CoML Whales encountered and captured

This table from logbook entries includes information from logbooks from American offshore whaling voyages. These data were extracted from the original whaling logbooks during a scientific research project conducted by a team from the Census of Marine Life project (CoML, www.coml.org) led by Tim Denis Smith between 2000 and 2010.

Information about the content and structure of the database is available in the Database Description and the Column Definitions, Code Tables and Usage Notes. We plan on updating the database annually. You are encouraged to submit additions and corrections through the submission form.

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VoyageID Day Month Year Jul Enc Species Plural Number_Struck Number_Tried_Out Barrel_Yield Escape_Detail AmbiguityEnc CommentEnc WordingEnc WordingST CommentST sequence VIDdate
VoyageID Day Month Year Jul Enc Species Plural Number_Struck Number_Tried_Out Barrel_Yield Escape_Detail AmbiguityEnc CommentEnc WordingEnc WordingST CommentST sequence VIDdate

Whales encountered and captured—Column definitions

ColumnDescription
VoyageIDVoyage Identification Number
DayDay of Year
MonthMonth of Year
YearYear
JulNumber of days since 1 Jan 1600
EncSighted whale; lowered boats; struck whale; dead whale
SpeciesCommon name of whale encountered
PluralYes = more than one; No = single whale; Unk = unknown is one or more than one
Number_StruckNumber of whales struck
Number_Tried_OutNumber of whales tried out
Barrel_YieldBarrels of oil
Escape_DetailText describing details if whale escaped
Ambiguity.EncText describing ambiguity about encounter
Comment.EncText about encounter
Wording.EncWording from logbook about encounter
Wording.STWording from logbook about strike
Comment.STText about strike