cda58f0fafda0dc265987152af47ceb8 English dataset Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk pointOfContact 2024-12-03 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3857 2021 Okeanos Casablanca fishing port Morocco Rhincodon typus bycatch sighting 2023-02-27 publication 2021-02-28 creation 2021-02-28 revision DASSHDT00000471 http://www.dassh.ac.uk In February 2021 a whale shark was observed to be caught as bycatch by a bottom trawler at Casablanca fishing port, Morocco. The species was first identified in a photo posted in february 2021 on social media. The exact date of the capture is then unknown. The only image we could have was blurred to guarantee the anonymity of the informer and attached to this message. This record was submitted as part of the Marine Record manuscript submission service https://mbr.biomedcentral.com/submission-guidelines/preparing-your-manuscript/marine-record. Massk Hicham Okeanos okeanos.maroc@gmail.com originator Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk custodian asNeeded Delimited Marine Environmental Data and Information Network NDGO0005 Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Marine Ocean UNESCO 2003-01-01 creation Biodiversity GEMET 2011-07-06 creation Fishing by-catch SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Fisihing Activity CHARM III 2012-04-02 creation Species Distribution INSPIRE 2017-05-12 creation Open access; open government licence - https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ otherRestrictions No restrictions to public access English biota SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision inapplicable -7.6148 -7.6148 33.6038 33.6038 2021-02-01 2021-02-28 Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor https://doi.org/10.17031/63fcacf629732 DOI URL A link to the web service or dataset http://www.dassh.ac.uk/ The DASSH website homepage A link to the general host site dataset MEDIN data guideline for ad hoc sightings 2012-12-19 publication See the referenced specification true Ad hoc sighting of Whale Shark sighting from fishing vessel bottom trawler (approximatly 22m length) with a wooden hull. Primarily used to target hake and shrimp.