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Coastal Environmental Baseline Program (Maritimes Region), Port of Saint... Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Coastal Environmental Baseline Program is a multi-year Fisheries and Oceans Canada initiative designed to work with Indigenous and local communities and other key parties to... Read more -
Pacific Marine Ecological Classification System and its Application to the... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Description: Biophysical Units: Under the Pacific Marine Ecological Classification System (PMECS; DFO 2016; Rubidge et al. 2016), biophysical units are areas of distinct... Read more -
Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the... Canada Open Gov Dataset
In 2012 and 2013, Fisheries and Oceans Canada surveyed the benthos in two areas closed to bottom contact fishing, the Narwhal Overwintering and Coldwater Coral Zone (now the... Read more -
Passamaquoddy Bay biodiversity trawl Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Coastal Biodiversity Trawl Survey for the Passamaquoddy Bay was conducted annually between July to October from 2009 to 2019. This survey was intended to monitor long-term... 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 -
Martimes Summer Research Vessel Survey Canada Open Gov Dataset
“Summer” missions occur in June, July and August and these focus on the Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy (i.e. 4VWX 5Yb, expanding recently to include the Laurentian Channel and... Read more -
Characterization of the Corals and Sponges of the Eastern Scotian Slope from... Canada Open Gov Dataset
A benthic imagery survey was conducted along the Eastern Scotian Slope in June 2018 to collect data in support of a Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice... Read more -
Demersal (groundfish) community diversity and biomass metrics in the... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Description Conservation of marine biodiversity requires understanding the joint influence of ongoing environmental change and fishing pressure. Addressing this challenge... Read more -
Canadian Extreme Water Level Adaptation Tool (CAN-EWLAT) Canada Open Gov Dataset
Extreme water level along the marine coastline is a result of a combination of storm surge, tides, and ocean waves. Future projections of climate change in the marine... 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 -
Eastern Canada Commercial Fishing Canada Open Gov Dataset
Dataset of species/gear type commercial fisheries from 2012 to 2021 in the Eastern Canada Regions. Only fish harvested from the NL, Maritimes, Gulf, Quebec and Eastern Arctic... Read more -
Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway Orthomosaic (2019) Canada Open Gov Dataset
In July and August of 2019, a remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) project was undertaken in Canada’s western Arctic along the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk (ITH) and Dempster... Read more -
Community-Based Coastal Resource Inventory Canada Open Gov Dataset
Points, polylines and polygons where species and features have been found, harvested or detailed. Community Based Coastal Resource Inventory (CCRI) – Fisheries and Oceans Canada... Read more -
Distribution of Sea Scallop on German Bank Canada Open Gov Dataset
The data layer (.tif) presented are the results of using MaxEnt to produce a single species habitat map for Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) on German Bank (off South West... Read more -
Predicted Distribution of the Glass Sponge Vazella pourtalesi on the Scotian... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Emerald Basin on the Scotian Shelf off Nova Scotia, Canada, is home to a globally unique aggregation of the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesi, first documented in the region in... Read more -
Future hydrographic state of the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine from 23 CMIP6 Models Canada Open Gov Dataset
Data from the analysis of sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity, bottom temperature, and bottom salinity, over the Gulf of Maine and Scotian Shelf, for 23 CMIP6 models.... Read more -
Northern Marine Coastal and Ecosystem Studies in the Canadian Beaufort... Canada Open Gov Dataset
The objective of this project was to gather data to develop a model of the food web of the lower trophic levels of the nearshore area of the Beaufort Sea. Sampling took place... Read more -
Coastal Environmental Exposure Layer Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Coastal Infrastructure Vulnerability Index (CIVI) was jointly developed by DFO Science Branch, Small Craft Harbours (SCH) Program and the Economic Analysis and Statistics... Read more -
Recreational Shark Fishing Tournament Landings Data and Canadian Dart Tag Database Canada Open Gov Dataset
These data consist of the Recreational Shark Fishing Tournament landings database (1993-2022 inclusive) and the Canadian Dart tag database (2006 onwards; updated annually). Both... Read more -
Monthly Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Climatology of the Canadian... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Description: Night-time sea surface temperature (SST) was acquired from the AVHRR Pathfinder project, with data distributed by NOAA, and averaged into monthly climatological... Read more