A Characterization of Marine Mammals and Turtles in the Mid and North Atlantic Areas of the US Outer Continental Shelf

Report

Title: A Characterization of Marine Mammals and Turtles in the Mid and North Atlantic Areas of the US Outer Continental Shelf

Author:

Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program

Publication Date:

June 1, 1981

Document Number:

AA551-CT8-48

Pages:

Affiliation

University of Rhode Island

Sponsoring Organization:

US Department of the Interior (DOI)

Receptor:

Reptiles, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans

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Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program (1981). A Characterization of Marine Mammals and Turtles in the Mid and North Atlantic Areas of the US Outer Continental Shelf (Report No. AA551-CT8-48). Report by University of Rhode Island. Report for US Department of the Interior (DOI).

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Abstract

The Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program CCETAP) began at the University of Rhode Island after receipt of a Request For Proposal (RFP) from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in June of 1978. CETAP's proposal was submitted in competition with other offerors. After a series of negotiations, the BLM awarded a contract to CETAP entitled "A Characterization of Marine Mammals and Turtles in the Mid- and North-Atlantic Areas of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf." Staff hiring and other startup procedures began immediately. A comprehensive program for training marine mammal and turtle observers was put together within one month. Several training flights were conducted before the end of 1978, and by January 1979, a full-scale field data collection effort was underway.