56128 Entity Published / External 18141 Shipboard Cetacean Surveys- Visual Surveys- WinCruz Sighting Records Data Set In Work Detailed information about each cetacean sighting from shipboard surveys. Theme Cetaceans Theme Shipboard Surveys Theme WinCruz Sightings Spatial American Samoa EEZ Spatial Guam and CNMI EEZ Spatial Hawaii EEZ Spatial High Seas Spatial Johnston EEZ Spatial Pacific Islands Region Spatial Palmyra and Kingman EEZ Spatial Wake EEZ Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Honolulu HI USA IRC 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176 Honolulu, HI 96818 Spreadsheet Yes This spreadsheet contains details about each sighting recorded during shipboard surveys conducted by PIFSC. 1 Line numeric No No Active number of the data record 2 CruiseID alphanumeric 255 No No Active A combination of the cruise year (YYYY), cruise name (text), and cruise number assigned by the PIFSC (includes ship code, year (YY), and cruise number (##; incremented through the year) 3 Ship TEXT No No Active Name of the ship. 4 Leg TEXT No No Active If applicable (when there is more than 1 leg of a cruise). Otherwise n/a 5 SurveyID text 11 Yes No Active The survey's identification number composed of a ship survey code and number (incremented from 1) OES1502_01 6 Date date/time 10 Yes No Active Date (local) MM/DD/YYYY 7 WinCruz text 4 Yes No Active The WinCruz sighting number. The sighting number incremented throughout the survey effort. Multispecies sightings have the same sighting number but each species is assigned a letter (e.g. a, b, c) and details are listed on a separate row. 8 DailySighting TEXT No No Active the sighting number on a particular day (starts at 1 each day and increments throughout the day) 9 SpeciesCode number 3 Yes No Active Three number code assigned to each specific species 002=Pantropical spotted dolphin(Stenella attenuata),003=Unid. Spinner dolphin subspecies(Stenella longirostris subsp.),013=Striped dolphin(Stenella coeruleoalba),015=Rough-toothed dolphin(Steno bredanensis),016=Long-beaked common dolphin(Delphinus capensis),017=Short-beaked common dolphin(Delphinus delphis),018=Bottlenose dolphin(Tursiops truncatus),021=Risso's dolphin(Grampus griseus),026=Fraser's dolphin(Lagenodelphis hosei),031=Melon-headed whale(Peponocephala electra),032=Pygmy killer whale(Feresa attenuata),033=False killer whale(Pseudorca crassidens),036=Short-finned pilot whale(Globicephala macrorhynchus),037=Killer whale(Orcinus orca),046=Sperm whale(Physeter macrocephalus),047=Pygmy sperm whale(Kogia breviceps),048=Dwarf sperm whale(Kogia sima),049=Unid. Beaked whale(Unid. Beaked whale),051=Mesoplodon beaked whale(Mesoplodon sp.),057=Ginko-toothed beaked whale(Mesoplodon ginkodens),059=Blainville's beaked whale(Mesoplodon densirostris),061=Cuvier's beaked whale(Ziphius cavirostris),063=Baird's beaked whale(Berardius bairdii),065=Longman's beaked whale(Indopacetus pacificus),066=North Pacific right whale(Eubalaena japonica),070=Unid. Rorqual(Unid. Rorqual),071=Minke whale(Balaenoptera acutorostrata),072=Bryde's whale(Balaenoptera edeni),073=Sei whale(Balaenoptera borealis),074=Fin whale(Balaenoptera physalus),075=Blue whale(Balaenoptera musculus),076=Humpback whale(Megaptera novaeangliae),077=Unid. Dolphin(Unid. Dolphin),078=Unid. small whale(Unid. small whale),079=Unid. large whale(Unid. large whale),080=Pygmy/dwarf sperm whale(Kogia sp.),096=Unid. Cetacean(Unid. Cetacean),098=Unid. Whale(Unid. Whale),099=Sei/Bryde's whale(B. borealis/edeni),102=Spinner dolphin(Stenella longirostris),105=Indo-Pacific bottlenose(Tursiops aduncas),177=Unid. small delphinid(Unid. small delphinid),277=Unid. medium delphinid(Unid. medium delphinid),377=Unid. large delphinid(Unid. large delphinid),CC=Loggerhead Sea turtle(Caretta Caretta),CM=Green sea turtle(Chelonia mydas),DC=Leatherback sea turtle(Dermochelys coriacea),EI=Hawksbill sea turtle(Eretmochelys imbricata),MS=Hawaiian monk seal(Monachus schauinslandi) 10 Species text 255 Yes No Active Genus and species name 11 CommonName text 255 Yes No Active The common name of the species 12 EffortType text 3 Yes No Active Did the sighting occur when the survey effort was systematic (S), non-systematic (N), fine-scale (F), or off (O) ON, OFF 13 Cue text 255 Yes No Active The event/object that was the cue for the sighting. Birds, Splash, Marine Mammal Body, Ship, Other, Blow, Other Research Vessel, Fishing Vessel, Tour Boat, Splash/Blow/Fin, Unknown 14 MixedSpecies TEXT No No Active Were there mutiple species present and interacting during the sighting? Yes, No, or Unk 15 TimeBegin date/time 5 Yes No Active Time (local) of the start of the sighting. HH:MM 16 EEZ text No No Active Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) where the sighting was located (Hawaii, Guam/CNMI, American Samoa, Johnston, Wake, Palmyra/Kingman, High Seas, West Coast 17 Region text No No Active PIFSC-defined region within the EEZ 18 ShipBeginLat number 9 Yes No 7 Active Latitude of the ship at the beginning of the sighting (+ = North, - = South) 19 ShipBeginLong number 10 Yes No 8 Active Longitude of the ship at the beginning of the sighting (+ = East, - = West) 20 TotalBest text 5 Yes No Active Group size estimate (best). If no estimate was made "n/a" entered. 21 TotalHigh text 5 Yes No Active Group size estimate (maximum). If no estimate was made "n/a" entered. 22 TotalLow text 5 Yes No Active Group size estimate (minimum). If no estimate was made "n/a" entered. 23 Behavior text 255 No No Active Comma-separated list of behaviors observed. n/a if no behaviors observed or recorded 24 TotalPhotos number No No Active Total number of photos taken during sighting and includes those taken from the ship and the small boat if it was launched. 25 ShipBiopsySamples number 3 No No Active Number of biopsy samples collected from the ship 26 SmallBoatLaunch TEXT No No Active Yes or No - was the small boat launched during the encounter? 27 SmallBoatBiopsySamples numeric No No Active the number of biopsy samples collected when the small boat was launched. 28 Permit text 25 Yes No Active NMFS permit number under which data were collected Distributor 2019 Organization Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC pifsc.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/02apffz65 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5360 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage Online Resource 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Metadata Contact 2012-01-01 Person Hill, Marie C marie.hill@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5710 Originator 2006-02-01 Organization Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC pifsc.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/02apffz65 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5360 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage Online Resource 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Ground Condition Continuing 2006 The PIFSC CRP began conducting ship-based cetacean surveys in 2006. See specific surveys for details on time frames. Unclassified None None None The user is responsible for the results of any application of these data. The NMFS permit number (listed within the dataset) under which the data were collected must be listed in any publications and/or other representations of these data. Acknowledgement of NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center's Cetacean Research Program, as the source from which these data were obtained, in any publications and/or other representations of these data is requested. None None https://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov/xfer/PIFSC_PIRO_bulk_data_download_InPort_18141.tgz 2019 Organization Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center https://ror.org/02apffz65 PSD_CRP_WinCruz_Sightings_2006_to_2017 csv (comma-separated values) CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:56128 Marie Hill 2019-04-25T15:22:27 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2025-12-03T01:00:28 2019-05-05 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5300 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 1001 Public No 2019-05-05 1 Year 2020-05-05