gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:72522 eng UTF8 dataset West Coast Regional Office 501 West Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802-4213 https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information resourceProvider Horsman, Jennifer 719-966-4477 jennifer.horsman@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2025-05-15T19:16:16 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) EPSG::32610 TWM quadrant sightings by month 1999-2022 2024-01-03 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 72522 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/72522 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information mapDigital The primary goal of the Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) Sightings Dashboard is to provide a resource for individuals and organizations to determine appropriate marine mammal protections for SRKWs when constructing projects throughout the Puget Sound. Specifically, in conjunction with the known action area of a project, it can help determine whether a marine mammal monitoring plan (MMMP) is needed that includes orcas. The National Marine Fisheries Service uses this tool to determine necessary MMMPs for Endangered Species Act consultations, including projects under the Salish Sea Nearshore Programmatic Biological Opinion. The Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) Sightings feature layer is the data source for the SRKW Sightings Map and Dashboard. All reported SRKW sightings are assigned to 1 of 445 quadrants and are summarized by quadrant as the total number of unique sighting days per month and during 1999-2022. The source of the database containing all orca sightings is The Whale Museum (TWM) Orca Sightings. The Whale Museum (TWM), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Protected Resources Division, NMFS Central Puget Sound completed Rudh, Nissa 360-701-9699 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd Portland OR 97232 nissa.rudh@noaa.gov pointOfContact Rudh, Nissa 360-701-9699 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd Portland OR 97232 nissa.rudh@noaa.gov custodian notPlanned Puget Sound,biota SRKW Salish Sea killer whales monthly sightings orcas sightings southern resident killer whale theme Puget Sound West Coast place DOC/NOAA/NMFS/WCRO > West Coast 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 Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) Sightings project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: West Coast Regional Office, [Date of Access]: TWM quadrant sightings by month 1999-2022 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/72522. 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 Use Constraints: *** No Warranty*** The user assumes the entire risk related to its use of these data. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is providing these data "as is," and NMFS disclaims any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including (without limitation) any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data to evaluate dataset limitations, restrictions or intended use. In no event will NMFS be liable to you or to any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages or lost profit resulting from any use or misuse of this data. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 72522 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/wcro/dmp/pdf/72522.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 environment location oceans Microsoft Windows 10 Version 10.0 (Build 19044) ; Esri ArcGIS 13.2.2.49743 Puget Sound, Salish Sea, SRKW Sightings -124.339465 -122.165596 47.011643 49.471218 | Currentness: Publication Date 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 2022-12-31T00:00:00Z false eng false Data Table TWM_quad_sightings_1999_2022 2024-04-30 publication ESRI File Geodatabase West Coast Regional Office 501 West Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802-4213 https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link West Coast Regional Office Website Website listed for West Coast Regional Office information Please contact the WCRO for more information about data distribution. distributor https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=8f779d13d31449adb963837511bd5b95 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link TWM_SRKW_sightings https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=8f779d13d31449adb963837511bd5b95 download dataset Conceptual Consistency No missing featuresSpecification Title2024-01-03T00:00:00Each polygon compared to original feature class.12024-01-03T00:00:00 1. Take all sightings from the whale museum database for years 1999-2022 2. Of all sightings in those years, remove those specified as transients, “not orcas”, Northern residents 3. Only keep sightings where the best guess at pod/whales identity contains one of the following - J|K|L|SR|SRKW|SWKW (all potential entries that indicate Southern Residents) and keep sightings only specified to “orca” or “orcas” 4. Of these sightings, look at sightings without a whale museum specified quadrant but with other location identifier (lat/long specified or fish area) to see where they land. NOTE: the whale museum includes a “fisharea” for sightings which are recreational fishing areas; we want sightings in commercial fishing areas. So, “Fisharea” recorded by the whale museum are the US recreational areas not commercial so larger than the management areas we’re looking at. Also, if they have a fish area with a “C”, this is not US commercial fishing areas that have C (like 12C, 13C, etc), these are Canada areas 12, 13 with a “C” for Canada 5. Filter to get number of “unique sightings days” - in other words, for every 4 sightings that have the same day, month, year, quadrant, and marine area, keep only 1. 6. Count the number of unique sightings in each quadrant for each month over the entire range of years (1999-2022) 2024-01-03T00:00:00 Rudh, Nissa 360-701-9699 nissa.rudh@noaa.gov processor Source Contribution: The primary data source in the SRKW Sighting Compilation is The Whale Museum's (TWM) sighting archives (TWM-SA) of year-round public sightings reported to The Whale Hotline or directly provided to Museum staff through several different channels. These channels include sighting compilations from the following: affiliated naturalists, scientists, commercial whale watch vessels, Orca Network email postings (www.orcanetwork.org), hydrophone detections from listeners to the Salish Sea Hydrophone Network (http://seasound.org and http://www.orcasound.org), and reliable reports from independent investigators and whale watchers. Other more systematic data sources collected during the summer season include: Dr. Robert Otis' longitudinal dataset from Lime Kiln Point State Park, Soundwatch Boater Education and Monitoring Program's 30-minute samples during on-water vessel patrols; and information from SPOT (satellite personal GPS) systems used by various whale watch and research boats from 2008-2018. A final source includes SRKW sightings via collaboration with Ocean Wise's Coastal Ocean Research Institute's B.C. Cetaceans Sightings Network (BCCSN), a primarily opportunistic sightings database from 1975-2022. The Whale Museum Southern Resident Killer Whale Sightings