12946 Project Published / External 5942 HMSRP Hawaiian Monk Seal Foraging Ecology Metadata Portfolio Project In Work This project investigates foraging behavior of Hawaiian monk seals by conducting telemetry studies. During these studies, live seals are instrumented with dive recorders and location tags (VHF, satellite tags, cell phone tags), crittercams and other instruments to determine foraging locations and dive and foraging behavior. Information collected include binned dive data, high resolution dive data (depth, time), GPS quality location, satellite estimated location, video. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is the lead agency responsible for the recovery of the Hawaiian monk seal. Each year the NMFS Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Protected Species Division, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program conducts studies at the main breeding sites to provide information necessary to evaluate (1) the status and trends of the monk seal subpopulations, (2) natural history traits such as survival, reproduction, growth, behavior, and feeding habits, and (3) the success of various activities designed to facilitate population growth. The purpose of telemetry studies is to define Hawaiian monk seal foraging behavior to better understand the links between environment, prey variability, and demography. Division: Protected Species Division Chief: Charles Littnan Program: PSD Foraging Ecology Ownership: PIFSC Study Area: Northwestern and main Hawaiian Islands Spatial Resolution: Meters Temporal Resolution: Depending on instrument could be minutes to days Frequency of Collection: Intermittent, inconsistent Time of collection: Variable Types of Data Collected: Binned dive data, high resolution dive data (depth, time), GPS quality location, satellite estimated location Collection Method: Archival dive recorders, satellite/cell phone relayed data to computer Recording Media: Data recorded on instrument and transfered to harddrive or on cd provided by satellite company Collection Standards of the Data or Creation Standards of the Data Product: Available Automated QC Procedures: Available Storage Location: CD's in cabinet in PSD (rm 123), backed up on harddrive (Charles Littnan), backed up on server Storage Media / Format: Computer hard drive, CD Backups: Available Update Schedule: Monthly when instruments are deployed Data Distribution Method: CD Format of Data / Products on web server: ASCII (text), other (maps) Theme cell phone tags Theme crittercam Theme dive recorders Theme foraging Theme foraging ecology Theme hawaiian monk seal Theme hmsrp Theme pifsc Theme protected species Theme psd Theme satellite tags Theme satellite telemetry Theme telemetry Spatial hawaiian archipelago Spatial pacific region Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Honolulu HI USA 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg 176, Honolulu, HI 96818 Set of User Specified Items Data Steward 2007-09-21 Person Littnan, Charles L charles.littnan@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5711 Originator 2007-09-21 Organization Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC pifsc.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/02apffz65 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5360 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage Online Resource 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Point of Contact 2007-09-21 Person Littnan, Charles L charles.littnan@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5711 Ground Condition -180 -150 30 10 Hawaiian archipelago, Pacific Region Continuing 1982-12-31 Unclassified Hawaiian Monk Seal Program only unless otherwise authorized by contact Contact Data Control Person - Charles Littnan (charles.littnan@noaa.gov) Not to be distributed until publication or approval by contact Use of the data set must be cleared with NMFS/PIFSC, Protected Species Division. These data are PRELIMINARY and have not be completely screened for accuracy. NOAA can not be held liable for use of these data in a manner other than for perusal of preliminary data. The developers of these data are concerned with assuring its proper use. Before data are used to draw specific scientific conclusions, potential users are requested to contact NMFS/PIFSC, Protected Species Division for background on the data. Acknowledgement of the data should be cited. Different versions of the dataset may exist. The user must be sure to use the appropriate data set for the time period of interest. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable, NOAA cannot assume liablility for any damages or misrepresentation caused by any inaccuracies in the data or as a result of changes to the data caused by system transfers. 10842 Data Set 28584 Data Set 28583 Data Set gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:12946 Thea Johanos 2012-09-06T22:14:42 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2025-12-03T01:00:28 2015-12-08 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5300 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 1001 Public No 2015-12-08 1 Year 2016-12-08