Likelihood of Presence of North Atlantic Right Whales in Area Response Planning Pilot Areas

Likelihood of Presence of North Atlantic Right Whales in the Bay of Fundy and Port Hawkesbury Area Response Plan. The Coastal Oceanography and Ecosystem Research section (DFO Science) reviewed reported opportunistic whale sightings and local knowledge sources to estimate areas where Right whales are seasonally present and delineate these areas.

A version of this dataset was created for the National Environmental Emergency Center (NEEC) following their data model and is available for download in the Resources section.

Cite this data as: Lazin, G., Hamer, A.,Corrigan, S., Bower, B., and Harvey, C. Data of: Likelihood of presence of North Atlantic Right Whale in Area Response Planning pilot areas. Published: June 2018. Coastal Ecosystems Science Division, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. Andrews, N.B. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/d159ac68-6e46-44b5-a4e9-951880892c63

Data and Resources

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Last Updated January 16, 2026, 21:11 (UTC)
Created January 16, 2026, 21:11 (UTC)
contains_pii non
crisis_categories Sécurité publique
criticality_level Faible
data_formats CSV; ESRI REST; FGDB/GDB
fair_openness Level 2 - Machine-readable
geographic_scope Canada
sensitivity_level Faible
source_inventaire Inventaire_W
source_url https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/d159ac68-6e46-44b5-a4e9-951880892c63
subject nature_and_environment, science_and_technology
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year_most_recent 2025-02-17 19:53:20.370000
year_start 2018-09-21 12:17:17.939000