gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:27499 eng UTF8 dataset Alaska Regional Office (907)586-7202 709 W. 9th St, P.O. Box 21668 Juneau AK 99802-1668 USA https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Mon-Fri. resourceProvider Mahoney, Barbara (907) 271-3448 (907) 271-3030 PO Box 43 Anchorage AK 99513-7577 USA barbara.mahoney@noaa.gov NMFS 222 West 7th Ave Anchorage, AK 99513 907-271-3448 pointOfContact 2024-02-29T00:00:00 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Alaska Beluga Strandings publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 27499 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/27499 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information documentDigital NMFS is mandated by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to collect reports of marine mammal stranding events. This particular catalogue item is specific to the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population. underDevelopment Mahoney, Barbara (907) 271-3448 (907) 271-3030 PO Box 43 Anchorage AK 99513-7577 USA barbara.mahoney@noaa.gov NMFS 222 West 7th Ave Anchorage, AK 99513 907-271-3448 pointOfContact Mahoney, Barbara (907) 271-3448 (907) 271-3030 PO Box 43 Anchorage AK 99513-7577 USA barbara.mahoney@noaa.gov NMFS 222 West 7th Ave Anchorage, AK 99513 907-271-3448 custodian DOC/NOAA/NMFS/AKRO > Alaska Regional Office, 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). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian AKRO Protected Resources (PR) Division Metadata Portfolio project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Alaska Regional Office, [Date of Access]: Alaska Beluga Strandings [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/27499. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: These data are sensitive. Only authorized users may access this data directly. The Alaska Regional Office will provide a set of non-sensitive aggregated data. restricted NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 27499 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/akro/dmp/pdf/27499.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 oceans -180 -130 50 72 includes all of Alaska 1945 Mahoney, Barbara (907) 271-3448 (907) 271-3030 PO Box 43 Anchorage AK 99513-7577 USA barbara.mahoney@noaa.gov NMFS 222 West 7th Ave Anchorage, AK 99513 907-271-3448 distributor https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/27499 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/27499 download dataset Representativeness Data represents all known and confirmed reported beluga whale strandings. However, there could be stranding events that were not reported, and therefore, not recorded. The likelihood of not reporting beluga whale strandings is high pre-1999. Bias Bias would exist based on location of the stranded beluga whale. This is because beluga whales could strand throughout Cook Inlet, but to be observed and reported, people would have to 1) find the stranded whale and 2) report the stranded whale to the federal (NMFS, FWS), state (ADFG, troopers), and/or local governments. Cook Inlet is populated along Turnagain Arm (Seward Highway), Anchorage, Kenai, and Homer. Completeness Report Stranding reports are very completed when necropsies have been done on the beluga whales. Stranding reports are complete when people are able to get on site to measure the stranded whale. Sometimes stranded whales are observed floating by or from airplanes, so reports only identify species, date, and locations. Beluga Whale Stranding Level A and Level B reports were completed by NMFS staff, contractors, other agency staff, and volunteers. These reports were then digitized and data was entered into database by a contractor. NMFS staff then reviewed the entered data for accuracy.