Records of North Atlantic Right Whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in Irish waters

Distribution and temporal data for North Atlantic right whales within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Ireland

Geographic Coverage: The inshore waters of counties Donegal, Mayo and Cork

Temporal Coverage: 1300-1987

Species Groups recorded: marine mammal

Dataset Status: Complete

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Theme	Environment
Date released	2020-04-16
Date updated	2020-04-16
Dataset conforms to these standards	The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
Rights notes	{"Creative Commons licence conditions apply",https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,otherRestrictions}
Language	English
Landing page	http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/295
Geographic coverage in GeoJSON format	{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-10.20189, 51.41178],[-10.20189, 54.637137], [-8.29793, 54.637137], [-8.29793, 51.41178], [-10.20189, 51.41178]]]}
Spatial Reference Systems (SRS)	TM75 / Irish Grid (EPSG:29903)
Vertical Extent	{"verticalDomainName": "EPSG Projection 5731 - Malin Head height", "minVerticalExtent": "0", "maxVerticalExtent": "0"}
Provenance information	High. Every record was compiled from the literature and validated accordingly by Seán O'Callaghan Data Capture Method: Reviewing the literature Data Capture Purpose: To provide a baseline dataset for the species given it has been largely overlooked in Ireland to date Original Format: Spreadsheet
Period of time covered (begin)	1737-01-01
Period of time covered (end)	1987-12-31
High Value Dataset (HVD)	No