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  • Open Data

    Average Relative Density of Fish Functional Groups and Species in the Newfoundland and Labrador Shelves Bioregion, 1981-2017

    The Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) in the Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) region has been conducting multispecies research vessel (RV) surveys using a stratified random survey design since the early 1970s. The DFO RV survey dataset represents the longest time series of species...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • GeoTIF
    • PDF
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Beaufort Sea Marine Fishes Project (BSMFP) 2013 - Fish identification and measurements

    PURPOSE: From August 2nd to September 9th, 2013, Fisheries and Oceans Canada conducted a baseline survey of marine fishes and their habitats in the southern Canadian Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf as part of the Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment (BREA) called the Beaufort Sea Marine...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • PDF
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Blue Whale - High density feeding areas

    11 tagged Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) were tracked during the daytime movements as well as the feeding behaviour in the St. Lawrence River estuary. Kernel density was applied to derminate the high density feeding areas of all individuals combined (30, 40, 50, 60, 75, 95 %)....
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
    • FGDB/GDB
  • Open Data

    Snow Crab Collaborative Post-season Trap Survey

    This project was completed by the Shellfish Section in the Newfoundland and Labrador Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), in collaboration with industry partners. The Coastal Environmental Baseline program supported the Placentia Bay portion of project work for an ongoing...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • SHP
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Newfoundland Region), Placentia Bay Nearshore Fish Community Sampling

    This project was completed by the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Coastal and Freshwater Ecology Section) in the Newfoundland and Labrador Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). The nearshore fish and invertebrate community was sampled annually in Placentia Bay at 14 sites...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • SHP
    • WMS
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Seasonal use of the Bar Haven Atlantic cod spawning grounds in Placentia Bay

    This project was completed by the Groundfish Section in the Newfoundland and Labrador Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). From 2018 to 2020, 14 year-round, acoustic receivers were deployed in Placentia Bay as a part of the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program to form 4 gates:...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • SHP
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Newfoundland Region), Placentia Bay CTD Moorings

    This project was completed by the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Coastal and Freshwater Ecology Section) in the Newfoundland and Labrador Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). From 2020-2023, there were semi-annual deployments and retrievals of 3 moored CTDs in the bay....
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • SHP
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Atlantic Herring Abundance in Placentia Bay

    This project was completed by the Pelagics Section in the Newfoundland and Labrador Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). As part of the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program, a historical research gillnet program was reinitiated in Placentia Bay. Four local fishers each set...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • SHP
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Habitat associations of juvenile American lobster in three nearshore areas of Newfoundland

    This project was completed by the Productive Capacity group (Coastal and Freshwater Ecology Section) in the Newfoundland and Labrador Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). American lobster (Homarus americanus) is a commercially important decapod crustacean species along the east...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • SHP
    • WMS
    • ESRI REST
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