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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 -
Benthic temperature data from the Gully MPA Canada Open Gov Dataset
Temperature logger data was collected from two Vemco miniloggers attached to range-testing moorings for an array of acoustic receivers at a depth of approximately 300 metres in... Read more -
Vase tunicate (Ciona intestinalis) - Aquatic Invasive Species Program -... Canada Open Gov Dataset
AIS NL Biofouling Species Fisheries and Oceans Canada's (DFO) National Marine Biofouling Monitoring Program conducts annual field surveys to monitor the introduction,... Read more -
Bay Scale Assessment of Nearshore Habitat Bras d'Or Lake - Eskasoni 2007 Canada Open Gov Dataset
Bay Scale Assessment of Nearshore Habitat - Bras d'Or Lake - Eskasoni 2007 data is part of the publication Bay Scale Assessment of Nearshore Habitat Bras d'Or Lakes. A history... Read more -
Great Lakes Fish Biodiversity Database Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Great Lakes Fish Biodiversity Science Database is a compilation of fish community and habitat data from DFO Science surveys, primarily related to freshwater fishes of... Read more -
Historical data of biodiversity of the Magdalen Islands Sea Scallop survey Canada Open Gov Dataset
A research survey of scallops (mainly sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus, but also Icelandic Scallop Chlamys islandica) using a dredge was carried out by DFO (Fisheries and... Read more -
Oceans Act Areas of Interest Canada Open Gov Dataset
The selection of an Area of Interest (AOI) marks the beginning of the Oceans Act Marine Protected Area (MPA) establishment process led by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The... Read more -
Ocean Salmon Program - Ricker Beam Trawl Juvenile Salmon Study from 1990 to 1993 Canada Open Gov Dataset
During the period of 1990 to 1993, Robin J. LeBrasseur and N. Brent Hargreaves led a juvenile salmon migration research project off the west coast of Vancouver Island BC. This... Read more