Fisheries and Oceans Canada

The data for this study are from a sub-Arctic coastal ecosystem (1000 km2) in the northwest Atlantic. The aim of the collection was to characterize the prey of the larvae of important fish species that occur in Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Plankton was sampled fortnightly from late May until...

Current tables cover the period from 1990 to present. Data are collected by Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) regional offices under the authority of the Fisheries Act. Preliminary results for the current year will be posted once the information has been assessed for trends in the catch rates...

Statistics on commercial fishing licenses issued by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in the Atlantic Provinces. You will also find information collected through the registration of commercial fishing vessels. Data are available from 1983 onward.

Statistics on commercial fishing licences issued by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in the Pacific Region. You will also find information collected through the registration of commercial fishing vessels. Data are available from 1985 onward.

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...

Global imports of fish and seafood products by principal importing countries from 1976 to 2018 in quantity and value terms, based on data collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.