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Inventory of the cetaceans database - here you can filter data to download
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Species
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Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast
Baltic Sea
Celtic Seas
Greater North Sea
Norwegian Sea
Oceanic Northeast Atlantic
Pinnipedia (Infraorder)
Cetacea (Infraorder)
Odontoceti (Superfamily)
Mysticeti (Superfamily)
Chelonioidea (Superfamily)
Carcharhinidae (Family)
Cetorhinidae (Family)
Scombridae (Family)
Xiphiidae (Family)
Molidae (Family)
Phocidae (Family)
Balaenopteridae (Family)
Delphinidae (Family)
Monodontidae (Family)
Phocoenidae (Family)
Physeteridae (Family)
Ziphiidae (Family)
Dermochelyidae (Family)
Halichoerus (Genus)
Phoca (Genus)
Balaenoptera (Genus)
Megaptera (Genus)
Delphinus (Genus)
Feresa (Genus)
Globicephala (Genus)
Grampus (Genus)
Lagenorhynchus (Genus)
Orcinus (Genus)
Pseudorca (Genus)
Stenella (Genus)
Tursiops (Genus)
Phocoena (Genus)
Physeter (Genus)
Hyperoodon (Genus)
Mesoplodon (Genus)
Ziphius (Genus)
Dermochelys (Genus)
Thunnus (Genus)
Xiphias (Genus)
Mola (Genus)
Prionace (Genus)
Cetorhinus (Genus)
Prionace glauca (Species)
Cetorhinus maximus (Species)
Hyperoodon ampullatus (Species)
Thunnus albacares (Species)
Xiphias gladius (Species)
Mola mola (Species)
Halichoerus grypus (Species)
Phoca vitulina (Species)
Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Species)
Balaenoptera borealis (Species)
Balaenoptera musculus (Species)
Balaenoptera physalus (Species)
Megaptera novaeangliae (Species)
Delphinus delphis (Species)
Feresa attenuata (Species)
Globicephala melas (Species)
Grampus griseus (Species)
Lagenorhynchus acutus (Species)
Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Species)
Orcinus orca (Species)
Pseudorca crassidens (Species)
Stenella coeruleoalba (Species)
Tursiops truncatus (Species)
Phocoena phocoena (Species)
Physeter macrocephalus (Species)
Mesoplodon bidens (Species)
Mesoplodon europaeus (Species)
Mesoplodon mirus (Species)
Ziphius cavirostris (Species)
Dermochelys coriacea (Species)
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Restricted Data
Some data within the ICES Cetaceans Database may be classified as restricted as determined by the data provider. These data are under the ICES Biodiversity Licence (link
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.9302
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The Responsible Organisation and Point of Contact is provided for each restricted survey, to enable the Data User to make a request direct to the Point of Contact.
There are 784 surveys that match your criteria
Number Survey Events
Survey Name
Data access
Start date
End date
Data Custodian
1
Distribution and abundance of basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) and minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) within the Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal
Public
15/08/2016
15/08/2016
HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited
1
Distribution and abundance of basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) and minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) within the Sea of the Hebrides MPA proposal
Public
16/09/2016
16/09/2016
HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited
1
2015 HWDT West Scotland surveys
Restricted
04/05/2015
12/10/2015
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
1
2014 HWDT West Scotland surveys
Restricted
06/05/2014
15/10/2014
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
1
2012 HWDT West Scotland surveys
Restricted
31/03/2012
27/09/2012
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
1
2010 HWDT West Scotland surveys
Restricted
02/04/2010
29/09/2010
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
1
2017 HWDT West Scotland surveys
Restricted
02/04/2017
11/10/2017
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
1
2013 HWDT West Scotland surveys
Restricted
19/05/2013
25/09/2013
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
1
2009 HWDT West Scotland surveys
Restricted
14/04/2009
12/10/2009
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
1
2016 HWDT West Scotland surveys
Restricted
02/05/2016
17/10/2016
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
1
2019 HWDT West Scotland surveys
Restricted
29/01/2019
20/12/2019
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
1
2008 HWDT West Scotland surveys
Restricted
02/04/2008
24/09/2008
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
1
2011 HWDT West Scotland surveys
Restricted
01/04/2011
29/09/2011
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
1
2018 HWDT West Scotland surveys
Restricted
16/04/2018
21/10/2018
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
126
Cornwall Wildlife Trust Marine Megafauna Ferry surveys~ 2010-2013
Public
15/04/2009
23/10/2013
Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (ERCCIS)
1
Post Construction Bird and Marine Mammal Monitoring 2018~ Array 2 (Year 1)
Public
09/03/2018
17/10/2018
EDP Renewables
1
Bird and Mammal Surveys
Public
10/02/2010
31/10/2010
APEM Limited
Previous
There are 7132 campaigns in ESAS database that match your criteria of cetaceans
Data Rights Holder
Access
Number of campaigns
First Campaign
Last Campaign
Dutch Seabird Group (NZG)
Public
26
1987-03-10
1990-06-20
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Public
865
1979-07-13
2008-12-15
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Public
9
2023-01-27
2023-12-15
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Public
10
2022-03-25
2022-12-19
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Public
462
1993-02-08
2021-12-17
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (HQ) (RSPB)
Public
272
1982-01-12
1983-12-16
University College Cork (UCC)
Public
255
1999-07-05
2003-08-26
Cork Ecology
Public
195
2008-02-02
2010-03-11
Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA)
Public
219
2004-12-28
2018-11-19
Ornis Consult A/S
Public
215
1986-04-25
1999-03-01
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)~Research and Technology Centre (Buesum) (FTZ)
Public
31
2011-01-27
2016-12-05
Institute of Avian Research~Research and Technology Centre (Buesum) (FTZ)
Public
561
1990-09-05
2010-08-17
Wageningen Marine Research (Den Helder) (WMR)
Public
784
1993-05-04
2018-11-27
Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Aberdeen Office (JNCC)
Public
2727
1979-07-02
2011-03-01
Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA)
Public
483
2005-07-04
2010-08-25
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Public
17
2022-02-17
2023-12-15
Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA)
Public
1
2011-09-12
2011-09-12