NMML Killer Whale Vessel, Alaska Peninsula 1993

Original provider: National Marine Mammal Laboratory Dataset credits: National Marine Mammal Laboratory Abstract: From 13 July to 24 August, 1993, a part of a larger study, waters off the Alaskan Peninsula were surveyed for killer whales (<i>Orcinus orca</i>) from the NOAA Glorita using line-transect methodology. To provide adequate coverage throughout the area, the study was limited to areas of known killer whale concentrations. The vessel was 44.8 m (147 ft) long and had a bridge height of 8.8 m (29 feet).