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Summary

Short Citation
OCM Partners, 2024: Sperm Whale, Pacific Summer, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/49601.
Full Citation Examples

Abstract

The Navy and other military users of the marine environment are required to assess the impact of their activities on marine mammals to comply with the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act. The number of marine mammals that might be impacted by Navy activities must be estimated in an Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement. A key element of this estimation is knowledge of cetacean densities in specific areas where those activities will occur. Data collected by NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) from 1986-2006 using accepted, peer-reviewed survey methods were used to develop models to forecast cetacean densities. This work represents an important step towards understanding marine mammal habitat use with respect to regions utilized by the U. S. Navy. MarineCadastre.gov has included Blue, Fin, Humpback, and Sperm whale models for the summer months as examples of these models. Please view the publication for specific details on the development and use of these models. NOTE: Updated Pacific models should be available in mid-2017.

Distribution Information

No Distributions available.

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation.

Controlled Theme Keywords

oceans

Child Items

Type Title
Entity SpermWhalePacificSummer

Contact Information

Point of Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202

Metadata Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-131° W, -117.1286° E, 48.5061° N, 30.05° S

Time Frame 1
1991 - 2008

Item Identification

Title: Sperm Whale, Pacific Summer
Short Name: SpermWhalePacificSummer
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2011
Abstract:

The Navy and other military users of the marine environment are required to assess the impact of their activities on marine mammals to comply with the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act. The number of marine mammals that might be impacted by Navy activities must be estimated in an Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement. A key element of this estimation is knowledge of cetacean densities in specific areas where those activities will occur. Data collected by NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) from 1986-2006 using accepted, peer-reviewed survey methods were used to develop models to forecast cetacean densities. This work represents an important step towards understanding marine mammal habitat use with respect to regions utilized by the U. S. Navy. MarineCadastre.gov has included Blue, Fin, Humpback, and Sperm whale models for the summer months as examples of these models. Please view the publication for specific details on the development and use of these models. NOTE: Updated Pacific models should be available in mid-2017.

Purpose:

To support coastal and ocean planning and other activities pursuant to the Energy Policy Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Rivers and Harbors Act and the Submerged Lands Act.

Notes:

10997

Supplemental Information:

Please refer to source information.

Original contact information:

Contact Name: MarineCadastre.gov Data Steward

Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management

Title: MarineCadastre.gov Data Steward

Phone: 843.740.1202

Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D WGS 1984

Ellipsoid_Name: WGS 1984

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
UNCONTROLLED
None cetacean
None density
None distribution
None habitat models
None marine mammals

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None 2009

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None California
None Eastern North Pacific
None Oregon
None United States
None Washington

Physical Location

Organization: Office for Coastal Management
City: Charleston
State/Province: SC

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: Irregular
Distribution Liability:

NOAA makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the availability, quality, accuracy, content, completeness or suitability for the user's needs of such information. The services, information, and data made available on the Marine Cadastre web site are provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation. https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html

Data Set Credit: NOAA, U.S. Navy, and Duke University

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 669443
Date Effective From: 2017-01-27
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 669445
Date Effective From: 2017-01-27
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 669446
Date Effective From: 2017-01-27
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 669444
Date Effective From: 2017-01-27
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 669449
W° Bound: -131
E° Bound: -117.1286
N° Bound: 48.5061
S° Bound: 30.05

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 669448
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 1991
End: 2008

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Vector: Yes

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation.

URLs

URL 2

CC ID: 669440
URL: https://www.marinecadastre.gov/data/
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 3

CC ID: 669441
URL: https://www.coast.noaa.gov/
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 4

CC ID: 669442
URL: http://cetsound.noaa.gov/packages/swfsc_serdp_cce.zip
URL Type:
Online Resource

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 669463
Activity Date/Time: 2017-01-27
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 669462
Activity Date/Time: 2017-11-14
Description:

Converted from FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.

Activity Log 3

CC ID: 718154
Activity Date/Time: 2018-02-08
Description:

Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.

Data Quality

Accuracy:

The attributes in this dataset are believed to be accurate.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Maximum scale of intended use is 1:80,000.

Completeness Report:

Spatial and attribute properties are believed to be complete, although attribute information has been simplified. Geometric thresholds from original data are preserved. No tests have been completed for exhaustiveness.

Conceptual Consistency:

These data are believed to be logically consistent. Geometry is topologically clean.

Lineage

Sources

swfsc_serdp_cce_2009

CC ID: 669435
Contact Name: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Publish Date: 2009-05-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 1991
Citation URL: http://cetsound.noaa.gov/packages/swfsc_serdp_cce.html
Source Contribution:

Predictive Models of Cetacean Densities in the Eastern Pacific Ocean; AND Predictive Modeling of Cetacean Densities in the California Current Ecosystem based on Summer and Fall Ship Surveys in 1991- 2008 | Type of Source Media: online

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 669436
Description:

Created a copy of the original data, deleted all irrelevant fields (kept density fields for species in question), added CommonName and Scientific Name fields. Calculated new fields with appropriate values for species. Created layer file based on classification scheme requested from source.

Source: swfsc_serdp_cce_2009

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity SpermWhalePacificSummer

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 49601
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:49601
Metadata Record Created By: Anne Ball
Metadata Record Created: 2017-11-15 15:19+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-05-30 18:09+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2018-02-08
Owner Org: OCMP
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2018-02-08
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2019-02-08