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Title: Small-boat Cetacean Surveys: Sightings
Status: In Work
Abstract:

Detailed information about each cetacean sighting from small-boat surveys.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None cetaceans
None sightings

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None American Samoa EEZ
None CNMI EEZ
None Guam EEZ
None Hawaii EEZ
None Pacific Islands Region

Platform Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None small boat

Physical Location

Organization: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
City: Honolulu
State/Province: HI
Country: USA
Location Description:

IRC

1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176

Honolulu, HI 96818

Entity Information

Entity Type: Spreadsheet
Active Version?: Yes
Description:

This spreadsheet is held within a Microsoft Access Database that contains other related data associated with each specific survey.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
Line numeric Line of record - order of data records
100
Project_CruiseID TEXT The small-boat project or ship survey Cruise ID (YYYY Project Name or Cruise Name & Cruise Number)
100
SurveyID text The survey's identification number composed of a regional code and number (incremented from 1)
100
Date date/time Date (local)
100
Sighting text 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
100
SpeciesCode number Three number code assigned to each specific species
100
Species text Genus and species name
100
CommonName text the common name of the species
100
Effort text Did the sighting occur when the survey was On- or Off-effort
100
Cue text The event/object that was the cue for the sighting.
100
MixedSpecies TEXT Yes/No - were there multiple species interacting during the encounter?
100
TimeBegin date/time Time (local) of the start of the sighting.
100
TimeEnd TIME End time of the sighting
100
EEZ text Exclusive Economic Zone where the sighting occurred
100
Region TEXT Region within the EEZ where the sighting occurred. Regions defined by the Cetacean Research Program
100
Location TEXT Island or more specific location where the sighting occurred
100
BeginLat number Latitude at the beginning of the sighting (+ = North, - = South) at the group
100
BeginLong number Longitude at the beginning of the sighting (+ = East, - = West)
100
TotalMin text Group size estimate (minimum). If no estimate was made "n/a" entered.
100
TotalBest text Group size estimate (best). If no estimate was made "n/a" entered.
100
TotalMax text Group size estimate (maximum). If no estimate was made "n/a" entered.
100
Behaviors text Comma-separated list of behaviors observed. n/a if no behaviors observed or recorded
100
Photos number Total number of photos taken during sighting
100
BiopsySamples number Number of biopsy samples collected
100
TagDeployments text tag type and Tag ID of satellite tags deployed
100
PermitNum text NMFS permit number under which data were collected

Attribute Details

Line

CC ID: 841925
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Line of record - order of data records

Project_CruiseID

CC ID: 838040
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The small-boat project or ship survey Cruise ID (YYYY Project Name or Cruise Name & Cruise Number)

SurveyID

CC ID: 98809
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: text
Max Length: 11
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The survey's identification number composed of a regional code and number (incremented from 1)

General Data Type: ALPHANUMERIC
Display Example: CNMI-000005

Date

CC ID: 98811
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: date/time
Max Length: 10
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Date (local)

General Data Type: SHORT DATE
Display Example: MM/DD/YYYY

Sighting

CC ID: 98810
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: text
Max Length: 4
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

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

General Data Type: BYTE OR ALPHANUMERIC

SpeciesCode

CC ID: 98812
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: number
Max Length: 3
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Three number code assigned to each specific species

General Data Type: INTEGER
Allowed Values: 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)

Species

CC ID: 98813
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: text
Max Length: 255
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Genus and species name

General Data Type: TEXT

CommonName

CC ID: 98814
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: text
Max Length: 255
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

the common name of the species

General Data Type: TEXT

Effort

CC ID: 98816
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: text
Max Length: 3
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Did the sighting occur when the survey was On- or Off-effort

General Data Type: TEXT
Allowed Values: ON, OFF

Cue

CC ID: 98817
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: text
Max Length: 255
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The event/object that was the cue for the sighting.

General Data Type: TEXT
Allowed Values: Birds, Splash, Marine Mammal Body, Ship, Other, Blow, Other Research Vessel, Fishing Vessel, Tour Boat, Splash/Blow/Fin, Unknown

MixedSpecies

CC ID: 838042
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Yes/No - were there multiple species interacting during the encounter?

TimeBegin

CC ID: 98818
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: date/time
Max Length: 5
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Time (local) of the start of the sighting.

General Data Type: SHORT TIME
Display Example: HH:MM

TimeEnd

CC ID: 838044
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: TIME
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

End time of the sighting

EEZ

CC ID: 98820
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: text
Max Length: 255
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Exclusive Economic Zone where the sighting occurred

General Data Type: TEXT

Region

CC ID: 838041
Seq. Order: 15
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Region within the EEZ where the sighting occurred. Regions defined by the Cetacean Research Program

Location

CC ID: 838043
Seq. Order: 16
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Island or more specific location where the sighting occurred

General Data Type: TEXT

BeginLat

CC ID: 98822
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: number
Max Length: 9
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 7
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude at the beginning of the sighting (+ = North, - = South) at the group

General Data Type: DECIMAL

BeginLong

CC ID: 98826
Seq. Order: 18
Data Storage Type: number
Max Length: 10
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 8
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude at the beginning of the sighting (+ = East, - = West)

General Data Type: DECIMAL

TotalMin

CC ID: 98827
Seq. Order: 19
Data Storage Type: text
Max Length: 5
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Group size estimate (minimum). If no estimate was made "n/a" entered.

General Data Type: INTEGER OR TEXT

TotalBest

CC ID: 98828
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: text
Max Length: 5
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Group size estimate (best). If no estimate was made "n/a" entered.

General Data Type: INTEGER OR TEXT

TotalMax

CC ID: 98829
Seq. Order: 21
Data Storage Type: text
Max Length: 5
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Group size estimate (maximum). If no estimate was made "n/a" entered.

General Data Type: INTEGER OR TEXT

Behaviors

CC ID: 98837
Seq. Order: 22
Data Storage Type: text
Max Length: 255
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Comma-separated list of behaviors observed. n/a if no behaviors observed or recorded

General Data Type: TEXT

Photos

CC ID: 98815
Seq. Order: 23
Data Storage Type: number
Max Length: 5
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Total number of photos taken during sighting

General Data Type: INTEGER

BiopsySamples

CC ID: 98997
Seq. Order: 24
Data Storage Type: number
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number of biopsy samples collected

General Data Type: BYTE

TagDeployments

CC ID: 98999
Seq. Order: 25
Data Storage Type: text
Max Length: 255
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Inactive
Description:

tag type and Tag ID of satellite tags deployed

General Data Type: TEXT

PermitNum

CC ID: 99028
Seq. Order: 26
Data Storage Type: text
Max Length: 25
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

NMFS permit number under which data were collected

General Data Type: ALPHANUMERIC

Support Roles

Distributor

CC ID: 839296
Date Effective From: 2019
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov
Phone: 808-725-5360
URL: https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 100034
Date Effective From: 2012-01-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Hill, Marie C
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: marie.hill@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5710

Originator

CC ID: 100033
Date Effective From: 2006-02-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov
Phone: 808-725-5360
URL: https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 100032
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 2006
Description:

The PIFSC CRP began conducting small-boat cetacean surveys in 2006. See specific surveys for details on time frames.

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Policy:

None

Data Access Procedure:

None

Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

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.

Metadata Access Constraints:

None

Metadata Use Constraints:

None

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 839295
Start Date: 2019
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov/xfer/PIFSC_PIRO_bulk_data_download_InPort_18415.tgz
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2019 - Present)
File Name: PSD_CRP_SmallBoat_Sightings_2006_to_FEB2018

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 18423
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18423
Metadata Record Created By: Marie C Hill
Metadata Record Created: 2013-02-13 18:33+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-10-20 02:17+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2015-12-11
Owner Org: PIFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2015-12-11
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2016-12-11