gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:30417 eng UTF8 dataset CSV Files Southeast Fisheries Science Center (305)361-5761 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA www.sefsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST resourceProvider Mcneill, Joanne B Contact by email preferred. pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:19 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Sea turtles sightings in North Carolina from 1987-02-01 to 2015-06-16 (NCEI Accession 0161174) 1987 creation 2016 revision publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 30417 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30417 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information tableDigital Cite as: McNeill, B. Joanne (2017). Sea turtles sightings in North Carolina from 1987-02-01 to 2015-06-16 (NCEI Accession 0161174). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0161174. Accessed [date] This data contains sea turtle sightings reported to the NMFS Beaufort Laboratory sea turtle program by the general public as they were fishing, boating, etc. These sightings provide relative abundance and seasonal occurrence of sea turtles in North Carolina's inshore and offshore waters These sightings provide relative abundance and seasonal occurrence of sea turtles in North Carolinas inshore and offshore waters. underDevelopment Avens, Larisa (252)728-8747 (252)728-8784 101 Pivers Island Rd. Beaufort NC larisa.avens@noaa.gov Contact by email preferred. pointOfContact Mcneill, Joanne B Contact by email preferred. custodian asNeeded DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 17.0 EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > REPTILES theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 Caretta caretta Chelonia mydas Dermochelys coriacea Lepidochelys kempii theme World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 17.2 0161174 161174 theme NCEI Accession BeaPR-MT Metadata Portfolio theme SEFSC Coastal Waters Of North Carolina place NODC SEA AREA NAMES Atlantic Ocean Sightings Turtles theme 1987-2015 temporal DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast 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). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Beaufort Protected Resources Sea Turtles project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Sea turtles sightings in North Carolina from 1987-02-01 to 2015-06-16 (NCEI Accession 0161174) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30417. 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: N/A unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 30417 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/30417.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 -80.651667 -74.50222 31.618611 37.666944 Atlantic Ocean (U.S.) | Currentness: Ground Condition 1988 false eng false Data Table Sea_Turtle_SIghtings_Data 2021-04-29 publication Column Definitions 2021-04-29 publication NCEI Archived Data Accession GZ / GZIP 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://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OAS/prd/accession/download/161174 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 161174.1.1.tar.gz gzip file containing whole archive package download dataset Horizontal Positional Accuracy Measure of latitude and longitude minutes are to 1 decimal place Vertical Positional Accuracy Measure of latitude and longitude minutes are to 1 decimal place Bias There is a confident field which gives some qualitative content about the sighting data data are key-entered from printed cards mailed to the lab by the public or from emails sent to lab from online source to report sea turtle sightings (www.seaturtle.org) Mcneill, Joanne B processor