Commercial catches sampling program in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence – giant scallop (Placopecten magellanicus)
Summary
The Quebec region of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is responsible for the assessment of several fish and invertebrate stocks exploited in the Estuary and the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence. The commercial catches sampling program is one of the sources of information used to complete these assessments. The data collected by this program, at wharf or at sea, offers among other things the advantage of a relatively large spatio-temporal coverage and provides some of the necessary knowledge to assess the demography and the structure of the exploited populations. This program is implemented by specialized DFO staff whose main mandate is to collect biological data on groundfish, pelagic fish and marine invertebrate species that are commercially exploited in the various marine communities.
Data
This dataset on the giant scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) includes the metadata, shell height and the number of shells (empty or full) for all the specimens measured. This dataset covers the period of 1985 to present. In order to protect the confidentiality of the sources, some informations (such as those concerning the vessel) have been excluded and others (such as the date of capture) have been simplified. Entries where there was only one vessel in a fishing area for a given year were also excluded. Further information including the fishing areas coordinates can be found by clicking on the «Atlantic and Arctic commercial fisheries» and «Fishing areas» links below.
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada
Data and Resources
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Atlantic and Arctic commercial fisheriesHTMLEnglish web_service HTML
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Atlantic and Arctic commercial fisheriesHTMLFrench web_service HTML
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Giant Scallop DatasetCSVEnglish dataset CSV
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Giant Scallop DatasetCSVFrench dataset CSV
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Data dictionnaryCSVEnglish guide CSV
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Data dictionnaryCSVFrench guide CSV
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Fishing gear dictionnaryCSVEnglish guide CSV
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Fishing gear dictionnaryCSVFrench guide CSV
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Fishing areas - Gaspésie / North ShorePDFEnglish French guide PDF
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Fishing areas - Magdalen IslandsPDFEnglish French guide PDF
Contact Information
Delivery Point: 850 Route de la Mer
City: Mont-Joli
Administrative Area: Quebec
Postal Code: G5H 3Z4
Country: Canada
Electronic Mail Address: gddaiss-dmsaisb.XLAU@dfo-mpo.gc.ca