Right Whale Sightings Advisory System (RWSAS)

Published by Northeast Fisheries Science Center | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: December 20, 2025 | Last Modified: 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 (Eubalaena glacialis) by alerting mariners to the presence of the right whales. These reports are obtained from a variety of sources including aerial surveys, shipboard surveys, whale watch vessels, and opportunistic sources (Coast Guard, commercial ships, fishing vessels, and the general public).

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Complete Metadata

describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:23305
landingPage	https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/23305
language	[]
references	[ "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/nefsc/dmp/pdf/23305.pdf" ]
rights	otherRestrictions, unclassified
spatial	-39.7,25.7,-81.5,51.7
temporal	2002-02-06T00:00:00+00:00/2002-02-06T00:00:00+00:00

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