Happywhale - Fin Whale in North Atlantic Ocean

Marine mammals abundance and distribution

Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales. Original provider: HappywhaleDataset credits: Happywhale and contributorsSightings 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 36 contributors in alphabetic order: Alexa Kershaw; Annette Bombosch; Anton Chaiko; bev dant; Bjarki; Caitlin Fitzmaurice; Cees Tineke; Christian Engelke; Claudia Wagner; Conor Ryan; Dale Frink; Dan Harville; De Wulf Maurina (maluga); Dominique Gallo; Franck Hollander; Harold Moses; Joy van der Beek; Kathie Rokita; Kerstin Langenberger; Maddy Montgomery; Madelon Stuut; Margot Sib; Marilia Olio; Mark OBrien; Max Block; Mitch Doucet; Norbert; Per Nikolaj Bukh; Raimondeau; Rory Jackson West Cork Ocean Tours; Sara Franson; Sarah Kather; Sea Fever Productions; Ted Cheeseman; Theo Vickers; Tobias Brehm

Data and resources

Additional information

Temporal extent	2010-01-02 – 2025-01-01
Date (creation)	2024-04-16
Date (publication)	2024-04-16
Status	onGoing
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	en
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-04
Created	2026-11-04
API	package_show