Fisheries and Oceans Canada

7 datasets found
  • Open Data

    Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Newfoundland Region), Placentia Bay Nearshore Fish Community Sampling

    This project was completed by the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Coastal and Freshwater Ecology Section) in the Newfoundland and Labrador Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). The nearshore fish and invertebrate community was sampled annually in Placentia Bay at 14 sites...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • SHP
    • WMS
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Habitat associations of juvenile American lobster in three nearshore areas of Newfoundland

    This project was completed by the Productive Capacity group (Coastal and Freshwater Ecology Section) in the Newfoundland and Labrador Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). American lobster (Homarus americanus) is a commercially important decapod crustacean species along the east...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • SHP
    • WMS
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Pacific Marine Ecological Classification System and its Application to the Northern and Southern Shelf Bioregions

    Description: Biophysical Units: Under the Pacific Marine Ecological Classification System (PMECS; DFO 2016; Rubidge et al. 2016), biophysical units are areas of distinct physiographic and oceanographic conditions and processes that shape species composition at spatial extents of 1000s of km....
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • HTML
    • FGDB/GDB
    • PDF
    • SHP
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    National Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Risk Assessment for Zebra (Dreissena polymorpha) and Quagga (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) Mussels

    Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and Quagga Mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) have a long history of invasion in European and North American freshwater ecosystems, with significant ecological and economic impacts. An ecological risk assessment for these two invasive species for...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • CSV
    • PDF
    • TIFF
    • SHP
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Historical distribution of kelp forests on the coast of British Columbia: 1858 - 1956

    This dataset is a contribution to the development of a kelp distribution vector dataset. Bull kelp (Nereocystis leutkeana) and giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) are important canopy-forming kelp species found in marine nearshore habitats on the West coast of Canada. Often referred to as a...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • SHP
    • DOCX
    • ESRI REST
  • Open Data

    Sponge Reef Areas of the Pacific Region

    Sponge reefs are constructed by hexactinellid (glass) sponges of the Order Hexactinosida. The sponges trap fine sediments, and over centuries of sponge growth and sediment trapping, form large bioherms or reef mounds. Glass sponge reefs are unique habitats found along the Pacific coast of Canada...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • ESRI REST
    • FGDB/GDB
    • HTML
    • GEOJSON
    • SHP
    • PDF
    • CSV
  • Open Data

    Seamounts of the Northeast Pacific Ocean

    Seamounts have been identified as Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs) due to their unique oceanography and ecology; they frequently serve as sites for fisheries and as habitat for a number of species of conservation concern. A mix of isolated seamounts and seamount complexes...
    Organization:
    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • ESRI REST
    • HTML
    • FGDB/GDB
    • GEOJSON
    • SHP
    • PDF
    • CSV