Hay, Catherine; Henry, Lea-Anne; Roberts, J Murray; Stevenson, Andrew (2024): Spatial layers examining whether a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area can be justified in Bermuda to aid in cetacean conservation [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.961168
Always quote citation above when using data! You can download the citation in several formats below.
Abstract:
These data aim to evaluate the spatial overlap between human activities and the key areas utilised by cetaceans within Bermuda's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Raster and vector layers were collated through online sources and engaging with those working on Bermuda's Marine Spatial Plan. Human use layers include the key regions for shipping, fishing, and tourism operations.
Novel shapefiles of cetacean distribution were generated using the participatory Geographic Information System (GIS) platform 'SeaSketch'. Eight experts from three industries (research, whale-watching, and charter boating) contributed to the dataset and created layers based on >20 years knowledge of where Bermuda's cetaceans are distributed. Layers of four cetacean species were generated: humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostrus) and sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). For the humpback whales, four merged shapefiles exist demonstrating the key areas for various behaviours and/or habitats that have been observed. These include shallow areas between reefs (known as sand holes) where humpbacks are often observed, and areas where they have been observed singing, resting, and engaging in active behaviours. A total overlap of all gathered cetacean layers exists in a raster format to highlight the most diverse regions in Bermuda. Free online data sources of cetacean migrations sightings are also included, which date between 1785-2022.
Online data from the World Bank shows the global densities of Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals from various vessels between Jan-2015 and Feb-2021. A proximity analysis was done on this raster within the cetacean layers to show whether shipping concentrations are high within key cetacean areas and thus cause a significant threat. This information was gathered to analyse whether the International Maritime Organization (IMO) could implement a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) to regulate vessel traffic. The dataset was created using QGIS version 3.22.8 Białowieża under Work Package 3 of the EU H2020 project 'iAtlantic'.
References:
Arnold, Kate; Maughan, Ben (2021): UK Royal Navy Marine Mammal Observations. OBIS-SEAMAP, https://doi.org/10.15468/6ZSRHP
Berger, Madeline; McClintock, Will (2021): Aquaculture Heatmaps. Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme: Ocean Use Survey, https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8045be6f6bad492dbd9d53dd78d570c2 (BOPP & Seasketch (2021) Ocean Use Survey Report.pdf)
Berger, Madeline; McClintock, Will (2021): Bermuda Marine Spatial Planning. Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme and SeaSketch, https://legacy.seasketch.org/#projecthomepage/520d37a7674659cb7b33c1ba
Berger, Madeline; McClintock, Will (2021): Commercial Fishing Heatmaps. Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme: Ocean Use Survey, https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5f3dc35803d246bfae5016d3f1d35067 (BOPP & Seasketch (2021) Ocean Use Survey Report.pdf)
Berger, Madeline; McClintock, Will (2021): Passive Recreation & Conservation Heatmaps. Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme: Ocean Use Survey, https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/983e407517ce423286318a6a3e0acfcd (BOPP & Seasketch (2021) Ocean Use Survey Report.pdf)
Berger, Madeline; McClintock, Will (2021): Recreational Fishing Heatmaps. Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme: Ocean Use Survey, https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/319c1b99292345d2850bd9592e519a86 (BOPP & Seasketch (2021) Ocean Use Survey Report.pdf)
Berger, Madeline; McClintock, Will (2021): Swimming, Snorkelling and Diving Heatmaps. Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme: Ocean Use Survey, https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/fe2692222e7d429aa6b5406a86a8ecbd (BOPP & Seasketch (2021) Ocean Use Survey Report.pdf)
Berger, Madeline; McClintock, Will (2021): Tourism & Boating Heatmaps. Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme: Ocean Use Survey, https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4fd49e0ebd1048e4b520756d91567a36 (BOPP & Seasketch (2021) Ocean Use Survey Report.pdf)
Berger, Madeline; McClintock, Will (2021): Utilities, Infrastructure & Shipping Heatmaps. Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme: Ocean Use Survey, https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/2718c22f2dea4615bcaf09465003ea63 (BOPP & Seasketch (2021) Ocean Use Survey Report.pdf)
Boisseau, Oliver (2021): Visual sightings from Song of the Whale 1993-2013. OBIS-SEAMAP, ACCOBAMS and WDCS, https://doi.org/10.15468/5C69JN
Cerdeiro, Diego; Komaromi, Andras; Liu, Yang; Saeed, Mamoon (2020): World Seaborne Trade in Real Time: A Proof of Concept for Building AIS-based Nowcasts from Scratch. International Monetary Fund, IMF Working Papers, 2020(057), 1-44, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513544106.001
Chardine, John; Huettmann, Falk; Hyrenbach, David (2021): PIROP Northwest Atlantic 1965-1992. OBIS-SEAMAP, https://doi.org/10.15468/UDNGB7
Cheeseman, Ted (2024): Happywhale - Humpback Whale in North Atlantic Ocean. OBIS-SEAMAP, https://doi.org/10.15468/XHFM33
Convention on Biological Diversity, UNEP (2015): Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs): The Sargasso Sea. The Clearing-House Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CHM), https://chm.cbd.int/ (Convention on Biological Diversity, 2015. Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs).pdf)
GEBCO, Bathymetric Compilation Group (2021): The GEBCO_2021 Grid - a continuous terrain model of the global oceans and land. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC, https://doi.org/10.5285/C6612CBE-50B3-0CFF-E053-6C86ABC09F8F
Gjerdrum, Carina; Fifield, D (2020): CWS-EC Eastern Canada Seabirds at Sea (ECSAS). OBIS Canada Digital Collections, Version 6 (2020-Sep), https://ipt.iobis.org/obiscanada/resource?r=cws_eastcoastseabirdsatc
Global Fishing Watch (2023): GFW | Map. https://globalfishingwatch.org/map
Hay, Catherine (2023): Hay Research Project. SeaSketch, https://legacy.seasketch.org/#projecthomepage/62a79f41a140f843143d0408/forum/62a9f05e63b287636a6cf040/topic/62b34aae2b15db155cb90501
Hyrenbach, David; Whitehead, Hal (2021): Sargasso 2005 - cetacean sightings. OBIS-SEAMAP, https://doi.org/10.15468/ZVWJWA
Hyrenbach, David; Whitehead, Hal (2021): Sargasso sperm whales 2004. OBIS-SEAMAP, https://doi.org/10.15468/5KY9K2
Kenney, Robert (2021): BLM CETAP OPP Sightings. OBIS-SEAMAP, https://doi.org/10.15468/5EY75M
Kenney, Robert (2021): BLM CETAP SHIP Sightings. OBIS-SEAMAP, https://doi.org/10.15468/4HNAWZ
Mahlknecht, Greg (2023): Greg's Cable Map. https://cablemap.info/_default.aspx
Mayall, Kevin (2015): A data layer of Bermuda electoral constituency boundaries (current, 2010). Parliamentary Registry Office, Bermuda, https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=55f447385b3e499e84071fb58b500651
OpenStreetMap (2023): Bermuda. Planet OSM, https://planet.openstreetmap.org/
Robbins, Jooke (2021): Gulf of Maine humpback whale satellite tagging project: 2018 (aggregated per 1-degree cell). OBIS-SEAMAP, Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool, https://doi.org/10.15468/P3M9SZ
Shailer, Mandy (2018): Bermuda's marine boundaries, including the Territorial Sea, Exclusive Economic Zone and the Baseline from which those boundaries are measured. UK Hydrographic Office and the Government of Bermuda, https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=ca0fabc5cd4b483e8d1bd71a9550a016
Shailer, Mandy (2019): To maintain the beauty and diversity of Bermuda's marine environment a number of protected areas have been established. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=43bc00747b0546b88b1554249f50b7d4
Shailer, Mandy (2022): Areas of Bermuda that are protected by the Bermuda National Parks Act 1986, as specified in the Bermuda National Parks Amendment Act 2017. Government of Bermuda, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e413a80591a245939aa615d844589fbb
Stevick, Peter (2021): Allied Humpback Whale Catalogue, 1976 - 2003. OBIS-SEAMAP, https://doi.org/10.15468/KAFN4K
Woolmer, Gillian (2023): Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913. OBIS-SEAMAP, https://doi.org/10.15468/JYP4FG
Project(s):
Funding:
Horizon 2020 (H2020), grant/award no. 818123: Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 30.328966 * Median Longitude: -59.960751 * South-bound Latitude: 22.115905 * West-bound Longitude: -76.308574 * North-bound Latitude: 38.542028 * East-bound Longitude: -43.612929
Date/Time Start: 1785-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-12-31T00:00:00
Event(s):
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Binary Object | Binary | Hay, Catherine | Obtained from Geographic Information System (GIS) | SeaSketch GIS, QGIS 3.22.8 Białowieża | |
| 2 | Binary Object (Media Type) | Binary (Type) | Hay, Catherine | Obtained from Geographic Information System (GIS) | SeaSketch GIS, QGIS 3.22.8 Białowieża | |
| 3 | Binary Object (File Size) | Binary (Size) | Bytes | Hay, Catherine | Obtained from Geographic Information System (GIS) | SeaSketch GIS, QGIS 3.22.8 Białowieża |
| 4 | File content | Content | Hay, Catherine | Obtained from Geographic Information System (GIS) | SeaSketch GIS, QGIS 3.22.8 Białowieża | |
| 5 | Raster cell size | Raster cell size | Hay, Catherine | Obtained from Geographic Information System (GIS) | SeaSketch GIS, QGIS 3.22.8 Białowieża | |
| 6 | Vertical datum | Vertical datum | Hay, Catherine | Obtained from Geographic Information System (GIS) | SeaSketch GIS, QGIS 3.22.8 Białowieża | |
| 7 | Horizontal datum | Horizontal datum | Hay, Catherine | Obtained from Geographic Information System (GIS) | SeaSketch GIS, QGIS 3.22.8 Białowieża | |
| 8 | Longitude, westbound | Longitude west | Hay, Catherine | Obtained from Geographic Information System (GIS) | SeaSketch GIS, QGIS 3.22.8 Białowieża | |
| 9 | Longitude, eastbound | Longitude east | Hay, Catherine | Obtained from Geographic Information System (GIS) | SeaSketch GIS, QGIS 3.22.8 Białowieża | |
| 10 | Latitude, southbound | Latitude south | Hay, Catherine | Obtained from Geographic Information System (GIS) | SeaSketch GIS, QGIS 3.22.8 Białowieża | |
| 11 | Latitude, northbound | Latitude north | Hay, Catherine | Obtained from Geographic Information System (GIS) | SeaSketch GIS, QGIS 3.22.8 Białowieża | |
| 12 | Infraorder | Infraorder | Hay, Catherine | Reference in WoRMS | ||
| 13 | Family | Family | Hay, Catherine | Reference in WoRMS | ||
| 14 | Species | Species | Hay, Catherine | Reference in WoRMS | ||
| 15 | Species, unique identification (URI) | Species UID (URI) | Hay, Catherine | Reference in WoRMS | ||
| 16 | Species, unique identification (Semantic URI) | Species UID (Semantic URI) | Hay, Catherine | Reference in WoRMS |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 3 (ProcLevel3)
Size:
653 data points