Likelihood of Presence of Bluefin Tuna in Area Response Planning Pilot Areas
Bluefin tuna landings are reported to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and stored in the Maritime Fishery Information System Database. This database was queried in January 2016 for all reported landings of Bluefin tuna in coastal Nova Scotia. Longline data was excluded due to location uncertainties associated with the gear. Bluefin tuna sightings are also reported opportunistically to the DFO Whale Sightings Database. The Coastal Oceanography and Ecosystem Research section considered these landings and sightings to estimate the presence of Bluefin tuna within the Area Response Plan areas. Bluefin tuna presence varies seasonally and this spatial information should be used in conjunction with temporal information.
A version of this dataset was created for the National Environmental Emergency Center (NEEC) following their data model and is available for download in the Resources section.
Cite this data as: Lazin, G., Hamer, A.,Corrigan, S., Bower, B., and Harvey, C. Data of: Likelihood of presence of Bluefin Tuna in Area Response Planning pilot areas. Published: June 2018. Coastal Ecosystems Science Division, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. Andrews, N.B. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/0c3b25df-f831-43e8-a8ac-336e1467c4fe
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada
Data and Resources
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Data DictionaryCSVEnglish French guide CSV
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NEEC Bluefin Tuna Presence MAR ARP PilotsFGDB/GDBEnglish French dataset FGDB/GDB
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Bluefin Tuna Presence MAR ARP PilotsFGDB/GDBEnglish French dataset FGDB/GDB
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Bluefin Tuna Presence MAR ARP PilotsESRI RESTEnglish web_service ESRI REST
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Bluefin Tuna Presence MAR ARP PilotsESRI RESTFrench web_service ESRI REST
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NEEC Data DictionaryCSVEnglish French guide CSV
Contact Information
Delivery Point: St. Andrews Biological Station, 125 Marine Science Drive
City: St. Andrews
Administrative Area: New Brunswick
Postal Code: E5B 0E4
Country: Canada
Electronic Mail Address: Cara.Harvey@dfo-mpo.gc.ca