AFSC/NMML: North Pacific Right Whale Vessel Surveys in the Southeastern Bering Sea, 2007 - 2011

Description

The North Pacific right whale (NPRW) was heavily hunted between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Protection was supposedly afforded by international treaties in the 1930s and 1940s, but the illegal capture of hundreds of individuals by the Soviet Union, primarily in the 1960s drastically impacted the recovery of the species. Currently, only a small remnant of this population (estimated at approximately 30 individuals) inhabits the southeastern Bering Sea (SEBS). There is an increasing body of evidence suggesting that the middle shelf domain constitutes the primary habitat of NPRWs in the SEBS during the summer. Despite substantial observation effort from various sources in some other areas, the only region in the Bering Sea where NPRWs have been consistently seen is the middle shelf. Vessel surveys were conducted in the summers of 2007 - 2011 in the EBS mostly within the NPRW critical habitat boundary (located on the middle shelf of the SEBS). A total of eight NPRW individuals were identified from photographs taken during the survey.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 csv file with effort and sighting data. http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0133935
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17345
0 AKFSC Home Page https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center
0 Data is available at this site. http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0133935
0 OCS Study BOEM 2012-074 July 2012 NORTH PACIFIC RIGHT WHALES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN BERING SEA: FINAL REPORT http://www.boem.gov/BOEM-Newsroom/Library/Publications/2012/BOEM-2012-074.aspx
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/afsc/dmp/pdf/17345.pdf
0 csv file with effort and sighting data. http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0133935
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17345
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/afsc/dmp/pdf/17345.pdf
0 AKFSC Home Page https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center
0 Data is available at this site. http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0133935
0 OCS Study BOEM 2012-074 July 2012 NORTH PACIFIC RIGHT WHALES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN BERING SEA: FINAL REPORT http://www.boem.gov/BOEM-Newsroom/Library/Publications/2012/BOEM-2012-074.aspx
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 csv file with effort and sighting data. https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0133935
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17345
0 AKFSC Home Page https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center
0 Data is available at this site. https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0133935
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/afsc/dmp/pdf/17345.pdf
0 OCS Study BOEM 2012-074 July 2012 NORTH PACIFIC RIGHT WHALES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN BERING SEA: FINAL REPORT http://www.boem.gov/BOEM-Newsroom/Library/Publications/2012/BOEM-2012-074.aspx
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords

Tags

  • alaska fisheries science center
  • biopsy sampling
  • distribution
  • noaa
  • summer
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • national marine fisheries service
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc
  • abundance
  • line-transect survey
  • photo-identification
  • cetacean assessment and ecology program
  • bering sea
  • chukchi sea

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