Dataset

NEFSC Right Whale Aerial Survey

OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: Whale Ecology Branch, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA/NMFS Abstract: The North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) is a NOAA Fisheries program which locates and records the seasonal distribution of right whales off the northeastern United States.

Citation: Cole, T., C. Khan and A. Ogilvie. 2025. NEFSC Right Whale Aerial Survey. Version 2.10.1. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/9f540955.

Published: October 07, 2025 at 22:50

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_513

Tim Cole
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Christin Khan
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Alison Ogilvie
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

50,286
occurrence records
42
taxa
27
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 50,286
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 50,286
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 50,286
100.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 275
0.5%
ON_LAND 12
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data