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Federal  Fisheries and Oceans Canada 
  • Open Data

    Argo Canada

    Argo is a global in situ ocean climate monitoring system consisting in an array of over 4,000 free-drifting floats that collect data on ocean temperature and salinity, and sometimes oxygen, in the upper 2000 m of the ocean. It is an international effort, with more than 30 nations contributing...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • NetCDF
    • JSON
    • WMS
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Commercial Whale Watching in British Columbia

    Description: These commercial whale watching data are comprised of two datasets. First, the ‘whale_watching_trips_jun_sep_british_columbia’ data layer summarizes commercial whale watching trips that took place in 2019, 2020 and 2021 during the summer months (June to September). The second data...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • FGDB/GDB
    • PDF
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Recreational Vessel Traffic Model for British Columbia

    Description: Data on recreational boating are needed for marine spatial planning initiatives in British Columbia (BC). Vessel traffic data are typically obtained by analyzing automatic identification system (AIS) vessel tracking data, but recreational vessels are often omitted or...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • FGDB/GDB
    • ESRI REST
    • PDF
    • CSV
  • Open Data

    Maritimes Coastal Biodiversity Monitoring Program – Beach Seining

    Monitoring programs are an important component of Marine Protected Area (MPA) management, providing requisite information on the state of, and changes in, protected ecosystems. Monitoring is required to gauge the efficacy of MPAs towards their conservation objectives and provides information...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • FGDB/GDB
    • CSV
    • PDF
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Fisheries Act Registry

    The 2019 amended Fisheries Act (FA) contains a provision that will require DFO to have a public facing Registry to provide public access to records relating to fish and fish habitat protection and pollution prevention, including: • Ministerial agreements • Standards and Codes of practice •...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • TXT
  • Open Data

    Current valid British Columbia aquaculture licence holders

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada is responsible for licensing all aquaculture facilities in British Columbia. The aquaculture licence and conditions of licence are designed to ensure the sustainable operation and development of the aquaculture industry. The following lists contain details related to...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • XLSX
    • CSV
  • Open Data

    Predicted distributions of 65 groundfish species in Canadian Pacific waters

    Description: This dataset contains layers of predicted occurrence for 65 groundfish species as well as overall species richness (i.e., the total number of species present) in Canadian Pacific waters, and the median standard error per grid cell across all species. They cover all seafloor habitat...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • TIFF
    • PDF
    • ESRI REST
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