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Incidental catch at BC marine finfish aquaculture sites Canada Open Gov Dataset
Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO’s) Conditions of Licence for finfish aquaculture include requirements to minimize harm to wild fish that swim into facilities. Facility... Read more -
Sustainability Survey for Fisheries Canada Open Gov Dataset
These are the results of the annual DFO survey of key fish stocks. This survey tracks Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s implementation of its Sustainable Fisheries Framework policies. Read more -
Maritimes Regional Application of the National Framework for Assessing the... Canada Open Gov Dataset
An important contribution to fulfilling Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) commitment in oil spill response planning was the development of a framework for the rapid assessment... Read more -
Salmon Coded-Wire-Tag Fishery Sampling -- Location Data Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Coded-Wire Tag (CWT) database contains the Release, Recovery, Catch/Sample, and Location data. CWT is the Pacific Region’s centralized Oracle database that holds adult... Read more -
Chemical and Biological Oceanographic Conditions on the Scotian Shelf and in... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Chemical and biological oceanographic conditions observed in the Maritimes Region in 2022 are presented. Surface and deep inventories of nitrate and silicate were near or above... Read more -
Ecological Risk Assessment Framework (ERAF) feasability and suitability... Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Pacific Region ERAF provides a comprehensive approach for assessing all threats to marine ecosystems by evaluating cumulative risk from multiple activities to multiple... Read more -
Productivity (Recruits-per-Spawner) data for Sockeye, Pink, and Chum Salmon... Canada Open Gov Dataset
We assembled productivity (i.e. recruits per spawner) estimates for British Columbian Sockeye, Pink, and Chum Salmon. Annual estimates, by brood year, of spawner numbers, catch,... Read more -
Newfoundland Marine Refuge Fish Classification Dataset (N-MARINE) Canada Open Gov Dataset
N-MARINE is a marine-taxa detection and classification dataset collected in 2021 using underwater video cameras mounted on crab pots equipped with lights and bait, deployed at... Read more -
Bellevue Beach Surface Tows - Capelin Canada Open Gov Dataset
Five fixed sites at Bellevue Beach inshore area have been sampled with surface plankton tows from 2001-2021. Emergent larvae are sampled from the first to last day of emergence... Read more -
Oil Vulnerability and Oil Fate and Behaviour Conceptual Models Canada Open Gov Dataset
The oil fate and behaviour visual guides, along with oil vulnerability conceptual models, were developed by the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Pacific Region Science Spill... Read more -
Herring Biological Database (Commercial) - NL Region Canada Open Gov Dataset
We present a long-term dataset of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) biological and catch information collected from 1974 to 2023 in NAFO Divisions 2J3KL, in Newfoundland and... Read more -
Chemical and Biological Oceanographic Conditions on the Scotian Shelf and in... Canada Open Gov Dataset
Casault, B., Johnson, C.L., Devred, E., and Beazley, L. 2025. Chemical and Biological Oceanographic Conditions on the Scotian Shelf and in the Eastern Gulf of Maine during 2023.... Read more -
Pacific Circulation Index (Winter) Canada Open Gov Dataset
This index is the cumulative summation of negative northwesterly atmospheric circulation frequency anomalies: Z (westerly), M1, (northwesterly), and M2 (southwesterly) for... Read more -
Beach Core Data - Capelin Canada Open Gov Dataset
Beach core data samples consist of capelin eggs and larvae extracted from beach sites using sediment cores at high, medium and low tide. These sites are identifiable by a... Read more -
Fishing during extreme heatwaves alters ecological interactions and... Canada Open Gov Dataset
PURPOSE: The data files contained herein are meant to serve as supplementary material for a published paper regarding the effects of clam digging during extreme heat waves on... Read more -
Aleutian Low Pressure Index Canada Open Gov Dataset
This index measures the relative intensity of the Aleutian Low pressure system of the north Pacific (December through March). It is calculated as the mean area (km²) with sea... Read more -
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Science Advisory Reports Canada Open Gov Dataset
Created in 2005, Science Advisory Reports include traditional Stock Status Reports, Ecosystem Status Reports, and Habitat Status Reports. Moreover, management strategies,... Read more -
Reports of Atlantic salmon captured in BC waters Canada Open Gov Dataset
Fisheries and Oceans Canada's (DFO’s) Atlantic Salmon Watch Program (ASWP) was established in 1991 to study the abundance, distribution and biology of Atlantic salmon in British... Read more -
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Ecosystem Status Reports Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Ecosystem Status Report series reports on overviews of the status of ecosystems, oceanographic conditions, biological communities, and other integrative evaluations of... Read more -
Pacific Region Commercial Salmon Fishery Post-Season Catch Estimates Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Fishery Operations System (FOS) is the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) centralized Oracle database that holds commercial salmon fishery catch, effort and... Read more