Oil Industry Marine Mammal Monitoring Data

This dataset contains vessel-based marine mammal observation data collected in the Chukchi Sea. The 2006 data was collected as part of the Joint Monitoring Program during seismic activities in the Chukchi Sea in summer and fall of 2006. The 2007 data was collected as part of the Marine Mammal Monitoring and Mitigation During Open Water Seismic Exploration program in summer and fall of 2007. These data are part of a multi-year baseline environmental studies dataset collected as part of the permitting process prior to drilling exploration wells. This dataset is part of the Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis (PacMARS) Project. This dataset contains the original CSV files, shapefiles, and geodatabase files in ZIP files.