Cetacean observations during seismic surveys in 1998 2000

Abstract

Recording of cetaceans during 1998 operations in UK waters, and some adjacent areas, in compliance with the Guidelines for minimising acoustic disturbance to marine mammals from seismic surveys (April 1998), yielded a total of 518 sightings comprising 4,175 individuals. There were only four sightings of seals. The total time spent watching for marine mammals during seismic surveys in 1998 was 15,834 hrs 21 mins.

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JNCC Report No. 301: Cetacean observations during seismic surveys in 1998 PDF
1.6 MB JNCC-Report-301-FINAL-WEB.pdf

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Topic category Environment

Reference date 2000·01·01

Citation
Stone, C.J. (2000) Cetacean observations during seismic surveys in 1998, JNCC Report No. 301. JNCC, Peterborough, ISSN 0963-8091.

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Watches for marine mammals were carried out on surveys conducted during 1998.

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Communications, JNCC publisher
comms@jncc.gov.uk

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Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0

Metadata date 2019·08·23

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Communications, JNCC
comms@jncc.gov.uk