23305
Right Whale Sightings Advisory System (RWSAS)
RWSAS
Data Set
Published / External
23294
Survey Data
Project
Completed
The Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS) is a NOAA Fisheries program which was designed to reduce collisions between ships and the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) by alerting mariners to the presence of the right whales. These reports are obtained from a variety of sources including aerial surveys, shipboard surveys, whale watch vessels, and opportunistic sources (Coast Guard, commercial ships, fishing vessels, and the general public).
Theme
Eubalaena glacialis
Theme
North Atlantic right whale
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Woods Hole
MA
USA
Data Set
Oracle Database
Daily
Table (digital)
na
na
na
51474
RWSAS
RWSAS
Published / External
Completed
Sighting Data from the Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS), a NOAA Fisheries program to reduce the probability of lethal injury to North Atlantic right whales from collisions with ships by alerting mariners to their presence in near real-time. These right whale sighting reports are obtained from a variety of sources including the United States Coast Guard, aerial surveys, shipboard surveys, whale watch vessels, and other sources (commercial ships, fishing vessels, and the general public). Right whale sightings can be reported from Virginia to Maine by calling the NOAA hotline 866-755-6622.
Data File
Sighting Data from the Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (RWSAS), a NOAA Fisheries program to reduce the probability of lethal injury to North Atlantic right whales from collisions with ships by alerting mariners to their presence in near real-time.
Id
number
No
No
Active
unique identifier
SIGHTINGDATE
date
No
No
Active
local date and time of sighting
GROUPSIZE
number
No
No
Active
minimum number of animals in group
LAT
number
No
No
Active
decimal degrees of vessel or animal lattitude
LON
number
No
No
Active
decimal degrees of vessel or animal longitude
CERTAINTY
text
No
No
Active
certainty of species identification
CATEGORY
text
No
No
Active
type of platform making the sighting
MOM_CALF
text
No
No
Active
boolean true is mother and calf
DUPLICATE
text
No
No
Active
-1 if possible dup, else ID number of record it is dup of
Data Steward
2014
Person
Josephson, Elizabeth
elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov
166 Water Street
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1026
USA
508-495-2362
Distributor
2014
Person
Khan, Christin
christin.khan@noaa.gov
508-495-2040
email
Metadata Contact
2014
Person
Khan, Christin
christin.khan@noaa.gov
508-495-2040
email
Point of Contact
2014
Person
Khan, Christin
christin.khan@noaa.gov
508-495-2040
email
Ground Condition
-81.5
-39.7
51.7
25.7
Continuing
2002-02-06
Unclassified
Email point of contact.
Requester needs network access for direct query.
https://storage.googleapis.com/nmfs_odp_nefsc/PARR/READ/PSB/23305/23305_RWSAS.csv
1 file: 23305_RWSAS.csv
(data is current as of 1/31/2018)
http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/protected_resources/right_whale/seus_sightings/index.html
Online Resource
interactive map display of sightings in database - SE version
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/surveys/index.html
Online Resource
interactive map display of sightings in database - NEFSC
Data entry personnel evaluate each report and categorize certainty as definite, probable or unknown. Data are inspected visually for outliers.
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
<24 hours
To Be Determined
< 1 day
Data are stored in Oracle on NEFSC servers which are routinely backed up.
Right whale sightings are reported to NEFSC or other qualified organizations and entered directly into Oracle database via online form.
51474
Entity
RWSAS
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:23305
Elizabeth Josephson
2015-02-23T15:49:09
Elizabeth Josephson
2023-06-01T20:15:05
2016-07-11
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
NEFSC
166 Water Street
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1026
USA
(508)495-2000
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
1001
Public
No
2016-07-11
1 Year
2017-07-11