We delineated and scored Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) in the Arctic region. The region extends from Bering Strait to Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Amundsen Gulf, Viscount Melville Sound. This NOAA-led effort uses structured elicitation principles build upon first version of NOAA BIAs (BIA I) for cetaceans. In addition narratives, maps, metadata tables, BIA II products incorporated a scoring labe...

In this assessment we incorporated published and unpublished information to delineate score Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) for cetaceans in the Hawaiʻi region following standardized criteria. Twenty-six cetacean species have been documented Hawaiʻi. Eleven odontocete distinct small populations resident one or more island areas: rough-toothed dolphins, pantropical spotted common bottlenose ...