Fisheries and Oceans Canada

94 datasets found
  • Open Data

    Eulachon Migration Study Bottom Trawl Surveys - North

    Catch, effort, location (latitude and longitude), and associated biological data from the Eulachon Migration Study Bottom Trawl surveys - North on the coast of British Columbia. Introduction: The Eulachon Migration Study Bottom Trawl survey - North (Eul-N) is part of the in the Eulachon...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • ESRI REST
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    Zooplankton Database

    Zooplankton and ichthyoplankton data are archived in the Institute of Ocean Sciences (IOS) Zooplankton Database. The data available spans from 1980 to 2018 and is an extraction of vertical net hauls as biomass by major taxa collected during surveys conducted in the oceanic and coastal waters of...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • ESRI REST
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    DFO Gridded Commercial Fishing Data - Various Years

    These datasets show the general spatial distribution of commercial fishing harvest and landed values by fishery on a 1km x 1km planning grid. They aggregate key statistics around fleet specific fishing activity and catch in British Columbia (BC) within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). These...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • FGDB/GDB
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    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
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    Groundfish Hard Bottom Longline Surveys

    Catch, effort, location (latitude, longitude), and associated biological data from groundfish multi-species longline surveys in British Columbia. Introduction This is a set of long-term and coordinated surveys that together cover most of the nearshore, hard-bottom habitat of coastal British...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    Mapping Inshore Lobster Landings and Fishing Effort on a Maritimes Region Statistical Grid (2015–2019)

    This report describes an analysis of Maritimes Region inshore lobster logbook data reported at a grid level, including Bay of Fundy Disputed Zone data reported at the coordinate level. Annual and composite (2015–2019) grid maps were produced for landings, number of trap hauls, and the same series...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • ESRI REST
    • SHP
    • CSV
    • FGDB/GDB
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    Demersal (groundfish) community diversity and biomass metrics in the Northern and Southern shelf bioregions

    Conservation of marine biodiversity requires understanding the joint influence of ongoing environmental change and fishing pressure. Addressing this challenge requires robust biodiversity monitoring and analyses that jointly account for potential drivers of change. Here, we ask how demersal fish...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • TIFF
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    • PDF
    • ESRI REST
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    Hecate Strait Multispecies Assemblage Bottom Trawl Survey

    Catch, effort, location (latitude and longitude), and associated biological data from the Hecate Strait Multispecies Assemblage Bottom Trawl Surveys in Hecate Strait, British Columbia. Introduction The Hecate Strait Multispecies Assemblage Bottom Trawl survey series consists of twelve...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    MARITIMES RESEARCH VESSEL SURVEYS

    The Fisheries and Oceans Canada ecosystem surveys are conducted annually and are a source of integrated ecosystem monitoring data. These survey data are the primary data source for monitoring trends in species distribution, abundance, and biological condition within the region, and also provide...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    Forecasted Changes in Growth Potential, Egg Survival and Thermal Habitat Suitability for Cod Species in the Northwest Atlantic and Eastern Canadian...

    Polar cod (Boreogadus saida), Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), and Greenland cod (Gadus macrocephalus) are prominent gadid species within the northwest Atlantic Ocean in terms of their ecological and socio-economic importance but it is unclear how climate-induced changes in ocean temperature may...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • CSV
    • NetCDF
    • ESRI REST
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    Herring Permanent Spawn Transects

    Herring Permanent Spawn Transects (geodatabase) - used for herring spawn survey program and spatial analysis/presentation of spawn data from Herring Stock Assessment Database (including creation of spawn polygons).
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • ESRI REST
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    Evaluation of Methods for Identification of Early Detection Monitoring Sites Based on Habitat Suitability for Invasive European Green Crab in the S...

    The European Green Crab (EGC) is a high-risk global invader that can devastate coastal marine ecosystems by displacing native species, degrading and disturbing native habitats (including eelgrass), and altering food webs. EGC has recently been detected in the Canadian portion of the Salish Sea....
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • SHP
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    Maritimes Region Fisheries Atlas: Catch Weight Landings Mapping (2014–2018)

    These datasets show commercial fisheries catch weight landings of directed fisheries and bycatch from the Scotian Shelf, the Bay of Fundy, and Georges Bank from NAFO Divisions 4VWX and the Canadian portions of 5Y and 5Z. Atlantic Canadian inter-regional maps of four species (Atlantic Halibut,...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource Formats:
    • PDF
    • KMZ
    • FGDB/GDB
    • MXD
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
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    Outside North Hard Bottom Longline Surveys

    Catch, effort, location (latitude and longitude), and associated biological data from groundfish multi-species longline surveys on the northern British Columbia coast, excluding the inlets and protected waters east of Vancouver Island. Introduction The Outside North Hard Bottom Longline...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    Maritimes Region Longline and Trap Gear Fisheries Footprint

    Data layers show commercial fishery footprints for directed fisheries using bottom and pelagic longlines for groundfish and large pelagics respectively, and traps for hagfish, LFA 41 and Grey Zone lobster, snow crab, and other crab on the Scotian Shelf, the Bay of Fundy, and Georges Bank in NAFO...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • PDF
    • XLS
    • ESRI REST
    • FGDB/GDB
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    NAFO 4T Atlantic Herring Biomass Estimates

    Atlantic herring NAFO 4T biomass estimates for both spring and fall stock components. Values are provided in kilotons (kt) alongside with confidence intervals 50% (spring) and 95% (spring and fall).
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • ESRI REST
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    Eulachon Migration Study Bottom Trawl Surveys - South

    Catch, effort, location (latitude and longitude), and associated biological data from the Eulachon Migration Study Bottom Trawl surveys - South on the coast of British Columbia. Introduction: The Eulachon Migration Study Bottom Trawl survey - South (Eul-S) is part of the in the Eulachon...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • CSV
    • ESRI REST
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    Ocean Station "Papa" Detailed Zooplankton Data: 1956-1980

    Zooplankton samples were collected at Ocean Station "P" (50.0000, -145.0000) from 1956 to 1980, and were analyzed to various levels of taxonomic resolution over the years. Although summaries of these data have been previously published ((LeBrasseur 1965) and (Fulton 1978, 1983)) the detailed...
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    Ocean Salmon Program - Barkley Sound Juvenile Salmon Study from 1987 to 1994

    During the period of 1987 to 1994, Robin J. LeBrasseur and N. Brent Hargreaves lead a juvenile salmon predation research project in Alberni Inlet and Barkley Sound BC. This dataset contains the research survey catch data and individual fish examinations data.
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    • PDF
    • CSV
    • ESRI REST