Dataset

NEFSC Survey 1991

OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Abstract: The aerial survey period was October 11-24, 1991. The survey was completed in 14 days with 8 flight days. The survey was based out of Bangor International Airport in Maine, and covered the Gulf of Maine and Massachusetts Bay area. A total of 42.2 hr were flown, covering over 4,600 mi of trackline. The survey covered the area of the 1991 harbor porpoise shipboard survey in order to get an indication of the fall distribution of harbor porpoise, and surveyed Massachusetts Bay primarily to determine distribution and density of pilot whales during the time of mass strandings on Cape Cod.

Citation: Palka, D. 2014. NEFSC Survey 1991. Version 1.8.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/22165dd5.

Published: October 07, 2025 at 18:29

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_111

Debi Palka
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

80
occurrence records
7
taxa
6
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 80
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 80
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 80
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 80
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data