Fisheries and Oceans Canada

This layer details Important Areas (IAs) relevant to important geographic features in the Strait of Georgia (SOG) ecoregion. This data was mapped to inform the selection of marine Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas (EBSA). Experts have indicated that these areas are relevant based...

The smallest marine mammals in North America, sea otters occupy chilly coastal waters in the central and north Pacific Ocean. Averaging 1.2 metres in length, male sea otters typically weigh about 45 kilograms. Females are slightly smaller. Otters have large, flat heads, large teeth to crush...

Data from: Stredulinsky et al. (2021) Family feud: permanent group splitting in a highly philopatric mammal, the killer whale (Orcinus orca). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-021-02992-8. Group cohesion and demographic parameters were derived...

The Fishery Operations System (FOS) is the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) centralized Oracle database that holds commercial salmon fishery catch, effort and biological data. The FOS database was built in 2001 and continues to be the current repository for all data pertaining to...

The Recovery Strategy for Northern Wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus), Spotted Wolffish (A. minor), and Management Plan for Atlantic Wolffish (A. lupus) in Canada (Kulka et al. 2007) (hereafter referred to as the Recovery Strategy) was posted on the Species at Risk Public Registry in 2008. The...

This report documents the progress of recovery strategy implementation for the Northern Abalone in Canada for the period 2007-2012. It summarizes progress that Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and the broader scientific community have made towards achieving the goals and objectives set out in...

As a result of the overlap in the historic and current ranges of the Round Hickorynut and Kidneyshell, there is substantial commonality in threats to their continued survival. A key component in the progress towards fulfilling recovery objectives has been the systematic collaboration with...

The federal, provincial, and territorial government signatories under the Accord for the Protection of Species at Risk (1996) agreed to establish complementary legislation and programs that provide for effective protection of species at risk throughout Canada. Under the Species at Risk Act (S.C....

This report summarizes the progress made towards Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle recovery for the period 2007-2012.

This report addresses the progress towards meeting the objectives listed in the Recovery Strategy for the Carmine Shiner in Canada, since its publication in 2008.

This report summarizes the progress made towards Transient Killer Whale recovery for the period 2007-2012, including achievements made by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), and selected achievements of the broader scientific community.

Briefing binder prepared for the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans for her appearance before the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Big Bar Landslide and Pacific Salmon, June 9th, 2020.

Briefing binder prepared for the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans for her appearance before the House of Commons Standing Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic, June 10th, 2020.

Briefing binder prepared for the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans for her appearance before the House of Commons Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic on May 5th, 2020.

Briefing binder prepared for the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans for her appearance before the House of Commons Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic on May 1st, 2nd, and 18th, 2020.

Briefing binder prepared for the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans for her appearance before the House of Commons Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic on May 12th, 19th, and 21st, 2020.

Briefing binder prepared for the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans for her appearance before the House of Commons Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic on April 28th, 2020.