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Summary

Short Citation
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 2024: Marine Animal Incident Database, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/46789.
Full Citation Examples

Abstract

Large whale stranding, death, ship strike and entanglement incidents are all recorded to monitor the health of each population and track anthropogenic factors that influence their recovery. This Oracle developed database is meant to consolidate the various forms of data into one searchable source for the east coast. Biological and geographic information will be recorded and searchable along with fishing gear information (entanglements), vessel parameters (ship strikes) and serious injury determinations.

Distribution Information

No Distributions available.

Access Constraints:

NMFS employees only. Usernames and passwords are managed by POC.

Use Constraints:

Any release of fishing gear information must be approved by NERO gear team. Personal fisherman information is protected by the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which may include gear type and location (rule of three).

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Point of Contact
David M Morin
david.morin@noaa.gov
978-282-8472

Metadata Contact
Torey D Adler
torey.adler@noaa.gov
978 281-2183

Extents

Geographic Area 1

Continental U.S. East Coast and Canadian Maritimes.

Time Frame 1
1997 - Present

Data back to 1997

Item Identification

Title: Marine Animal Incident Database
Status: In Work
Creation Date: 1997
Abstract:

Large whale stranding, death, ship strike and entanglement incidents are all recorded to monitor the health of each population and track anthropogenic factors that influence their recovery. This Oracle developed database is meant to consolidate the various forms of data into one searchable source for the east coast. Biological and geographic information will be recorded and searchable along with fishing gear information (entanglements), vessel parameters (ship strikes) and serious injury determinations.

Purpose:

The east coast of the U.S. had multiple sources and data sets for large whale incidents. This database was meant to consolidate the northeast and southeast data into one searchable source.

Notes:

The database is continuing to be developed and expanded. Please contact POC for latest updates.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None blue
None entanglement
None fin
None finback
None fishing gear
None humpback
None large whale
None marine mammal
None minke
None mortality
None right
None sei
None ship strike
None sperm
None stranding

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None 1997-present

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None bay of fundy
None canada
None east coast
None gulf of maine
None gulf of mexico
None mid-atlantic
None northeast region
None southeast region

Stratum Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None species
None vessel

Physical Location

Organization: Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
City: Gloucester
State/Province: MA
Country: USA
Location Description:

55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930; Protected Resouces Division

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: Database
Maintenance Frequency: As Needed
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 574993
Date Effective From: 1997-01-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Morin, David M
Address: 55 Great Republic Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
USA
Email Address: david.morin@noaa.gov
Phone: 978-282-8472
Fax: 978-281-9394

Distributor

CC ID: 574995
Date Effective From: 1997
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Morin, David M
Address: 55 Great Republic Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
USA
Email Address: david.morin@noaa.gov
Phone: 978-282-8472
Fax: 978-281-9394

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 574994
Date Effective From: 1997-01-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Adler, Torey D
Address: 55 Great Republic Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
USA
Email Address: torey.adler@noaa.gov
Phone: 978 281-2183

Point of Contact

CC ID: 574992
Date Effective From: 1997-01-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Morin, David M
Address: 55 Great Republic Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
USA
Email Address: david.morin@noaa.gov
Phone: 978-282-8472
Fax: 978-281-9394

Extents

Extent Group 1

Extent Description:

Geographic area for large whale incident data.

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 574990
Description

Continental U.S. East Coast and Canadian Maritimes.

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 574989
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 1997
Alternate Start As Of Info: Jan 1997
Alternate End As Of Info: current
Description:

Data back to 1997

Access Information

Security Class: Sensitive
Data Access Policy:

NMFS employees only. Data that is requested by outside organizations is reviewed by NERO/PRD panel to prevent duplication of effort and release of sensitive information.

Data Access Procedure:

Contact PRD data manager.

Data Access Constraints:

NMFS employees only. Usernames and passwords are managed by POC.

Data Use Constraints:

Any release of fishing gear information must be approved by NERO gear team. Personal fisherman information is protected by the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which may include gear type and location (rule of three).

Technical Environment

Description:

Relational database.

Data Quality

Accuracy:

Cases are frequently on-going and the status of the incident or health of the animal may alter the determination or status at any time.

Entanglement case information within this report has been compiled from numerous resources including U.S. and Canadian federal governments, U.S. state agencies and partners within the Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Network. The reports represent all known U.S. coast-wide large whale entanglement data including animals that fall under U.S. regulations but were outside U.S. borders (ex. right whales, Gulf of Maine humpback whales), but should be considered a minimum number and not comprehensive. Ship strike cases are reported opportunistically to NMFS Northeast Regional Office from U.S. and Canadian Atlantic waters. The reports represent all known coast-wide large whale ship strike data, but should be considered a minimum number and not comprehensive.

Bias:

Only incidents that are reported to NMFS or network members are included

Completeness Measure:

Data frequently trickles in for any case thus no hard time parameters can be established.

Quality Control Procedures Employed:

GARFO's PRD division handles quality control for this data. The point of contact for this dataset can provide more details.

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?: Yes
If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: Not needed
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: 1 week
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: NCEI-MD
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: 6 months
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

Access to this data is tightly controlled. Most access is read-only. Write access is given only after data owners have authorized (accompanied by a signed NDA), and data is usually edited via an access controlled application. Data is QAQC'd on a regular basis by authorized personnel, and backed up both to disk and tape on a daily basis.

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

GARFO PRD staff manually enter data that is received from public.

Sources

N/A

CC ID: 834799

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 834800
Description:

N/A

Process Contact: Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO)
Phone (Voice): (978)281-9300
Source: N/A

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 46789
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:46789
Metadata Record Created By: Sandeep Thumma
Metadata Record Created: 2017-08-02 14:01+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2017-08-02
Owner Org: GARFO
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2017-08-02
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2018-08-02