Dolphin And Whale Sightings Updated
Dolphin And Whale Sightings Updated
Posted December 13, 2013Cascadia Research Collective (CRC) has provided PacIOOS with updates to their Hawaiian dolphin and whale sightings through 2012. These are now accessible in Voyager. Look for them under “fish and wildlife” in the “sightings” and “distributions” categories.
This update more than triples the number of CRC sightings previously available in Voyager and now includes the following species:
| Cascadia Research Collective Hawaiian Sightings | |||
| species | start date | end date | sightings |
|---|---|---|---|
| dolphins: | |||
| bottlenose | Apr 13, 2002 | May 23, 2012 | 45 |
| Fraser’s | Apr 30, 2008 | May 13, 2012 | 2 |
| Risso’s | Sep 18, 2004 | Aug 11, 2012 | 8 |
| rough-toothed | Oct 4, 2002 | Dec 18, 2012 | 249 |
| spinner | Dec 5, 2000 | Dec 20, 2012 | 197 |
spotted  pantropical |
Nov 25, 2000 | Dec 21, 2012 | 398 |
| striped | Jun 8, 2003 | May 23, 2012 | 29 |
| whales: | |||
| beaked Blainville’s |
Apr 13, 2002 | May 23, 2012 | 45 |
| beaked Cuvier’s |
Sept 27, 2002 | Aug 20, 2012 | 64 |
| beaked Longman’s |
Aug 23, 2007 | Aug 23, 2007 | 1 |
| fin | Dec 7, 2012 | Dec 7, 2012 | 1 |
| humpback | Nov 29, 2000 | Dec 16, 2012 | 99 |
| killer | May 10, 2003 | Jul 24, 2011 | 2 |
| killer false |
Mar 4, 2000 | Jun 14, 2012 | 45 |
| killer pygmy |
Sep 30, 2002 | Aug 25, 2012 | 37 |
| melon-headed | Oct 4, 2002 | Dec 18, 2012 | 53 |
| pilot short-finned |
Dec 5, 2000 | Dec 15, 2012 | 502 |
| sperm | Apr 13, 2002 | Oct 20, 2011 | 32 |
| sperm dwarf |
May 17, 2003 | May 23, 2012 | 74 |
| sperm Kogia |
Apr 8, 2002 | Sep 27, 2004 | 5 |
| sperm pygmy |
Jun 2, 2003 | May 16, 2012 | 5 |
Voyager screenshot of false killer whale sightings from Cascadia Research Collective, 2000-2012:
Voyager screenshot of bottlenose dolphin sightings from Cascadia Research Collective, 2000-2012:
PacIOOS has also generated a Web Map Service (WMS) for spatial distributions of these species that combine sightings from CRC and another data provider (Dr. Joseph Mobley). This interoperable Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standard will help users who may want to incorporate map imagery of these layers into other mapping applications: WMS GetCapabilities.
Founded in 1979 to conduct research needed to manage and protect threatened marine mammals, CRC has been undertaking surveys for odontocetes and other cetaceans in Hawaiian waters since 2000. For further information, please visit:
