Report of the cruise undertaken by Spain as part of the North Atlantic Sightings Survey, 1987
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Lens, Santiago; Quiroga, Héctor; Gil-de-Sola-Simarro, Luis
- Source
- e-IEO. Repositorio Institucional Digital de Acceso Abierto del Instituto Español de Oceanografía
instname
- Subject
- Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo
Medio Marino
- Language
- English
Results from a cruise undertaken by Spain as part of a general North Atlantic Sightings Survey are presented. Between 6 July and 3 August 1987 a total of 2.323 n.miles were steamed on searching effort in three areas between southwest Ireland and northwest Spain. A total of 151 sightings was made. 91 of fin whales, 5 of sperm whales, 11 of pilot whales and 44 of other cetacean species. Some comments are made about the fin whale distribution found in the cruise