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Pelagic fish total biomass in the Estuary and Gulf of St.Lawrence
Mean 2014 to 2023 pelagic fish total biomass in the Estuary and Gulf of St.Lawrence obtained by summing the fish biomass (kg) for all species for a tow and then averaging tows... -
Sponge occurrence and associated species and habitat descriptions derived...
Funded under DFO's Marine Conservation Targets Program in partnership with the Huntsman Marine Science Centre (HMSC), this diver-based imagery and sample collection benthic... -
Atlantic sturgeon - Important sites - Reproduction, Feeding and...
Atlantic sturgeon. Important sites: reproduction, feeding juvenile and adult concentration area. Data extracted from the Fish Habitat Management Information System (FHAMIS)... -
Fish Health Database
The Fish Pathology Program (FPP) located at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo has been assessing the health of aquatic animals since the early 1970’s. Utilizing... -
Passamaquoddy Bay biodiversity trawl
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... -
Offshore Ecological and Human Use Information considered in Marine Protected...
In 2016-17, DFO Maritimes Region undertook a Marine Protected Area (MPA) network analysis for the Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy Bioregion. The analysis considered available... -
Commercial Fisheries - Licences - Atlantic Region Licences
Statistics on commercial fishing licenses issued by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in the Atlantic Provinces. You will also find information collected through the registration of... -
Fisheries and the Canadian Economy
The Canadian fisheries statistical snapshot provides an overview of the economic contribution of the fishing-related industries in Canada: value of outputs, employment, gross... -
Bellevue Beach Surface Tows - Capelin
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... -
Fisheries Act Registry
The 2019 amended Fisheries Act (FA) contains a provision that will require DFO to have a public facing Registry to provide public access to records relating to fish and fish... -
Chemical and Biological Oceanographic Conditions on the Scotian Shelf and in...
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.... -
Newfoundland Marine Refuge Fish Classification Dataset (N-MARINE)
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... -
Commercial catches sampling program in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence...
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... -
Pacific Marine Habitat Classes
This data set is a generalized characterization of the offshore and inshore environments of Canada’s Pacific Ocean. Compiled from various sources to depict the biogenic... -
Near-seafloor drift transect video imagery and high-resolution digital still...
Funded under DFO's Marine Conservation Targets Program, this two-year optical imagery benthic survey captured 41 drift-camera transects in the St. Anns Bank Marine Protected...