Visual sighting whale survey from research vessels Yushin-Maru and Yushin-Maru No.2 in the North Pacific Ocean from 2014-08-05 to 2014-09-09 (NCEI Accession 0224129)

This dataset contains visual sighting whale survey from research vessels Yushin-Maru and Yushin-Maru No.2 in the North Pacific Ocean. A systematic large-scale vessel-based sighting survey was conducted in 2014 by Japan to examine the distribution and abundance of large whales in the western North Pacific. This is MSR RATS cruise U2014-021. These data are part of the World Data Services for Oceanography. Cruise report is in PDF.