 8400149)
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2023-02-10T00:00:00.000+00:00
Whale data were collected using visual observations and other instruments in the Arctic Ocean from aircraft. Data were collected from 02 August 1979 to 18 October 1982 by the US Navy; Naval Ocean...
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Search relevance: 48.47 | Views last month: 0
#12 Federal
Visual and sonobuoy observations of whales taken from research vessel Yushin Maru No.2 in the Bering Sea for the IWC Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research, IWC-POWER, Program from 2017-07-03 to 2017-09-25 (NCEI Accession 0220472)
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2020-10-08T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset contains visual and sonobuoy observations of whales taken from research vessel Yushin Maru No.2 in the Bering Sea for the International Whaling Commission Pacific Ocean Whale and...
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Search relevance: 43.05 | Views last month: 0
#13 Federal
Cetacean visual observations, samples and environmental parameters collected onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of America (formerly U.S. Gulf of Mexico) from 2009-06-13 to 2009-08-12 (survey GU0903) (NCEI Accession 0304467)
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2025-08-26T00:00:00.000+00:00
The Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) conducted a shipboard survey in the Gulf of America (formerly U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico) from approximately the 200m isobath out to the U.S....
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Search relevance: 41.60 | Views last month: 0
#14 Federal
Visual whale survey from research vessel Yushin-Maru No. 2. in the North Pacific from 2023-07-28 to 2023-10-05 during the 2023 IWC-Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (IWC-POWER) (NCEI Accession 0286564)
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2024-01-04T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset contains the final cruise report for visual whale survey from research vessel Yushin-Maru No. 2. in the North Pacific from 2023-07-28 to 2023-10-05 during the 2023 International...
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Search relevance: 40.72 | Views last month: 0
#15 Federal
Visual observations of whales taken from research vessel Yushin Maru No.3 in the North Pacific for the IWC Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research, IWC-POWER, Program from 2016-07-02 to 2016-08-30 (NCEI Accession 0220470)
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2020-10-08T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset contains visual observations of whales taken from research vessel Yushin Maru No.3 in the North Pacific for the International Whaling Commission Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem...
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Search relevance: 38.34 | Views last month: 0
#16 Federal
Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) aerial survey in Cook Inlet, Alaska, conducted by Alaska Fisheries Scientific Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory from 1993-06-02 to 2022-06-18 (NCEI Accession 0133936)
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2023-08-04T00:00:00.000+00:00
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has conducted aerial counts of Cook Inlet beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from 1993 to 2022 (excluding 2013). Nearly all counts were conducted...
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Search relevance: 31.97 | Views last month: 0
#17 Federal
Assessment of whales in the North central Pacific Ocean from the research vessel Yushin Maru No. 3 from 2014-07-02 to 2014-08-30 (NCEI Accession 0279445)
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2023-06-30T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset contains results of visual assessment of different whales, including sperm, sei, blue, and others. Along with whale survey, the observations also included dolphin survey. They were...
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Search relevance: 31.38 | Views last month: 0
#18 Federal
EX1305: Summer Ecosystem Monitoring Survey on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20130821 and 20130901
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2013-07-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
The survey consists of 120 random stratified stations in the Middle Atlantic Bight, Southern New England, Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine. Depending on the duration of the cruise and weather,...
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Search relevance: 31.08 | Views last month: 0
#19 Federal
Visual sightings of blue, sei, fin whales from the research vessel Yushin-Maru No.3 in the North Pacific Ocean from 2012-07-13 to 2012-09-10 (NCEI Accession 0224175)
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2021-01-15T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset contains visual sightings of blue, sei, fin whales from the research vessel Yushin-Maru No.3 in the North Pacific Ocean. It provides information for the proposed future in-depth...
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Search relevance: 29.36 | Views last month: 0
#20 Federal
EK80 Water Column Sonar Data Collected During PC2406_Leg1
- Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Updated: 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000+00:00
The Ecosystem Monitoring surveys contribute to stock assessments, protected species assessments, ecosystem assessments, and climate assessments. As such, the surveys are multi-objective....
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Search relevance: 28.59 | Views last month: 1

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