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Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 2024: North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (NARWSS), https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/27526.

Item Identification

Title: North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (NARWSS)
Short Name: NARWSS
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Since 1995, PSB has been conducting line-transect aerial abundance surveys over waters ranging from North Carolina to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Nova Scotia, Canada, and from the coastline to slightly beyond the EEZ.

Purpose:

The purpose of the aerial surveys is to document right whale distribution and habitat use.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None aerial survey
None Eubalaena glacialis
None North Atlantic right whale

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Western North Atlantic

Physical Location

Organization: NEFSC Woods Hole Lab
City: Woods Hole
State/Province: MA
Country: USA

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: Oracle Database
Maintenance Frequency: Twice a Year
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 232105
Date Effective From: 2014
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Khan, Christin
Email Address: christin.khan@noaa.gov
Phone: 508-495-2040
Contact Instructions:

email

Distributor

CC ID: 232106
Date Effective From: 2011
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Khan, Christin
Email Address: christin.khan@noaa.gov
Phone: 508-495-2040
Contact Instructions:

email

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 232108
Date Effective From: 2014
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Khan, Christin
Email Address: christin.khan@noaa.gov
Phone: 508-495-2040
Contact Instructions:

email

Point of Contact

CC ID: 259962
Date Effective From: 2012
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Cole, Timothy
Address: 166 Water Street
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026
USA
Email Address: tim.cole@noaa.gov
Phone: 508-495-2087
Fax: 508-495-2258
Contact Instructions:

email

Point of Contact

CC ID: 225963
Date Effective From: 2012
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Khan, Christin
Email Address: christin.khan@noaa.gov
Phone: 508-495-2040
Contact Instructions:

email

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 225964
W° Bound: -79
E° Bound: -65
N° Bound: 47
S° Bound: 35

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 232113
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 1998

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

Please contact Point of Contact via email for data access.

Data Access Constraints:

Requester must have network access for direct query of the data.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 246819
Download URL: https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/nmfs_odp_nefsc/PARR/READ/PSB/27526
Distributor:
Description:

2 files:

NARWSS-ALL-THRU-2015.xlsx Data File

Data Field Codes.docx Documentation for coded fields

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 591687
URL: http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/surveys/index.html
Description:

Interactive North Atlantic Right Whale Sightings Map

URL 2

CC ID: 739489
URL: http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/513
Name: OBIS Seamap
Description:

The North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) is a NOAA Fisheries program which locates and records the seasonal distribution of right whales off the northeastern United States.

Data Quality

Quality Control Procedures Employed:

Data are visually inspected for errors.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: Yes
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: Unknown
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: No
If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: to be determined
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: 6 months
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: To Be Determined
If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain:

Data are archived locally and also submitted to Right Whale Consortium.

Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: 0-6 months
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

Data are stored on NEFSC servers which are backed up with remote storage.

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

Data are collected by observers on right whale aerial surveys and entered into on-board laptop computers.

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity NARWSS Data

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 27526
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:27526
Metadata Record Created By: Patricia L Jones
Metadata Record Created: 2015-09-27 20:15+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Michael Armbruster
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-04-10 19:52+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2017-04-07
Owner Org: NEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2017-04-07
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2018-04-07