Fisheries and Oceans Canada

7 datasets found
  • Open Data

    Near-seafloor drift transect video imagery and high-resolution digital still images from a 2023 survey in support of Marine Protected Area monitori...

    Funded under DFO's Marine Conservation Targets Program, this optical imagery benthic survey captured 16 drift-camera transects in the St. Anns Bank Marine Protected Area (MPA - 4364 km2) and 2 coastal transects west of the MPA, Atlantic Canada from August 15-23, 2023. High-resolution still images...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • FGDB/GDB
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    MBON Pole to Pole: Rocky shore biodiversity of Musquash Harbour and Mispec Bay

    The Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Pole to Pole (MBON P2P) effort seeks to develop a framework for the collection, use and sharing of marine biodiversity data in a coordinated, standardized manner leveraging on existing infrastructure managed by the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS;...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • FGDB/GDB
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    MBON Pole to Pole: Sandy beach biodiversity of southwest New Brunswick, Canada

    The Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Pole to Pole (MBON P2P) effort seeks to develop a framework for the collection, use and sharing of marine biodiversity data in a coordinated, standardized manner leveraging on existing infrastructure managed by the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS;...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
    • FGDB/GDB
  • Open Data

    Conservation network sites for the Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy Bioregion

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has worked with partners and ocean users to develop a draft conservation network plan for the Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy Bioregion. This work led to the 2017 draft conservation network plan. The draft plan was updated after targeted consultations from 2021 to...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • FGDB/GDB
    • SHP
    • CSV
    • HTML
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Musquash benthic infauna

    As part of the Musquash Marine Protected Area (MPA) Monitoring Plan, this project was implemented to establish a baseline for infaunal biodiversity for this area. Data collection began in 2010 and contributed monitoring information for productivity, biodiversity, and habitat indicators within...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • FGDB/GDB
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Oceans Act Marine Protected Areas

    Marine protected areas (MPAs) are one among a number of spatial management tools, and are defined as areas that are established for the long-term, and managed through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • FGDB/GDB
    • PDF
    • WMS
    • SHP
    • KML
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Federal Marine Bioregions

    The spatial planning framework for Canada's national network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is comprised of 13 ecologically defined bioregions that cover Canada's oceans and the Great Lakes. Note that the geographic boundaries for the bioregions are fuzzy and may change based on ecosystemic...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • FGDB/GDB
    • PDF
    • SHP
    • WMS
    • ESRI REST