CRD 01-06 Table 6

CRD 01-06 Table 6. Whale density characteristics of 13 events characterized from historic Cape Cod Bay and Stellwagen Bank whale watch data during April-October 1980-96. Note that no density estimate exists if all whale sightings recorded during the first day were assigned the same coordinates.
Event No.	First-day Radius (nm)	First-day Density (whales/100 nm²)¹	No. First-day Whales	Buffer	Total No. Whale Sightings
1	0		4	10.1	7
2	1.20	132.0	6	16.0	70
3	3.67	35.4	15	11.7	66
4	4.79	4.16	3	10.1	46
5	10.4	6.75	23	5.9	34
6	0.76	329.0	6	0.90	16
7	0.78	207.0	4	15.5	9
8	0		3	9.2	6
9	3.22	21.4	7	5.2	9
10	0		7	15.1	81
11	0.71	251.0	4	9.3	6
12	8.39	12.2	27	7.9	73
13	2.71	598.0	138	15.8	284

(Modified Jun. 13 2008)