23063
Seal Counts
Seal Counts
Data Set
Published / External
23294
Survey Data
Project
Completed
Database of seal counts from aerial photography. Counts by image, site, species, and date are stored in the database along with information on entanglements and other human interactions.
Seal haulout sites are photographed and images archived and analyzed for information on abundance, pupping, human interaction and habitat use.
Theme
Halichoerus grypus
Theme
Phoca vitulina
Theme
abundance
Theme
aerial survey
Theme
distribution
Theme
gray seal
Theme
harbor seal
Theme
haulout
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Woods Hole
MA
USA
Data Set
Oracle Database
As Needed
Table (digital)
images primarily collected using Cannon 60D
NOAA Twin Otter or Skymaster aircraft
na
32524
Table: HAULOUTS
HAULOUTS
Published / External
Completed
List of haulout sites surveyed. Included site name, code, area, and position.
Loaded by batch 8647, 04-21-2016 13:00
Data Table
Yes
SEALCOUNTS
List of haulout sites surveyed. Included site name, code, area, and position.
1
HAULOUTSITE
VARCHAR2
50
No
No
Active
name of hauloutsite
VARCHAR2
2
HAULOUTSITECODE
NUMBER
22
No
No
Active
code of individual site
NUMBER
3
HAULOUTAREA
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
larger geographical area grouping
VARCHAR2
4
HAULOUTAREACODE
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
code for larger geographical grouping
VARCHAR2
5
LAT
FLOAT
22
No
No
126
Active
latitude (decimal ) of hauloutsite
FLOAT
6
LON
FLOAT
22
No
No
126
Active
longitude (decimal) of hauloutsite
FLOAT
32527
Table: SEALCOUNTERS
SEALCOUNTERS
Published / External
Completed
Names of people who do the counting.
Loaded by batch 8647, 04-21-2016 13:00
Data Table
Yes
SEALCOUNTS
Names of people who do the counting.
1
INITS
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
initials
VARCHAR2
2
FULLNAME
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
name of counter (redacted)
VARCHAR2
3
AFFILIATION
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
affiliation of counter
VARCHAR2
33539
Table: HGPUPCOUNTS
HGPUPCOUNTS
Published / External
Completed
Count data from gray seal pupping season surveys
Loaded by batch 9050, 07-27-2016 13:48
Data Table
Yes
SEALCOUNTS
Count data from gray seal pupping season surveys
1
ID
NUMBER
22
Yes
No
38
Active
unique sequence number
NUMBER
2
SURVEYDATE
DATE
7
Yes
No
Active
date of survey
DATE
3
HAULOUTSITE
VARCHAR2
40
Yes
No
Active
site surveyed; see HAULOUTS
VARCHAR2
4
IMAGENUM
NUMBER
22
Yes
No
38
Active
frame number of photo
NUMBER
5
PVNONPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of non-pup harbor seals
NUMBER
6
PVPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of harbor seal pups
NUMBER
7
PVINH2O
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of harbor seals in the water
NUMBER
8
HGNONPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of non-pup gray seals
NUMBER
9
HGPUPMIN
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
minimum gray seal pup count
NUMBER
10
HGINH2O
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of gray seals in the water
NUMBER
11
HGMALE
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of gray seal males
NUMBER
12
HGORPVNONPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of non-pup harbor or gray seals but couldn't tell which
NUMBER
13
HGORPVPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of harbor or gray seals pups but couldn't tell which
NUMBER
14
HGORPVINH2O
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of non-pup harbor or gray seals in the water
NUMBER
15
COUNTDATE
DATE
7
No
No
Active
date photo counted
DATE
16
COUNTERS
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
person doing count; see SEALCOUNTERS
VARCHAR2
17
OTHEROBS
VARCHAR2
120
No
No
Active
comment field
VARCHAR2
18
NOTES
VARCHAR2
150
No
No
Active
another comment field
VARCHAR2
19
HI
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
Human Interaction
VARCHAR2
20
DEADHGPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of deap gray seal pups
NUMBER
21
MAYBESEAL
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of things that might be seals
NUMBER
22
ISAREA
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
where on haulout
VARCHAR2
23
HGPUPMAX
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
maximum count of gray seal pups
NUMBER
24
HGFEMALE
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of gray seal females
NUMBER
33540
Table: PVSURVEY2012
PVSURVEY2012
Published / External
Completed
Maine harbor seal survey. See Waring, G.T., R.A. DiGiovanni Jr, E. Josephson, S. Wood, and J.R. Gilbert. 2015a. 2012 population estimate for the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina concolor) in New England waters. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS NE-235. 15 pp.
Loaded by batch 9050, 07-27-2016 13:48
Data Table
Yes
SEALCOUNTS
Maine harbor seal survey. See Waring, G.T., R.A. DiGiovanni Jr, E. Josephson, S. Wood, and J.R. Gilbert. 2015a. 2012 population estimate for the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina concolor) in New England waters. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS NE-235. 15 pp.
1
ID
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
unique sequence number
VARCHAR2
2
SURVEYDATE
DATE
7
No
No
Active
date of survey
DATE
3
HAULOUTSITE
VARCHAR2
100
No
No
Active
name of haulout
VARCHAR2
4
IMAGENUM
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
frame number of photo
NUMBER
5
PVNONPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of non-pup harbor seals
NUMBER
6
PVPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of harbor seal pups
NUMBER
7
PVNONPUPORPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of harbor seals of unidentifiable age class
NUMBER
8
PVINH2O
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of harbor seals in the water
NUMBER
9
HGNONPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of non-pup gray seals
NUMBER
10
HGINH2O
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of gray seals in the water
NUMBER
11
HGMALE
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of male gray seals
NUMBER
12
HGORPVNONPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of seals that are either harbor or gray seals
NUMBER
13
HGORPVINH2O
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of unidentified seals in the water
NUMBER
14
MAYBESEAL
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of things that could be seals (ie rocks)
NUMBER
15
HI
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
Human Interaction
VARCHAR2
16
COUNTDATE
DATE
7
No
No
Active
date photo analyzed
DATE
17
COUNTERS
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
person counting photo; see SEALCOUNTERS table
VARCHAR2
18
OTHEROBS
VARCHAR2
180
No
No
Active
a comment field
VARCHAR2
19
NOTES
VARCHAR2
100
No
No
Active
another comment field
VARCHAR2
20
BAYUNIT
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
larger geographical area
VARCHAR2
21
AIRCOUNT
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count estimated from plane observers/crew
NUMBER
22
FLUSHED
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
number of seals scared into the water
NUMBER
33541
Table: SEALCOUNTS
SEALCOUNTS
Published / External
Completed
Counts from analyzed photos
Loaded by batch 9050, 07-27-2016 13:48
Data Table
Yes
SEALCOUNTS
Counts from analyzed photos
1
ID
NUMBER
22
Yes
Yes
38
Active
unique sequence number
NUMBER
2
SURVEYDATE
DATE
7
Yes
No
Active
date of survey
DATE
3
HAULOUTSITE
VARCHAR2
40
Yes
No
Active
codes in table HAULOUTS
VARCHAR2
4
IMAGENUM
NUMBER
22
Yes
No
38
Active
frame number of photograph
NUMBER
5
PVNONPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of non-pup harbor seals
NUMBER
6
PVPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of harbor seal pups
NUMBER
7
PVINH2O
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of harbor seals in the water
NUMBER
8
HGNONPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of non-pup gray seals
NUMBER
9
HGPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of gray seal pups
NUMBER
10
HGINH2O
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of gray seals in the water
NUMBER
11
HGMALE
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of male gray seals
NUMBER
12
HGORPVNONPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of those seals that could be either harbor or gray seals
NUMBER
13
HGORPVPUP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of pups that could be harbor or gray seal pups
NUMBER
14
HGORPVINH2O
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of seals that could be harbor or gray seals
NUMBER
15
COUNTDATE
DATE
7
No
No
Active
date of count
DATE
16
COUNTERS
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
person or people counting seals in the phots
VARCHAR2
17
REPLICATE
VARCHAR2
100
No
No
Active
Replicate count - do not include in sums
VARCHAR2
18
NOTES
VARCHAR2
80
No
No
Active
comment field
VARCHAR2
19
HI
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
Human Interaction
VARCHAR2
20
HARP
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of harp seals
NUMBER
21
HOODED
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of hooded seals
NUMBER
22
UNIDICESEAL
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of unidentified ice seals (harp/hooded)
NUMBER
23
MAYBESEAL
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
count of things that could be a seal (or rock, etc)
NUMBER
24
UE
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
User of entry
VARCHAR2
25
DE
DATE
7
No
No
Active
Date of entry
DATE
26
REMOTE_USER
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
Not used
VARCHAR2
27
FISHLOGIN
VARCHAR2
30
No
No
Active
Not used
VARCHAR2
Data Steward
2013
Person
Josephson, Elizabeth
elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov
166 Water Street
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1026
USA
508-495-2362
elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov
Distributor
2014
Person
Josephson, Elizabeth
elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov
166 Water Street
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1026
USA
508-495-2362
email
Metadata Contact
2014
Person
Josephson, Elizabeth
elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov
166 Water Street
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1026
USA
508-495-2362
email
Point of Contact
2013
Person
Josephson, Elizabeth
elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov
166 Water Street
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1026
USA
508-495-2362
elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov
Ground Condition
-70.95
-66.7
44.8
41.248
Continuing
2005-02-06
Unclassified
Available to qualified researchers
Please contact data steward via email
Data is stored on an internal NEFSC network, the requester may not have direct access to query the data unless they are also authorized for network access.
User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data is suggested.
https://storage.googleapis.com/nmfs_odp_nefsc/PARR/READ/PSB/23063/23063_SealCounts_Data.zip
23063_SealCounts_Data.zip
Compressed Zipped Folder: 23063_SealCounts_Data
(data is current as of 6/7/2017)
A percentage of images are counted by at least two independent counters. Data visually inspected for outliers.
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
< 1 year
No Archiving Intended
< 1year
Data are in Oracle on NEFSC servers and undergo regular backups
Counts of seals in aerial imagery are entered directly into Oracle database or collected in excel spreadsheets and uploaded into database.
32524
Entity
Table: HAULOUTS
33539
Entity
Table: HGPUPCOUNTS
33540
Entity
Table: PVSURVEY2012
32527
Entity
Table: SEALCOUNTERS
33541
Entity
Table: SEALCOUNTS
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2016-07-27
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Woods Hole
MA
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USA
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1 Year
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