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196981	Event	2024-08-02 01:23:31	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0	Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary	[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115		1987	Happywhale.com	1987	Happywhale - Sei whale in Southern Ocean	Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary	HumanObservation		196981	https://happywhale.com/individual/45294;enc=196981	1987_239875		1			present			[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]	Photo identification; {"catalog_number":"https://happywhale.com/encounter/339091","organism_id":"(unknown)","organism_name":"(no name)","occurrence_remarks":"(no remarks)"}	https://happywhale.com/individual/45294			2022-11-07T13:19	13:19	2022	11	7	2022-11-07 13:19:00				North Pacific Ocean							Hawaii, United States	Hawaii, United States					-62.567490	-59.771547	EPSG:4326	1.11	1e-05				POINT(-59.771547 -62.56749)		2022-11-07T13:19					2022-11-07T13:19	Identification Type: Photo Identification	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137088	Balaenoptera borealis	Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Cetacea	Balaenopteridae	Balaenoptera		borealis		Species	Lesson, 1828	Sei whale	WoRMS LSID	valid	Taxon recorded as "Sei Whale" by the provider
557942	Event	2024-08-02 01:23:31	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0	Ellen Merten	[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115		1987	Happywhale.com	1987	Happywhale - Sei whale in Southern Ocean	Ellen Merten	HumanObservation		557942	https://happywhale.com/individual/130973;enc=557942	1987_80118		1			present			[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]	Photo identification; {"catalog_number":"https://happywhale.com/encounter/100331","organism_id":"(unknown)","organism_name":"(no name)","occurrence_remarks":"about 7 whales in total, feeding, probably fin whales and eventually 2 sei whales -- mixed therefore very difficult to tell which sei sei and which are fin, in photos"}	https://happywhale.com/individual/130973			2020-01-17T17:29:27	17:29:27	2020	1	17	2020-01-17 17:29:27				North Atlantic Ocean							Westfjords, Iceland	Westfjords, Iceland					-60.693979	-50.062501	EPSG:4326	111319.49	1				POINT(-50.062501 -60.693979)		2020-01-17T17:29:27					2020-01-17T17:29:27	Identification Type: Photo Identification	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137088	Balaenoptera borealis	Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Cetacea	Balaenopteridae	Balaenoptera		borealis		Species	Lesson, 1828	Sei whale	WoRMS LSID	valid	Taxon recorded as "Sei Whale" by the provider
374360	Event	2024-08-02 01:23:31	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0	Alexander Vogel	[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115		1987	Happywhale.com	1987	Happywhale - Sei whale in Southern Ocean	Alexander Vogel	HumanObservation		374360	https://happywhale.com/individual/99678;enc=374360	1987_70349		1			present			[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]	Photo identification; {"catalog_number":"https://happywhale.com/encounter/467679","organism_id":"(unknown)","organism_name":"(no name)","occurrence_remarks":"(no remarks)"}	https://happywhale.com/individual/99678	Also seen as HW-MN0902821		2024-03-09T20:08:42	20:08:42	2024	3	9	2024-03-09 20:08:42				Indian Ocean							KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa					-60.000000	-62.000000	EPSG:4326	111319.49	1				POINT(-62 -60)		2024-03-09T20:08:42					2024-03-09T20:08:42	Identification Type: Photo Identification	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137088	Balaenoptera borealis	Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Cetacea	Balaenopteridae	Balaenoptera		borealis		Species	Lesson, 1828	Sei whale	WoRMS LSID	valid	Taxon recorded as "Sei Whale" by the provider
