35997 Entity Published / External 26465 Sea turtle aerial survey data in the North Atlantic from 1988-11-03 to 2005-07-09 (NCEI Accession 0160008) Data Set Completed Aerial surveys conducted in the nearshore waters of North Carolina from November 1991 to March 1992. To determine relative density of sea turtles in relation to co-occurring fishing activity and sea surface temperature. Theme Aerial Survey Theme Turtles Temporal 1991-1992 Spatial Atlantic Ocean Spatial North Carolina National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring MD Data Table Yes Aerial surveys conducted in the nearshore waters of North Carolina from November 1991 to March 1992. Angle Numeric 3 No No Active Angle of turtle sighting Directions Numeric 3 No No Active Direction of turtle sighting Hour Numeric No No Active Hour when turtle was sighted Minute Numeric No No Active Minute when turtle was sighted Number_of_Turtles Numeric No No 1 Active Total number of turtles sighted on this particular transect Observer Character 2 No No Active Observer reporting the sighting Transect Numeric No No 2 Active Transect number that was flown Species Character 25 No No Active Species of turtle sighted This is always U (Unknown) in this data table. Survey_Area Character 130 No No Active A description of the area that was covered during the survey NC/VA Border to Currituck Bridge - out 3 miles Currituck Bridge to Oregon Inlet - out 3 miles Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras Point - out 3 miles Cape Hatteras Point to Ocracoke Inlet - out 3 miles Orcracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout Point - out 3 miles NC/VA Border to Currituck Bridge - out 15 miles Currituck Bridge to Oregon Inlet - out 15 miles Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras Point - out 15 miles Cape Hatteras Point to Ocracoke Inlet - out 15 miles Orcracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout Point - out 15 miles Survey_Day Numeric No No Active Day Survey was flown Survey_Month Numeric No No Active Month Survey was flown Survey_Year Numeric No No Active Year survey was flown Second Numeric No No Active Second when turtle was sighted Data Steward 1988 Person Mcneill, Joanne B Distributor 2017 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NCEI ncei.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. Online Resource Metadata Contact 1988 Person Mcneill, Joanne B Contact by email preferred. Point of Contact 1988 Person Mcneill, Joanne B Contact by email preferred. Unclassified Open to everyone Download from supplied url None Please cite appropriately None Please cite appropriately https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0160008/1.1/data/0-data/26465/Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_offshore_NC_turtles/Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_offshore_NC_turtles.csv 2017 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 csv (comma-separated values) CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) Uncompressed Chked Viruses Inapp Content gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:35997 Lee Weinberger 2016-12-14T21:37:41 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:17 2021-04-29 Southeast Fisheries Science Center SEFSC 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA (305)361-5761 www.sefsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST 1001 Public No 2021-04-29 1 Year 2022-04-29