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AFSC/NMML: Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program Humpback Whale Catalog
Since 1980, the Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program of the National Marine Mammal Laboratory has been collecting photos of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Alaskan waters. Photo-identification is a useful method to gain insight into stock structure, life history, habitat use and movements. Some of the images were collected during humpback whale specific projects while others have been documented on an opportunistic basis. Photos have been collected within Southeast Alaska, along the Alaskan Peninsula, Kodiak Island, the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea sides of the Aleutian Chain, as well as, the Bering Sea, Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea.
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| accessLevel | non-public |
| contactPoint |
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| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
| description | Since 1980, the Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program of the National Marine Mammal Laboratory has been collecting photos of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Alaskan waters. Photo-identification is a useful method to gain insight into stock structure, life history, habitat use and movements. Some of the images were collected during humpback whale specific projects while others have been documented on an opportunistic basis. Photos have been collected within Southeast Alaska, along the Alaskan Peninsula, Kodiak Island, the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea sides of the Aleutian Chain, as well as, the Bering Sea, Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/nmfs/afsc/iso/xml/17942.xml |
| keyword |
[ "photo-identification", "Alaska", "DOC/NOAA/NMFS/AFSC > Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce", "Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program" ] |
| landingPage | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17942 |
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| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2026-04-30T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
{ "name": "Alaska Fisheries Science Center", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| rights | otherRestrictions, unclassified |
| spatial | -130.0,54.0,-172.0,72.0 |
| temporal | 1980-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | AFSC/NMML: Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program Humpback Whale Catalog |
