Alternate title

2018 Cetacean Data WESPAS

Date (Publication)

2022-06-17

Citation identifier

https://data.gov.ie/dataset/ / Cetacean Monitoring undertaken during the Western European Shelf Pelagic Acoustic Survey (WESPAS) 2018

Purpose

Surveillance of the summer distribution of cetaceans in shelf water habitats along Ireland’s Atlantic margins.

Status

Completed

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage	National Parks and Wildlife Service	datadelivery@housing.gov.ie	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Species distribution

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.3

• biota, biodiversity, marine fauna, cetacean

National Parks and Wildlife Service

• National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, marine, mammal, biodiversity

ISO 3166

• Ireland

Use limitation

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Use limitation

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

Copyright Government of Ireland. This dataset was created by National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. This copyright material is licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spatial representation type

Vector

Denominator

50000

Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Environment

Begin date

2018-06-09

End date

2018-07-24

Reference system identifier

https://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326 / 4326

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25

Distribution format

Name	Version
Esri shapefile	v10+

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage	National Parks and Wildlife Service	datadelivery@housing.gov.ie.ie	Point of contact

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
zip	https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/2019CetaceanCelticSeaHerringAcoustic._MI_NPWS_0.zip	Dataset

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

The IFAW Logger 2000™ (IFAW, 2000) data collection software package was used to collect all positional, environmental and sightings data, and save it to a Microsoft Access database. Positional data was collected using a portable GPS receiver with a USB connection and recorded every 10 seconds.

Environmental data was recorded at least every 15-30 minutes, or sooner if there was a change in environmental conditions. Environmental data recorded included; wind speed, wind direction, sea state, swell, visibility, cloud cover and precipitation. All data entry was time stamped by Logger and saved in the Access database.

The distance of each sighting from the ship was estimated using a fixed interval range finder, while the bearing from the ship was estimated with an angle board. This data, along with data such as species identification, group size, composition, heading, sighting cues, surfacing interval, behaviour and any associations with birds or other cetaceans was also recorded on the time stamped Logger sighting record page. Where species identification could not be confirmed, sightings were recorded at an appropriate taxonomic/confidence level (i.e. probable, possible, unidentified whale, unidentified dolphin etc.). Auxiliary and incidental sightings were also recorded.

Some data was amended to comply with GDPR legislation and open data publication guidelines.

Metadata

File identifier

f9ea6205-7213-456a-81cf-13cb15776152 XML

Metadata language

English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2023-11-16T17:45:05

Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile

Metadata standard version

1.2

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage	National Parks and Wildlife Service	datadelivery@housing.gov.ie	Author