Cetacean observation from the 2014 Pilot Survey Cetacean Sightings

This dataset is a point shapefile of cetacean observations in a sample of areas around the Falkland Islands' inshore waters from a pilot study by Falklands Conservation (Thomsen 2014) (FK-FC-607). Information on fields included in this dataset are in the accompanying file, 'Whale Sighting Data Field Descriptions.xlsx'. More information on how this information was gathered can be found in: Thomsen I (2014) Results from the pilot line transect survey for inshore cetaceans in the Falkland Islands and designing a full Falkland Island line transect survey for inshore cetaceans. Falklands Conservation, Stanley, Falkland Islands. Data were extracted and evaluated by V. Frans for Darwin Plus- funded project, 'Marine Spatial Planning for the Falkland Islands' (July 2014-July 2016), and the Falkland Islands Environmental Studies Budget project, 'Mapping whale distribution around the Falkland Islands using best available knowledge'.