Fisheries and Oceans Canada

29 datasets found
Not Planned  Gulf of St. Lawrence 
  • Open Data

    Marsh inventory in the Chaleur Bay, the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence

    Marsh inventory in the Chaleur Bay, the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence according to a literature review of documents produced between 1985 and 2002. Additional Information The marsh inventory was produced according to a literature review of the following documents: Bolduc, F. et P....
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • SHP
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    High primary production areas in the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence

    This layer represents areas where primary production is considered to be high. Primary production includes microscopic algal blooms, named phytoplankton, a food resource at the base of the food web of marine ecosystems. The knowledge of these zones can serve as a proxy to identify areas of the...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Significant areas of krill in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence

    Krill is a generic name for crustaceans of the order Euphausiids, most of which are known to be Thysanoessa raschii and Meganyctiphanes norvegica in eastern Canada. Krill is an important food resource for many marine mammals, in particular the blue whale. The maps show the points of high krill...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Lumpfish potential spawning site in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

    Identification of a potential spawning site for lumpfish during an ichtyofauna inventory conducted in the eelgrass in Sept-Îles bay by Calderón (1996). Purpose: The 1996 document by par Isabel Calderón has been achieved by the "Corporation de protection de l'environnement de Sept-Îles" with...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • SHP
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Concentrations of suspended particulate matter (SPM) in the St. Lawrence

    The layer provides information on suspended particulate matter (SPM) concentrations by area. There is a natural interaction phenomenon between hydrocarbons and SPM, that creates hydrocarbon-SPM aggregates. The SPM in the water column, hence has an effect on hydrocarbon capacity to sink to the...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Ecological and biological significant areas in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence

    Identification of ecological and biological significant areas (EBSA) in the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence according to six groups of the food chain : primary production (Lavoie et al, 2007), secondary production (Plourde et McQuinn, 2010), meroplankton (Ouellet, 2007), benthic...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • FGDB/GDB
    • ESRI REST
  • Proactive Publication

    Capelin weir fishery in the St. Lawrence Estuary

    Ministerial Appearance at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, April 13, 2022
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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