Dataset
OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences
Original provider: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Abstract: In summer 2021, the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center conducted a comprehensive line-transect survey for cetaceans and seabirds within the United States exclusive economic zones of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. MACS 2021 sailed for 59 days at sea aboard the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette in May–July, 2021, and surveyed 8,711.7 km of trackline. There were 77 cetacean sightings of at least 12 species.
Citation: Hill, M. 2023. PIFSC, Cetacean Survey, MACS 2021, Cruise 2102, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. Version 1.1.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/3c5c9a9f.
Published: October 08, 2025 at 13:58
URL: https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2240
Marie C. Hill
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
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| maximumDepthInMeters | 78 |
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| minimumDepthInMeters | 78 |
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
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| NO_DEPTH | 78 |
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