gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:73043 eng UTF8 dataset 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 Rappucci, Gina (305) 361-4283 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 gina.rappucci@noaa.gov Contact by email preferred. pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:26 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of Mexico (survey GU0302) from 2003-06-14 to 2003-08-17. (NCEI Accession 0294561) 2024 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 73043 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/73043 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Southeast Fisheries Science Center (305)361-5761 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Southeast Fisheries Science Center Website About SEFSC information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST originator Mullin, Keith D 228-549-1632 228-769-9200 3209 Frederic St. Pascagoula MS 39568 keith.d.mullin@noaa.gov principalInvestigator https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0294561 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Landing Page NCEI Accession 0294561 Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of Mexico (survey GU0302) from 2003-06-14 to 2003-08-17. (NCEI Accession 0294561) download https://rs.gbif.org/extension/obis/extended_measurement_or_fact_2023-08-28.xml WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link approved Extended Measurement Or Facts (eMoF) extension for Darwin Core Data Formatting approved Extended Measurement Or Facts (eMoF) extension for Darwin Core Data Formatting download tableDigital Cite as: Dias, Laura A.; SEFSC - Miami Lab (2024). Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of Mexico (survey GU0302) from 2003-06-14 to 2003-08-17. (NCEI Accession 0294561). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is required to prepare an annual Stock Assessment Report (SAR) for each marine mammal stock to update abundance, stock structure, maximum net productivity, human-caused mortality, potential biological removal (PBR), and status. In the summer of 2003, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) conducted a marine mammal survey in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GMx). Operations occurred in the waters from 200 m deep seaward to the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) from Brownsville, Texas east into the Straits of Florida. The survey was designed using ship-based, line-transect methods in which experienced marine mammal observers visually located marine mammals, identified the species (to the lowest taxonomic level possible) and counted the number of whales and dolphins sighted along predetermined tracklines. A sighting constitutes a group of marine mammals (whales and dolphins) seen at the same location and time. This dataset includes marine mammal visual observation data and effort points with surveying conditions that can be used in abundance and density modeling per visual line-transect survey protocols. This dataset also includes opportunistic marine mammal photographs and information on biopsy samples collected during the survey. The primary goal was to conduct visual line-transect survey for abundance estimation, and distribution of cetaceans in the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico (GoMx). completed Dias, Laura A (305) 361-4269 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 laura.dias@noaa.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9378-4577 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ORCID Page Laura Dias Website listed for Dias, Laura A information pointOfContact Garrison, Lance 305-361-4488 305-361-4478 75 Virginia Beach Dr Miami FL 33149 Lance.Garrison@noaa.gov 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST/EDT Contact by email preferred. custodian https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0229/0294561/1.1/about/0294561_map.jpg Sampling Map NCEI Accession 0294561 EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHALES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > INDICATOR SPECIES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > ENDANGERED SPECIES EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOLOGICAL RECORDS > POPULATION ABUNDANCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 BAROMETERS > BAROMETERS BINOCULAR > BINOCULAR CAMERAS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 17.2 Ships platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords 17.2 779-1633 theme ESA/MMPA Permit Number 0294561 294561 theme NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER US DOC, NOAA, NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Miami Lab US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center;Pascagoula/Stennis, MS Laboratory University of Miami theme NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS BIOLOGICAL DATA CONDUCTIVITY FLUORESCENCE MARINE MAMMALS SPECIES IDENTIFICATION cetacean species abundance theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS biological in situ marine mammal observation survey - biological theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Miami, FL Laboratory theme NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS GU-03-02 theme OMAO Project oceanography theme wmo_categorycode Gulf of Mexico place NODC SEA AREA NAMES ThESAURUS BIG EYE BINOCULARS DISTANCE SAMPLING Photographs line transect sampling photograph video camera visual estimate visual observation instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS GORDON GUNTER (ICES code: 33GG) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS CETACEANS DOLPHIN FLOURESCENCE PHOTOGRAPHS SIGHTING VISUAL OBSERVATIONS theme 2003 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 Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Assessment Vessel Surveys project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of Mexico (survey GU0302) from 2003-06-14 to 2003-08-17. (NCEI Accession 0294561) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/73043. 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: None unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 73043 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/73043.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 -96.4453 -81.2005 23.859 29.4995 Gulf Of Mexico | Currentness: Ground Condition 2004-04-15 2004-06-10 This research was carried out [in part] under the auspices of the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), a Cooperative Institute of the University of Miami and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, cooperative agreement NA20OAR4320472. false eng false Other Data Table Photographs 2024-07-19 publication NOAA_SEFSC_GU0302_eMoF_20240627.csv 2024-07-19 publication NOAA_SEFSC_GU0302_event_20240627.csv 2024-07-19 publication NOAA_SEFSC_GU0302_occurrence_20240627.csv 2024-07-19 publication CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) GTAR 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.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/0294561 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 0294561.1.1.tar.gz download dataset Trackline, visual sightings, and passive acoustic data are collected using at-sea data collection programs. Field notes are recorded by observers and written onto paper datasheets which are then key entered into digitial databases. Dias, Laura A (305) 361-4269 laura.dias@noaa.gov processor Visual Observation Visual Observer Determines Parameter By Sighting NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter The Gordon Gunter primarily serves the NMFS Pascagoula Laboratory in Mississippi. The Gordon Gunter is a 224-ft. multi-use platform. It is equipped with a thermosalinograph, CTD, fluorometer, and other oceanographic instruments that monitor atmospheric and oceanic conditions while traveling. A variety of research gears are deployed from the vessel including stern trawling, longlining, plankton tows, and dredging. The Gordon Gunter operates in all three SEFSC research areas. Visual Observation Visual Observer Determines Parameter By Sighting