Fisheries and Oceans Canada

75 datasets found
  • Open Data

    Scientific trawl surveys of American lobster (Homarus americanus) and rock crab (Cancer irroratus) in the Magdalene Island

    A research survey on American lobster (Homarus americanus) and rock crab (Cancer irroratus) has been carried out annually on the Magdalen Islands since 1995 to assess the abundance and structure of populations in this area. The survey is carried out during the first two weeks of September and...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • ESRI REST
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    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
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    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
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    Coastal water mixing and effect on productivity potential of the coastal ecosystem

    The objective of this project was to locate the mixing zones in the coastal environment on the north shore of the lower estuary, which are caused by the friction of the waters on the bottom and measure the effects of these mixing zones on the modification of the water bodies and the productivity...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • ESRI REST
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    Fisheries monitoring and biological data of the Yellowknife River Cisco (Coregonus artedi) population, 1999–2020

    PURPOSE: "Biological, relative abundance, and environmental data have been collected from the Yellowknife River Cisco population that can be used to inform fisheries management decision-making. Under the conditions of a commercial licence issued under the New Emerging Fisheries Policy, licence...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • ESRI REST
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    Beaufort Sea Marine Fishes Project (BSMFP) 2013 - Fish identification and measurements

    PURPOSE: From August 2nd to September 9th, 2013, Fisheries and Oceans Canada conducted a baseline survey of marine fishes and their habitats in the southern Canadian Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf as part of the Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment (BREA) called the Beaufort Sea Marine...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • ESRI REST
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    Biodiversity of the Planning for Integrated Environmental Response Coastal Survey in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf (2017-2021)

    The Planning for an Environmental Response (PIER) initiative falls under the umbrella of the Government of Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan (OPP), whose goal is preserving marine ecosystems vulnerable to increased transportation and the development of the marine industry. The PIERs’ main mandate...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • ESRI REST
    • CSV
    • PDF
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    Macroalgae in the coastal zone of maritime Quebec

    This dataset was designed for Environment and Climate Change Canada's (ECCC) National Environmental Emergencies Center (NEEC) for oil spill preparedness and response. The polygons of this layer were selected from the surface geodatabase of coastal ecosystems from the UQAR-MPO project Mapping...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • HTML
    • SHP
    • CSV
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    Eelgrass in Quebec

    This shapefile dataset was designed using polygons extracted from the Cartography of Coastal Ecosystems of Maritime Quebec geodatabase (2022, Laboratory for Dynamics and Integrated Management of Coastal Zones, Fisheries and Oceans Canada), described in the paragraph below. It consists of polygons...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • ESRI REST
    • SHP
    • CSV
    • HTML
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    Historical data of biodiversity of the Magdalen Islands Sea Scallop survey

    A research survey of scallops (mainly sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus, but also Icelandic Scallop Chlamys islandica) using a dredge was carried out by DFO (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) every 1 or 2 years since 1992 in the Magdalen Islands (fishing area 20). The main objective of this...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • ESRI REST
    • CSV
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    Tracing carbon flow and trophic structure of a coastal Arctic marine food web using highly branched isoprenoids and carbon, nitrogen and sulfur sta...

    PURPOSE: In this study, we examined the structure and function of the Southampton Island marine food web across 149 species of benthic and pelagic invertebrates, fishes, marine mammals and seabirds collected from 2016 to 2019, to provide a baseline for future studies that aim to quantify...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • ESRI REST
    • HTML
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    Pelagic fish species abondance in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence

    2014 to 2023 pelagic fish abundance in the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The abundance is expressed as a number of individuals per normalized trawl set. Each species is individually represented in the northern Gulf and in the southern Gulf. Input data are from the annual August (North)...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • ESRI REST
    • CSV
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    Demersal fish species abondance in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence

    2014 to 2023 demersal fish abundance in the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The abundance is expressed as a number of individuals per normalized trawl set. Each species is individually represented in the northern Gulf and in the southern Gulf. Input data are from the annual August (North)...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Biodiversity of the Magdalen Islands Sea Scallop survey

    A research survey of scallops (mainly sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus, but also Icelandic Scallop Chlamys islandica) using a dredge was carried out by DFO (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) every 1 or 2 years since 1992 in the Magdalen Islands (fishing area 20). The main objective of this...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
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    Evaluation of groundfish and shrimp annual multidisciplinary survey in the Estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (CCGS Teleost 2004 - 2022)

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) conducts an annual multidisciplinary scientific survey with a bottom trawl in the Estuary and the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence since 1978. Over the years this survey has been conducted on four vessels: the MV Gadus Atlantica (1978-1994), the MV Lady Hammond...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    Fixed gear sentinel fisheries program - northern Gulf of St. Lawrence

    In place since 1994 in eastern Canada, the sentinel fisheries program is the result of a collaboration between Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and commercial fishermen. Under this program, contracts are awarded by tender to fishermen to carry out fishing activities according to scientific...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • PDF
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
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    Mobile gear sentinel fisheries program - northern Gulf of St. Lawrence

    In place since 1994 in eastern Canada, the sentinel fisheries program is the result of a collaboration between Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and commercial fishermen. Under this program, contracts are awarded by tender to fishermen to carry out fishing activities according to scientific...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • HTML
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
    • PDF