Variable 



Variable Label 



Q3 How often do you see marine 



mammals from this platform? 



Q4 



Q5 



How many large whales have 



you seen? 



NOTE: Ignore any values 



other than those coded 

 here (i.e. 1,2,3,4 or -b) 



What kind of whale? 



NOTE: If no positive ID try 

 to key using the verbal 

 description recorded 

 on interviewed coded 

 sheet. Right justify 

 values. 



Q6 



Q7 



Q8 



How Close to platform were 



whales? (in yard) 



NOTE: Convert all units to the 

 nearest yard and right 

 justify al 1 numbers 



Time of day whales were 

 sighted? 



Time of year whales were 

 sighted? 



Col umn 



Value 



1 



Value Label 



21 



Never 





2 



Seldon (less than 1/Mo) 





3 



Often (at least 1/Mo) 



22 



1 



None 





2 



One 





3 



A few (less than ten) 





4 



Many (ten or greater) 





-b 



Code blank if no response 



23-24 



1 



Gray whale 





2 



Sei , fin, or blue 





3 



Right whale 





4 



Sperm whale 





5 



Humpback whale 





6 



Killer whale 





7 



Minke whale 





8 



Pilot whale 





9 



Rissos dolphin (Grampus) 





10 



Bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops) 





11 



Common dolphin 





12 



Right whale dolphin 





13 



Harbor porpoise 





14 



Dall's porpoise 





15 



Pacific white-sided dolphin 





16 



Elephant seal 





17 



Harbor seal 





18 



Stellar sea lion 





19 



Northern fur seal 





20 



Cal ifornia sea lion 





-fe 



Code blank if respondant 

 answered other than above or 

 did not respond 



25-28 



1 Thru 



If the respondant answers a 





9999 



value of greater than 9,999 

 yards Code 9999 





-& 



Code blank if no response 



29 



1 



Unknown 





2 



Dawn or dusk 





3 



Midday 





4 



Through the day 





5 



Niqht 





h 



Code blank if no response 



30 



1 



Unknown 





2 



Winter 





3 



Summer 





4 



Spring 



B-22 



