gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:17344 eng UTF8 dataset Alaska Fisheries Science Center 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle WA 98115 USA https://www.afsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 0700-1700 Pacific Time resourceProvider 2026-03-04T19:17:18 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) AFSC/NMML: North Pacific right whale aerial surveys in the southeastern Bering Sea, 2008-2009. AFSC/NMML: North Pacific right whale aerial surveys in the southeastern Bering Sea, 2008-2009. 2008 creation publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 17344 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17344 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Alaska Fisheries Science Center (206) 526-4000 (206) 526-4004 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle WA 98115 USA afsc.webmaster@noaa.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Alaska Fisheries Science Center Website AKFSC Home Page information 0700-1700 Pacific Time originator http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00573.x/pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Rone, B. K. et al. 2012. Using air-deployed passive sonobuoys to detect and locate critically endangered North Pacific right whales. Marine Mammal Science 28: E528-E538. download tableDigital As part of an inter-agency agreement between the National Marine Mammal Laboratory and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, aerial surveys of the North Aleutian Basin and sourtheastern Bering Sea were conducted from 24 July to 28 August 2008 and 14 July to 25 August 2009. Both surveys were conducted from an Aerocommander 690A. In 2008, the survey design consisted of broadscale transects covering the waters from Bristol Bay west to the Pribilof Islands. The survey covered a total of 5,821 nmi (10,782 km) on-effort, 471 nmi (872 km) transit and crosslegs, and off-effort accounted for 837 nmi (1551 km). There were a total of 263 sightings (755 individuals) of 11 confirmed marine mammals species; these included right, humpback, fin and sei whales as well as killer whales, Dall's, and harbor porpoise, Pacific white-sided dolphins, fur seals, sea lions, walrus and sea otters. There were 10 sightings (12 individulas) of right whales recorded on 3 separate days. Six unique individuals were photo-identified and 4 matches were made between the aerial and vessel surveys. In 2009, the survey consisted of finescale transects over the critical habitat and an acoustic component was added to complement the visual survey. The survey covered a total of 2,590 nmi (4,800 km) on effort . There were a total of 124 sightings (213 individuals) of 3 confirmed marine mammal species, right, humpback and fin whales. There were 23 sightings (28 individuals) of right whales documented on 9 separate days. Seven unique individuals were photo-identified. Three matches were made to the 2008 survey. In all, the 2 year survey documented 10 unique North Pacific right whales. The overall purpose of this study was to facilitate development of future oil and gas-related mitigation by asssessing the distribution, occurrence and habitat use of North Pacific right whales in the southeastern Bering Sea (North Aleutian Basin lease sale area and adjacent waters). The general objectives were to document the occurrence and distribution of right whales using fixed-winged aircraft, to locate whales and provide aerial support for satellite tagging, and to photo-identify individuals for abundance estimates and life history. Standard line transect and exploratory transect methods were used. completed Clapham, Phillip phillip.clapham@noaa.gov pointOfContact Rone, Brenda brenda.rone@noaa.gov custodian notPlanned acoustic aerial critical habitat oil lease area theme Bering Sea place DOC/NOAA/NMFS/AFSC > Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 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NOAA denies liability if the data are misused. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 17344 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/afsc/dmp/pdf/17344.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US biota oceans -167 -161 55 58 Southeastern Bering Sea and Bristol Bay | Currentness: Ground Condition 2008-08-01 2009-08-01 false eng false Data File PRIEST Aerial 2008-2009 Database 2018-11-30 publication CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information distributor https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0135767 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0135767 cvs file with effort and sighting data. download dataset Completeness Report Not applicable. 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