Aerial sightings of bowhead whales and other marine mammals by the US Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service, 1979 – 2006, in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas (NCEI Accession 0014906)

Aerial sightings of bowhead whales and other marine mammals by the US Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service, 1979 – 2006, in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas (NCEI Accession 0014906)

DataSet Animal(s) : Bowhead Whales
DataSet Category : Mammals
DataSet Country : United States
DataSet Region : North America
DataSet Type : DataSet
DataSet Access : Public
DataSet URL : https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/aerial-sightings-of-bowhead-whales-and-other-marine-mammals-by-the-us-department-of-the-interio

The Minerals Management Service (MMS), previously Bureau of Land Management, has funded fall bowhead whale aerial surveys in this area each year since 1978, using a repeatable protocol from 1982 to the present.

DataSet Agency : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce