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Bay Scale Assessment of Eelgrass Beds Using Sidescan and Video - Bouctouche Canada Open Gov Dataset
The assessment of the status of eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds at the bay-scale in turbid, shallow estuaries is problematic. The bay-scale assessment (i.e., tens of km) of... Read more -
Aquatic Invasive Species European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) Monitoring,... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Aquatic invasive species pose economic and ecological threats to Canada's coastal waters. In response, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has established monitoring programs to... Read more -
Boat-based Sonar Transect Data in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Canada Open Gov Dataset
PURPOSE: To gather localized high-quality data for mapping eelgrass distribution in bays and estuaries in the Gulf Region of Atlantic Canada. DESCRIPTION: Between 2018 and 2023,... Read more -
Seasonal sigma-t climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Description: Seasonal sigma-t climatology of the Northeast Pacific Ocean was computed from historical observations including all available conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD),... Read more -
Spatial estimates of juvenile Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) abundance... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Description: Spatial information on the distribution of juvenile Pacific salmon is needed to support Marine Spatial Planning in the Pacific Region of Canada. Here we provide... Read more -
Regional Freshwater Index Layers Canada Open Gov Dataset
Description: The Regional Freshwater Index Layers dataset is composed of five single-band raster layers in GeoTIFF format. Each layer corresponds to a marine region, which... Read more -
Data of eelgrass (Zostera marina) plant size (length, width), cover, and... Canada Open Gov Dataset
This dataset includes metrics of eelgrass size, cover, and biomass from field sites along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Field sites were located across a gradient... Read more -
Species Distribution Modelling of Corals and Sponges in the Maritimes Region... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Effective fisheries and habitat management processes require knowledge of the distribution of areas of high ecological or biological significance. On the Scotian Shelf and... Read more -
Blue Whale - High density feeding areas Canada Open Gov Dataset
11 tagged Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) were tracked during the daytime movements as well as the feeding behaviour in the St. Lawrence River estuary. Kernel density was... Read more -
A Video, Sidescan and Echosounder Survey of Nearshore Halifax Harbour Canada Open Gov Dataset
A novel towfish incorporating sidescan and video hardware was used to ground truth echosounder data for the nearshore of Halifax Harbour. The resulting sampling grid extended... Read more -
Exploratory Video-Sidescan and Echosounder Survey of Welch Cove Canada Open Gov Dataset
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,... Read more -
Ocean Bottom Temperature Variations from CIOPS-E and GLORYS12 Models at St. Anns Bank Canada Open Gov Dataset
These are derived products of ocean bottom temperature at St. Anns Bank Marine Protected Area (MPA), utilizing outputs from two numerical models: 1) Pseudo-analysis from the... Read more -
Commercial catches sampling program in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Summary The Quebec region of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is responsible for the assessment of several fish and invertebrate stocks exploited in the Estuary and... Read more -
British Columbia Lightstation Sea-Surface Temperature and Salinity Data... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Daily sea surface temperature and salinity observations have been carried out at several locations on the coast of British Columbia since the early part of the 20th century.... Read more -
Vessel Traffic Routes Canada Open Gov Dataset
This service provides routeing measures. These include established (mandatory) direction of traffic flow, recommended direction of traffic flow, separation lines, separation... Read more -
Atlantic sturgeon - Important sites - Reproduction, Feeding and... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Atlantic sturgeon. Important sites: reproduction, feeding juvenile and adult concentration area. Data extracted from the Fish Habitat Management Information System (FHAMIS)... Read more -
Seasonal Movements and Diving of Ringed Seals, Pusa hispida, in the Western... Canada Open Gov Dataset
This record contains two datasets: 1. Raw unfiltered geographic coordinates and accuracy estimates of ringed seals tagged in the Western Canadian Arctic and 2. The location... Read more -
Coast of Bays Metrics: Geography, Hydrology and Physical Oceanography of an... Canada Open Gov Dataset
This dataset was compiled as part of a multiyear effort lead by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to support sustainable aquaculture regulation in the Coast of Bays, an area of... Read more -
Commercial catches sampling program in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Summary The Quebec region of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is responsible for the assessment of several fish and invertebrate stocks exploited in the Estuary and... Read more -
Survey for the assessment of Unit 2 Redfish (CCGS John Cabot) Canada Open Gov Dataset
Monitoring of Unit 2 redfish by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) ceased in 2002. Since then, the Atlantic Groundfish Council (AGC, formerly the Groundfish Enterprise Allocation... Read more