Exploratory Video-Sidescan and Echosounder Survey of Welch Cove

Exploratory Video-Sidescan and Echosounder Survey of Welch Cove Towfish (sidescan and video) and echo sounder surveys were utilized to examine bottom type and macrophyte cover within the area of two coastal marine finfish aquaculture sites, one in New Brunswick (Welch Cove) and one in Nova Scotia (Jordan Bay). Both towfish and echo sounder data could be used independently of one another. However, the towfish data were very useful for ground truthing echo sounder based classifications. All survey data were placed into a GIS which could be used to answer management questions such as the placement of cages at sites, benthic impacts and baseline conditions to determine long term changes. Cite this data as: Vandermeulen H. Data of: Exploratory Video-Sidescan and Echosounder Survey of Welch Cove. Published: June 2021. Coastal Ecosystems Science Division, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, N.S. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/0083e317-8bb5-492a-8348-c021e183f307 2025-02-17 Fisheries and Oceans Canada DFO.CESDDataRequest-DSECDemandededonnes.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Nature and EnvironmentScience and TechnologyMarine Spatial PlanningOceans Technical ReportHTML https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/40567886.pdf Data DictionaryCSV https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/0083e317-8bb5-492a-8348-c021e183f307/attachments/WelchCove_DD.xlsx Exploratory Video-Sidescan and Echosounder Survey of Welch CoveESRI REST https://egisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/open_data_donnees_ouvertes/exploratory_video_sidescan_echosounder_survey_welch_cove_en/MapServer Exploratory Video-Sidescan and Echosounder Survey of Welch CoveESRI REST https://egisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/open_data_donnees_ouvertes/exploratory_video_sidescan_echosounder_survey_welch_cove_fr/MapServer Exploratory Video-Sidescan and Echosounder Survey of Welch CoveTIFF https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/0083e317-8bb5-492a-8348-c021e183f307/attachments/WelchCove_TIFF.zip Exploratory Video-Sidescan and Echosounder Survey of Welch CoveFGDB/GDB https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/0083e317-8bb5-492a-8348-c021e183f307/attachments/Welchcove_Vector.zip

Towfish (sidescan and video) and echo sounder surveys were utilized to examine bottom type and macrophyte cover within the area of two coastal marine finfish aquaculture sites, one in New Brunswick (Welch Cove) and one in Nova Scotia (Jordan Bay). Both towfish and echo sounder data could be used independently of one another. However, the towfish data were very useful for ground truthing echo sounder based classifications. All survey data were placed into a GIS which could be used to answer management questions such as the placement of cages at sites, benthic impacts and baseline conditions to determine long term changes.

Cite this data as: Vandermeulen H. Data of: Exploratory Video-Sidescan and Echosounder Survey of Welch Cove. Published: June 2021. Coastal Ecosystems Science Division, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, N.S. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/0083e317-8bb5-492a-8348-c021e183f307

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City: Dartmouth

Administrative Area: Nova Scotia

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Country: Canada

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