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URL: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/273df20a-47ae-42c0-bc58-01e451d4897a
In 2009, Fisheries and Oceans Canada published the Policy on Managing the Impacts of Fishing on Sensitive Benthic Areas. To support the implementation of this policy, a Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) process was initiated to: assess the distribution of fishing effort in Canada’s Atlantic and Eastern Arctic waters from 2005-2014, evaluate the overlap between fishing effort and Significant Benthic Areas (SiBAs), and identify areas of potential conservation concern. Although Research Document 2018/15 (Koen-Alonso et al. 2018), detailing this work, has not been updated since publication, the methodology outlined within it is still used to generate updated fishing effort layers as new data becomes available.
This record illustrates cumulative fishing effort in Canada’s Atlantic and Eastern Arctic waters from 2005-2022, and is based on commercial logbook and vessel monitoring system (VMS) data. Fishing effort has been standardized into percentiles, whereby the top 20th percentile of intensity (cell values ≥20) represent cells containing the most intense fishing activities.
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | January 16, 2026 |
| Metadata last updated | January 16, 2026 |
| Created | January 16, 2026 |
| Format | CSV |
| License | License not specified |
| Datastore active | False |
| Has views | False |
| Id | eea0ae1f-1a65-4f4c-ac63-cca69ee12d08 |
| Package id | ff24024a-38c3-491f-8491-e3ceb25c9f2c |
| Position | 0 |
| State | active |