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Biological Sensitivity Mapping for Oil Spill Planning and Response, Quebec Region
The Planning for an Environmental Response (PIER) initiative falls under the umbrella of the Government of Canada's Oceans Protection Plan (OPP), whose goal is preserving marine... -
Maritimes Region Fisheries Atlas: Catch Weight Landings Mapping (2010–2014)
DFO’s Oceans and Coastal Management Division (OCMD) in the Maritimes Region has updated its fisheries landings maps for 2010–2014. These maps will be used for decision making in... -
Beluga whale critical habitat in the Saguenay River and the St. Lawrence Estuary
The Beluga whale critical habitat, which includes the Upper Estuary, the Saguenay River up to Sainte-Marguerite Bay, and the southern channel of the Lower Estuary, supports the... -
Coast of Bays Metrics: Geography, Hydrology and Physical Oceanography of an...
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... -
Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway Orthomosaic (2019)
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... -
Copper Redhorse critical habitat in Quebec
The Copper Redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi) is the only fish whose distribution is exclusively restricted to Quebec. This range is restricted even further to the St. Lawrence River... -
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Regions
In 2021, the Canada Coast Guard (CCG) and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) updated its administrative boundaries following the creation a new Arctic region.There are now 7... -
Dempster Highway Orthomosaic (2019)
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... -
Species distribution models and occurrence data for marine invasive species...
Since 2005, Fisheries and Oceans Canada has been collecting monitoring data for aquatic invasive species (e.g.... -
Updated Species Distribution Models for Marine Invasive Species Hotspot...
Monitoring data from DFO invasive species monitoring programs, along with occurrence information from online databases and the scientific literature, have been paired with high... -
Vertical allowance gridded dataset for Canada
Sea level rise increases coastal flooding in many areas of Canada. The Canadian Extreme Water Level Adaptation tool has been developed to accommodate sea level rise. The... -
Pacific Marine Ecological Classification System and its Application to the...
Description: Biophysical Units: Under the Pacific Marine Ecological Classification System (PMECS; DFO 2016; Rubidge et al. 2016), biophysical units are areas of distinct... -
Active Commercial Shipping Anchorages in Pacific Canada
This is a point layer of the names and locations of the actively used commercial shipping anchorages in British Columbia. These point locations were manually compiled from... -
Critical habitat of the St. Lawrence estuary population of Striped Bass
Striped Bass critical habitat (St. Lawrence estuary population) defined by the analysis of available knowledge in 2011 and a scientific advice. Purpose The status of the Striped...