Eastern Canada Marine Spatial Planning Areas

Eastern Canada Marine Spatial Planning Areas Three marine spatial planning areas are delineated in Eastern Canada to define the spatial extents of marine spatial plans being led by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO): the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (EGSL), the Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Shelves, and the Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy. The EGSL planning area includes the St. Lawrence River estuary from northeast of Île d’Orléans, Quebec, the Saguenay River estuary, and the entire Gulf of St. Lawrence as far north as the Strait of Belle Isle (NAFO Divisions 4RST). The NL Shelves planning area includes areas off southern, eastern and northern Newfoundland, part of the Churchill River and Lake Melville, as well as off the Labrador coast to the extent of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) (NAFO Divisions 2GHJ and 3KLNOP). The Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy planning area includes DFO Maritimes’ administrative region off the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia to the extent of the EEZ, the Bay of Fundy and the Canadian portion of the Gulf of Maine (NAFO Divisions 4VWX, 5Ze, and the Canadian portion of 5Y). The French EEZ for St. Pierre et Miquelon is excluded from the three planning areas. These planning areas are derived from Federal Marine Bioregions (https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/23eb8b56-dac8-4efc-be7c-b8fa11ba62e9) that were developed by a Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat process using ecosystem-based management principles to define 13 ecological bioregions that have informed but not directed DFO implementation of marine spatial planning. 2023-07-11 Fisheries and Oceans Canada DFO.MaritimesMPCGIS-MaritimesPCMSIG.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Government and PoliticsNature and EnvironmentMarine spatial planningPlanningOceans Eastern Canada Marine Spatial Planning Areas (ESRI REST)ESRI REST https://gisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/FGP/Eastern_Canada_Marine_Spatial_Planning_Areas/MapServer Eastern Canada Marine Spatial Planning Areas (shp)SHP https://pacgis01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/FGPPublic/Eastern_Canada_Marine_Spatial_Planning_Areas/EasternCanadaMarineSpatialPlanningAreas_shp.zip Eastern Canada Marine Spatial Planning Areas (gdb)FGDB/GDB https://pacgis01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/FGPPublic/Eastern_Canada_Marine_Spatial_Planning_Areas/EasternCanadaMarineSpatialPlanningAreas_gdb.zip Data dictionaryCSV https://pacgis01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/FGPPublic/Eastern_Canada_Marine_Spatial_Planning_Areas/EasternCanadaMarineSpatialPlanningAreas_data_dictionary.csv Eastern Canada Marine Spatial Planning Areas (ESRI REST)ESRI REST https://gisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/FGP/Eastern_Canada_Marine_Spatial_Planning_Areas/MapServer

Three marine spatial planning areas are delineated in Eastern Canada to define the spatial extents of marine spatial plans being led by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO): the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (EGSL), the Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Shelves, and the Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy. The EGSL planning area includes the St. Lawrence River estuary from northeast of Île d’Orléans, Quebec, the Saguenay River estuary, and the entire Gulf of St. Lawrence as far north as the Strait of Belle Isle (NAFO Divisions 4RST). The NL Shelves planning area includes areas off southern, eastern and northern Newfoundland, part of the Churchill River and Lake Melville, as well as off the Labrador coast to the extent of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) (NAFO Divisions 2GHJ and 3KLNOP). The Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy planning area includes DFO Maritimes’ administrative region off the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia to the extent of the EEZ, the Bay of Fundy and the Canadian portion of the Gulf of Maine (NAFO Divisions 4VWX, 5Ze, and the Canadian portion of 5Y). The French EEZ for St. Pierre et Miquelon is excluded from the three planning areas. These planning areas are derived from Federal Marine Bioregions (https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/23eb8b56-dac8-4efc-be7c-b8fa11ba62e9) that were developed by a Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat process using ecosystem-based management principles to define 13 ecological bioregions that have informed but not directed DFO implementation of marine spatial planning.

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Delivery Point: Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive, PO Box 1106

City: Dartmouth

Administrative Area: Nova Scotia

Postal Code: B2Y 4A2

Country: Canada

Electronic Mail Address: DFO.MaritimesMPCGIS-MaritimesPCMSIG.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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