Happywhale - Common minke whale in North Pacific Ocean

Occurrence Observation
Latest version published by OBIS-SEAMAP on Jul 15, 2026 OBIS-SEAMAP
Home:
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1742
Publication date:
15 July 2026
Published by:
OBIS-SEAMAP
License:
CC-BY-NC 4.0

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Description

Original provider: Happywhale Dataset credits: Happywhale and contributors Abstract: Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 175 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Happywhale. 2026. Happywhale - Common minke whale in North Pacific Ocean. Version 1.5.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.82144/6d2576a9.

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is OBIS-SEAMAP. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: e11c8712-9b86-4767-8ebf-ffe0e0789d06.  OBIS-SEAMAP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Keywords

Marine Biology; PhotoID; Occurrence; Observation

External data

The resource data is also available in other formats

OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1742 UTF-8 Interactive map
FGDC Metadata https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1742/fgdc UTF-8 XML
EML Metadata https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1742/eml UTF-8 XML

Contacts

Ted Cheeseman
  • Originator
  • Primary contact
Happywhale.com
OBIS-SEAMAP
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
  • A328 LSRC building
27708 Durham
NC
US
Ted Cheeseman
  • Originator
Happywhale.com

Geographic Coverage

Data extent

Bounding Coordinates South West [25.842, -152.218], North East [59.777, 59.777]

Taxonomic Coverage

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Species Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Common minke whale)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1996-09-03 / 2026-02-01

Project Data

No Description available

Title Happywhale - Common minke whale in North Pacific Ocean
Funding NA

The personnel involved in the project:

Ted Cheeseman
  • Owner

Sampling Methods

NA

Study Extent NA

Method step description:

  1. NA

Collection Data

Collection Name zd_1742
Collection Identifier zd_1742
Parent Collection Identifier OBIS-SEAMAP

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Southerland, K., and T. Cheeseman. 2026. Happywhale encounter. https://happywhale.com/

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS. Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP. There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only. This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 71 contributors in alphabetic order: Adam R. Kabir; Alethea Leddy; Allie Smith; Ashley Moody; Austin MacRae; Avery Fretwell; Ben Hagler; Brandon Withrow; Brett Banditelli; Bruce Weyermann; Caroline Kelley; Chad Carlson; Chelsea Bradley; Cheri Yadon; Cheryl DeMatteis; Derek Hallum; Diane Garrido-Lecca; Emily Meucci; Eric Austin Yee; Erin T.; Frank Rotter; Holly Cannon; Ian Bullock; James Moskito; Jennifer Stoudt; Jill Matyuch; Joe Meuleman; John Heinmiller; Joshua Meza-Fidalgo; Katherine McDermott; Katie Read; Kelly M Coursey Gray; Kimberly Nesbitt; Kim Crisp; Kristin Campbell; Kyla Bivens; Lisa Boyle; Machi Yoshida; Mandy Hansen; Marian Herz; Mark Girardeau; Mark Indictor; Mark OBrien; Matt Jackson; Max Block; Megan Savage; Michael Pierson; Mike Justa; Molly Batts; Olga von Ziegesar; Paul D; Rachel Myers; Richard Strayer; Robert Perry; Robin Froman; Ron Charbonneau; Ron Kornfeld; Samantha Morgan-Vizard; Sarah Hauser; Sara Shimazu; Serena Tierra; Shaun Davidson; Skylar W.; SointulArt; Sophia Madden; Steve OToole; Susanne Meyer; Sydney Minges; Thais Dib Frias; Tim Bray; Tracy Desiderio

Purpose
Alternative Identifiers 10.82144/6d2576a9
e11c8712-9b86-4767-8ebf-ffe0e0789d06
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1742
093e83be-3532-4352-a18f-d56aebc1602a
https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1742