Likelihood of Presence of North Atlantic Right Whales in Area Response Planning Pilot Areas
Likelihood of Presence of North Atlantic Right Whales in the Bay of Fundy and Port Hawkesbury Area Response Plan. The Coastal Oceanography and Ecosystem Research section (DFO Science) reviewed reported opportunistic whale sightings and local knowledge sources to estimate areas where Right whales are seasonally present and delineate these areas.
A version of this dataset was created for the National Environmental Emergency Center (NEEC) following their data model and is available for download in the Resources section.
Cite this data as: Lazin, G., Hamer, A.,Corrigan, S., Bower, B., and Harvey, C. Data of: Likelihood of presence of North Atlantic Right Whale in Area Response Planning pilot areas. Published: June 2018. Coastal Ecosystems Science Division, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. Andrews, N.B. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/d159ac68-6e46-44b5-a4e9-951880892c63
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Date Created
2016-11-18
Date Published
2018-06-21
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2018-05-09 - Present
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Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada. (2018-06-21). Likelihood of Presence of North Atlantic Right Whales in Area Response Planning Pilot Areas. Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
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