18415
Small-boat Cetacean Surveys
Data Set
Published / External
18140
Cetaceans- Small-boat Surveys
Project
In Work
2006
Cetacean surveys are conducted aboard small vessels (19-41 ft) in order to collect photos, biopsy samples, and acoustic recordings and to deploy satellite tags. Surveys are conducted with three to eight observers scanning 360 degrees around the vessel using unaided eye or 7-10x binoculars.
The database contains multiple spreadsheets that hold data collected during each small-boat survey project conducted by the PIFSC CRP. This includes a summary of the daily effort, cetacean sighting details, and biopsy sample details.
Data collected during small-boat surveys are used for population studies. Photos are used for individual photo-identification to anaylze movements, social structure, and abundance. Biopsy samples are used for genetic analysis and population structure, contaminant and stable isotope analyses. Acoustic data are used for studies on the regional differences/similarities in stocks.
Prior to 2011, additional details were not collected for sightings from the small boat when launched during shipboard surveys.
See specific small-boat surveys projects by region for more information.
Theme
cetaceans
Spatial
American Samoa EEZ
Spatial
Guam/CNMI EEZ
Spatial
Hawaii EEZ
Spatial
Palmyra EEZ
Instrument
air rifle
Instrument
camera
Instrument
crossbow
Platform
small boat
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Honolulu
HI
USA
IRC
1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176
Honolulu, HI 96818
Data Set
Access Database, spreadsheets
As Needed
Table (digital)
Database tables that contains details on data collected during each small boat survey.
n/a
n/a
18416
Small-boat Cetacean Surveys: Effort Summary
Published / External
In Work
Small-boat cetacean surveys are summarized by daily effort.
Spreadsheet
Yes
This spreadsheet is held within a Microsoft Access Database that contains other related data associated with each specific survey.
1
Line
numeric
No
No
Active
The number line - the order of the data records
2
Project_CruiseID
text
20
No
No
Active
The project name including the year and location. A cruise identification number is listed if in independent small boat survey was conducted during a shipboard survey.
TEXT
3
SurveyID
text
11
Yes
No
Active
The survey's identification number composed of a regional code and number (incremented from 1)
ALPHANUMERIC
CNMI-000010; GM-000025
4
ResearchGroup
text
255
No
No
Active
List of all organizations (acronyms) involved in project.
TEXT
PIFSC=Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, JIMAR=Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, CRC=Cascadia Research Collective, HDR=HDR, ADL=Allan Ligon Contract, SIO=Scripps Institution of Oceanography, HIWS=Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Sanctuary, HIMB=Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology, HMMC=Hawaii Marine Mammal Consortium, HAMER=Hawaii Association for Marine Education and Research
5
Date
date/time
10
Yes
No
Active
Date (local)
SHORT DATE
MM/DD/YYYY
6
Vessel
text
255
Yes
No
Active
Name of the vessel aboard which the surveys are conducted
TEXT
7
EEZ
text
255
Yes
No
Active
Exclusive Economic Zone where surveys were conducted
TEXT
8
Region
TEXT
No
No
Active
Area within the EEZ where the survey was conducted
9
Location
TEXT
No
No
Active
Island or fine-scale location where survey was conducted
10
SurveyDescription
text
255
Yes
No
Active
Description of survey route
TEXT
11
BeginFieldTime
date/time
5
Yes
No
Active
Time when the survey day begins (departure from boat dock)
SHORT TIME
HH:MM
12
EndFieldTime
date/time
5
Yes
No
Active
Time when the survey day ends (return to boat dock)
SHORT TIME
HH:MM
13
BeginEffortTime
date/time
5
Yes
No
Active
Initial On-Effort start time
SHORT TIME
HH:MM
14
EndEffortTime
date/time
5
Yes
No
Active
final Off-Effort time
SHORT TIME
HH:MM
15
BeginEffortLat
number
9
Yes
No
7
Active
Latitude at location where effort began for the day (+ = north; - = south)
DECIMAL
16
BeginEffortLong
number
10
Yes
No
8
Active
Longitude at location where effort began for the day (+ = east; - = west)
DECIMAL
17
EndEffortLat
number
9
Yes
No
7
Active
Latitude at location where effort ended for the day (+ = north; - = south)
DECIMAL
18
EndEffortLong
number
10
Yes
No
8
Active
Longitude at location where effort ended for the day (+ = east; - = west)
DECIMAL
19
OnEffortDistance_km
number
7
No
No
Active
Total distance of the on-effort survey trackline
DECIMAL
kilometers
20
DistanceTotal_km
number
7
No
No
Active
The total distance of the trackline (including off-effort periods).
DECIMAL
kilometers
21
TimeTotal
date/time
5
No
No
Active
The total amount of time of the field day (dock to dock).
SHORT TIME
HH:MM
22
Notes
text
255
No
No
Active
Any additional information associated with the survey day.
18423
Small-boat Cetacean Surveys: Sightings
Published / External
In Work
Detailed information about each cetacean sighting from small-boat surveys.
Spreadsheet
Yes
This spreadsheet is held within a Microsoft Access Database that contains other related data associated with each specific survey.
1
Line
numeric
No
No
Active
Line of record - order of data records
2
Project_CruiseID
TEXT
No
No
Active
The small-boat project or ship survey Cruise ID (YYYY Project Name or Cruise Name & Cruise Number)
3
SurveyID
text
11
Yes
No
Active
The survey's identification number composed of a regional code and number (incremented from 1)
ALPHANUMERIC
CNMI-000005
4
Date
date/time
10
Yes
No
Active
Date (local)
SHORT DATE
MM/DD/YYYY
5
Sighting
text
4
Yes
No
Active
The sighting number. For some surveys the sighting numbers reset each day. For other surveys the sighting number incremented throughout the survey effort. Multispecies sightings have the same sighting number but each species is assigned a letter (e.g. a, b, c) and details are listed on a separate row. For most shipboard surveys the sighting number is the WINCRUZ number
BYTE OR ALPHANUMERIC
6
SpeciesCode
number
3
Yes
No
Active
Three number code assigned to each specific species
INTEGER
002=Pantropical spotted dolphin(Stenella attenuata),003=Unid. Spinner dolphin subspecies(Stenella longirostris subsp.),013=Striped dolphin(Stenella coeruleoalba),015=Rough-toothed dolphin(Steno bredanensis),016=Long-beaked common dolphin(Delphinus capensis),017=Short-beaked common dolphin(Delphinus delphis),018=Bottlenose dolphin(Tursiops truncatus),021=Risso's dolphin(Grampus griseus),026=Fraser's dolphin(Lagenodelphis hosei),031=Melon-headed whale(Peponocephala electra),032=Pygmy killer whale(Feresa attenuata),033=False killer whale(Pseudorca crassidens),036=Short-finned pilot whale(Globicephala macrorhynchus),037=Killer whale(Orcinus orca),046=Sperm whale(Physeter macrocephalus),047=Pygmy sperm whale(Kogia breviceps),048=Dwarf sperm whale(Kogia sima),049=Unid. Beaked whale(Unid. Beaked whale),051=Mesoplodon beaked whale(Mesoplodon sp.),057=Ginko-toothed beaked whale(Mesoplodon ginkodens),059=Blainville's beaked whale(Mesoplodon densirostris),061=Cuvier's beaked whale(Ziphius cavirostris),063=Baird's beaked whale(Berardius bairdii),065=Longman's beaked whale(Indopacetus pacificus),066=North Pacific right whale(Eubalaena japonica),070=Unid. Rorqual(Unid. Rorqual),071=Minke whale(Balaenoptera acutorostrata),072=Bryde's whale(Balaenoptera edeni),073=Sei whale(Balaenoptera borealis),074=Fin whale(Balaenoptera physalus),075=Blue whale(Balaenoptera musculus),076=Humpback whale(Megaptera novaeangliae),077=Unid. Dolphin(Unid. Dolphin),078=Unid. small whale(Unid. small whale),079=Unid. large whale(Unid. large whale),080=Pygmy/dwarf sperm whale(Kogia sp.),096=Unid. Cetacean(Unid. Cetacean),098=Unid. Whale(Unid. Whale),099=Sei/Bryde's whale(B. borealis/edeni),102=Spinner dolphin(Stenella longirostris),105=Indo-Pacific bottlenose(Tursiops aduncas),177=Unid. small delphinid(Unid. small delphinid),277=Unid. medium delphinid(Unid. medium delphinid),377=Unid. large delphinid(Unid. large delphinid),CC=Loggerhead Sea turtle(Caretta Caretta),CM=Green sea turtle(Chelonia mydas),DC=Leatherback sea turtle(Dermochelys coriacea),EI=Hawksbill sea turtle(Eretmochelys imbricata),MS=Hawaiian monk seal(Monachus schauinslandi)
7
Species
text
255
Yes
No
Active
Genus and species name
TEXT
8
CommonName
text
255
Yes
No
Active
the common name of the species
TEXT
9
Effort
text
3
Yes
No
Active
Did the sighting occur when the survey was On- or Off-effort
TEXT
ON, OFF
10
Cue
text
255
Yes
No
Active
The event/object that was the cue for the sighting.
TEXT
Birds, Splash, Marine Mammal Body, Ship, Other, Blow, Other Research Vessel, Fishing Vessel, Tour Boat, Splash/Blow/Fin, Unknown
11
MixedSpecies
TEXT
No
No
Active
Yes/No - were there multiple species interacting during the encounter?
12
TimeBegin
date/time
5
Yes
No
Active
Time (local) of the start of the sighting.
SHORT TIME
HH:MM
13
TimeEnd
TIME
No
No
Active
End time of the sighting
14
EEZ
text
255
No
No
Active
Exclusive Economic Zone where the sighting occurred
TEXT
15
Region
TEXT
No
No
Active
Region within the EEZ where the sighting occurred. Regions defined by the Cetacean Research Program
16
Location
TEXT
No
No
Active
Island or more specific location where the sighting occurred
TEXT
17
BeginLat
number
9
Yes
No
7
Active
Latitude at the beginning of the sighting (+ = North, - = South) at the group
DECIMAL
18
BeginLong
number
10
No
No
8
Active
Longitude at the beginning of the sighting (+ = East, - = West)
DECIMAL
19
TotalMin
text
5
Yes
No
Active
Group size estimate (minimum). If no estimate was made "n/a" entered.
INTEGER OR TEXT
20
TotalBest
text
5
Yes
No
Active
Group size estimate (best). If no estimate was made "n/a" entered.
INTEGER OR TEXT
21
TotalMax
text
5
Yes
No
Active
Group size estimate (maximum). If no estimate was made "n/a" entered.
INTEGER OR TEXT
22
Behaviors
text
255
No
No
Active
Comma-separated list of behaviors observed. n/a if no behaviors observed or recorded
TEXT
23
Photos
number
5
Yes
No
Active
Total number of photos taken during sighting
INTEGER
24
BiopsySamples
number
3
No
No
Active
Number of biopsy samples collected
BYTE
25
TagDeployments
text
255
No
No
Inactive
tag type and Tag ID of satellite tags deployed
TEXT
26
PermitNum
text
25
Yes
No
Active
NMFS permit number under which data were collected
ALPHANUMERIC
Data Steward
2006
Person
Hill, Marie C
marie.hill@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5710
Distributor
2006
Organization
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
PIFSC
pifsc.info@noaa.gov
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.
Metadata Contact
2006
Person
Hill, Marie C
marie.hill@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5710
Point of Contact
2009
Person
Oleson, Erin M
erin.oleson@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5712
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Point of Contact
2006
Person
Hill, Marie C
marie.hill@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5710
Ground Condition
U.S. EEZs of the Pacific Islands Region, central and western North Pacific Ocean, central South Pacific Ocean. See specific surveys for details.
Continuing
2006
The PIFSC CRP has conducted small-boat cetacean surveys since 2006. See specific surveys for details.
Unclassified
None
None
None
The user is responsible for the results of any application of these data.
The NMFS permit number (listed within the dataset) under which the data were collected must be listed in any publications and/or other representations of these data.
Acknowledgement of NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center's Cetacean Research Program, as the source from which these data were obtained, in any publications and/or other representations of these data is requested.
None
None
2019
https://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov/xfer/PIFSC_PIRO_bulk_data_download_InPort_18415.tgz
2006
Organization
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
PSD_CRP_SmallBoat_Sightings_2006_to_FEB2018.csv
csv (comma-separated values)
CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
Table
All records of cetacean sightings during PIFSC CRP small-boat surveys are kept and reported within this dataset.
Data are checked in the field after collection and then checked again before public access availability
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Data hosting services are needed
1 year
We are allotted 1yr. from the time of data collection to the time of dissemination
To Be Determined
1wk-1mo
Data are backed up to multiple hard drives and stored in secure locations.
Prior to 2011, survey, sighting, and biopsy sample details were collected on paper forms then transcribed into a Microsoft Access database. Since 2011 data are collected using an electronic field database using FileMaker Pro and then transferred to the Access database.
DSLR Camera
gear
Digital SLR Camera
Digital Single Lens Reflex camera used to take photos
Charter vessels-small boats
various vessels ranging in size (20-40 ft length) chartered for cetacean surveys when a NOAA small boat is not available.
DSLR Camera
gear
Digital SLR Camera
Digital Single Lens Reflex camera used to take photos
18416
Entity
Small-boat Cetacean Surveys: Effort Summary
18423
Entity
Small-boat Cetacean Surveys: Sightings
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Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
PIFSC
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808-725-5300
http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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1 Year
2016-12-11