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    • Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship PISCES in the Gulf of Mexico from 2018-08-12 to 2018-10-05 (NCEI Accession 0244002)

    Metadata Updated: June 1, 2025

    As part of the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GoMMAPPS), the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) conducted shipboard surveys of the U.S. oceanic waters of the Gulf of Mexico out to the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) from 2018-08-12 to 2018-10-05. The survey was designed for a two-team independent visual observer approach with distance sampling to estimate the detection probabilities for marine mammal sightings. This dataset includes marine mammal visual observation data and effort points with surveying conditions that can be used in abundance and density modeling per visual line-transect survey protocols. This dataset also includes opportunistic marine mammal photographs and non-marine mammal sightings (occurrences) such as sea turtles. Raw and processed files from conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) and expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts performed on a daily basis during the survey are also available.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date April 1, 2025
    Metadata Created Date January 24, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date June 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2018 (creation), 2021 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS SEFSC

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date April 1, 2025
    Metadata Created Date January 24, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date June 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2018 (creation), 2021 (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66009
    Access Constraints Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the NOAA Ship PISCES in the Gulf of Mexico from 2018-08-12 to 2018-10-05 (NCEI Accession 0244002) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66009., Access Constraints: None
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    Bbox North Lat 29.95483
    Bbox South Lat 23.82317
    Bbox West Long -96.4715
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Harvest Object Id 4e610428-ba93-434e-a61a-8c2c09885642
    Harvest Source Id ca759a40-507d-4d0c-8f8c-64b3c5e05066
    Harvest Source Title NMFS SEFSC
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2018-08-12
    Temporal Extent End 2018-10-05

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