Description of Data for Submission Blubber_vdH2016: Necropsy case information for 17 right whales with measured blubber thicknesses. - Necropsy database case number: case number in the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium Necropsy Database managed by Dr. Michael Moore mmoore@whoi.edu - NEAq Eg number: Individual identification number in the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog http://rwcatalog.neaq.org - Field Number: any identifying numbers given to the case at necropsy - Length: measured from tip of rostrum (TOR) to fluke notch (cm) - Age: age in years, estimated or known from photographs - Age class: juvenile or adult - Sex: M, F, blank if unknown - Weight: measured or estimated (kg) - Blubber thickness: Dorsal blubber thickness measured at necropsy (cm) - Entangled status: 0 if entanglement was not COD; 1 if COD was due to entanglement. A 0 does not necessarily mean the individual did not have evidence of entanglement; similarly, not all whales with entanglement evidence at death = 1. - Body volume: calculated from Eqs 1-2 - Date/Datenum/Month of necropsy exam. Timelines_vdH2016: Entanglement timelines for each case to calculate additional power requirements - Gear ID: Gear ID for analysis by John Kenney at NOAA - NMFS ID: Gear ID for entanglement interaction number by NMFS - NEAq Eg ID: Individual identification number in the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog http://rwcatalog.neaq.org - Line Only: 1 if entanglement was comprised of only rope; 0 if entanglement included floats or buoys. - Date: Date of event being described - Days since min: days since last gear free sighting - Date relative to disentanglement date: days since disentanglement - Drag (N): Total individual drag force at 1.2 m/s - Diff Power (W): total difference in power requirements over non-entangled condition - Power (W): Thrust power requirement - Notes: o LSGF: Last Seen Gear Free o FSE: First Seen Entangled o D: Disentangled o CGF: Confirmed Gear Free - Days FSE to Disentanglement: Days between first entangled sighting and disentanglement date - Disentangled Ð Telemetry: Days between addition of telemetry buoy and disentanglement TOW_vdH2016: Spreadsheet describing gear sets towed - Gear ID: Gear ID for analysis by John Kenney at NOAA - Mat File Name: Filename of matlab file associated with tow, incorporated in structure TOW.mat - Description of gear removed - Components of gear - Gear type if known - Number of gear types involved - Sink: Y if gear made up of sinkline - Float: Y if gear made up of floating line - Line Only: 1 if entanglement was comprised of only rope; 0 if entanglement included floats or buoys. - Length: Measured length of gear (m) - Dry Weight (kg): Dried weight of gear retrieved - Radius of gear (m) - Line wetted area (m2) - Accessory wetted area (m2) - Estimated total wetted area of gear (m2) TOWDRAG.mat: Structure of drag forces measured on sets of fishing gear. http://github.com/julievdh