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Coral and Sponge Concentrations in the Scotian Shelf Region of Canada Canada Open Gov Dataset
Concentrations of sea pens, small and large gorgonian corals and sponges on the east coast of Canada have been identified through spatial analysis of research vessel survey by-... Read more -
Critical Habitat for Aquatic Species at Risk - Canada Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Species at Risk (SAR) Program is responsible for carrying out DFO’s mandate under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) to protect, recover and conserve all listed aquatic SAR in... Read more -
Average Relative Density of Fish Functional Groups and Species in the... Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) in the Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) region has been conducting multispecies research vessel (RV) surveys using a... Read more -
Marine Environmental Quality (MEQ) Dissolved Oxygen, Eelgrass and Nutrient... Canada Open Gov Dataset
PURPOSE: To quantify impacts of nutrient and sediment loading to plant and animal communities and the environmental conditions that support them in estuaries of the Southern... Read more -
Relative occurrence of Spotted Wolffish in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence Canada Open Gov Dataset
Spatial distribution of the relative occurrence of Spotted Wolffish in the annual DFO groundfish research surveys conducted by the Québec (1978-2008) and Gulf (1971-2008)... Read more -
Vessel Density Mapping of 2015 AIS Data in the Northwest Atlantic Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a global, satellite-based and terrestrial-based ship tracking system that uses shipborne equipment to remotely track vessel... Read more -
White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) sightings in Atlantic Canada (1873 to 2022) Canada Open Gov Dataset
Locations are indicated based on the information available. If coordinates were not available, the approximate location is indicated using the description associated with the... Read more -
Bottom dissolved oxygen at the Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Bottom dissolved oxygen time series at the 3 fixed stations and 46 stations, grouped into transects, of the Atlantic Zonal Monitoring Program (AZMP) under the Quebec region... Read more -
Estimates of total returns for large and small Atlantic salmon in the Gulf region Canada Open Gov Dataset
PURPOSE: These data have been updated following a Canadian Science Advice Secretariat (CSAS) Regional Science Advisory Process. Associated publications are available in the... Read more -
A Survey of Literature on Oil Spill Effects on Marine Organisms on the West... Canada Open Gov Dataset
A literature review, focusing on oil sand products (e.g., diluted bitumen), diluents, spill-treating agents, and crude oil toxicology and ecological studies, relevant to the... Read more -
Traditional knowledge of nearshore fisheries for the southern Gulf of St.... Canada Open Gov Dataset
In 1998, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) published an atlas called "Traditional Fisheries Knowledge for the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence". The document is composed of a... Read more -
Important Areas for Other Vertebrates in Pacific North Coast Integrated... Canada Open Gov Dataset
This layer details Important Areas (IAs) relevant to key vertebrate species other than fish and cetaceans in the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA). This... Read more -
Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Newfoundland Region), Placentia Bay... Canada Open Gov Dataset
This project was completed by the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Coastal and Freshwater Ecology Section) in the Newfoundland and Labrador Science Branch of Fisheries... Read more -
Pacific Coast Sentinel-3 Sea Surface Temperature Canada Open Gov Dataset
This dataset includes fifteen GeoTIFFs of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) organized into five distinct marine regions along Canada's Pacific coast, derived from Sentinel 3... Read more -
Seasonal aragonite saturation state climatology of the Canadian Pacific... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Description: Seasonal mean aragonite saturation state from the British Columbia continental margin model (BCCM) were averaged over the 1993 to 2020 period to create seasonal... Read more -
Seasonal Climatologies of the Northeast Pacific Ocean (1980-2010) Canada Open Gov Dataset
Description: Seasonal climatologies (temperature, salinity, and sigma-t) of the Northeast Pacific Ocean were computed from historical observations including all available... Read more -
Outside North Hard Bottom Longline Surveys Canada Open Gov Dataset
Catch, effort, location (latitude and longitude), and associated biological data from groundfish multi-species longline surveys on the northern British Columbia coast, excluding... Read more -
Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) counts and haulout locations across... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Considered the "king" of sea lions, the Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) is the biggest of all sea lions and enjoys a lifespan of up to thirty years. In Canada, the Steller... Read more -
Monthly Satellite Chlorophyll-a Climatology of the Canadian Pacific... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Description: Chlorophyll-a concentration (a proxy for phytoplankton biomass) was retrieved from the MODIS instrument on the Aqua satellite, with data distributed by the NASA... Read more -
Satellite derived surface chlorophyll-a and suspended particulate matter in... Canada Open Gov Dataset
This dataset accompanies the open access article "Improving satellite chlorophyll-a retrieval in the turbid waters of the Bay of Fundy, Canada" published in Estuaries and Coasts... Read more