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POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Marine mammal sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 1998 on: during navigation or search mode Citable as data publication Machete, M.; Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores (DOP/UAC), Portugal; (2016): POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Marine mammal sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 1998 on: during navigation or search mode. https://doi.org/10.14284/19 Contact: Catarino, Diana ; Machete, Miguel Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Description Sightings of cetaceans were recorded daily, at 6 different fixed periods (snap shots), when the boat was in navigation or search mode.
Sightings were recorded at distances shorter and larger than 300 meters from the boat. more For more detailed information on the dataset, including abundances estimates, please contact data owner (miguel@uac.pt) Scope Themes: Biology > Mammals Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Tuna fisheries, ANE, Azores, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Cetacea Geographical coverage ANE, Azores [Marine Regions] EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: -39,95; MinLat: 18,25 - MaxLong: 30; MaxLat: 49,2 [WGS84] Temporal coverage 1998 - 2013 Taxonomic coverage Cetacea [WoRMS] Parameter Animal sightings Contributors Related datasets Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Monitoring: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2015-01-16 Information last updated: 2020-04-02 | ||||
