Dataset

PIFSC, Cetacean Survey, MACS 2021, Cruise 2102, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

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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

78
occurrence records
17
taxa
12
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 78
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 78
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 78
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data