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Archer Fiord Phytoplankton Data 2023
PURPOSE: This Archer fiord data is associated with a larger program ArcticCORE, which was created to fulfill knowledge gaps and develop long term protection in the extremely... -
Great Bear Lake (Sahtú) Surface water temperature monitoring: 2021 to 2024
PURPOSE: This study is part of a two-decade series of research aimed to provide a comprehensive synthesis of the effects of harvest and environmental change on fisheries in... -
Beaufort Sea Marine Fishes Project (BSMFP) 2014 - Fish identification and...
PURPOSE: From August 1st to September 11th, 2014, Fisheries and Oceans Canada conducted a baseline survey of marine fishes and their habitats in the southern Canadian Beaufort... -
Development of a coastal species characterization approach using...
Species characterization by environmental DNA (eDNA) is a method that allows the use of DNA released into the environment by organisms from various sources (secretions, faeces,... -
Oceans Protection Plan Regional Response Planning Extents
This dataset is comprised of the spatial boundaries for the Port Hawkesbury and Saint John pilot areas within the Oceans Protection Plan - Area Response Plan (ARP) project. -
A substrate classification for the Inshore Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy,...
A coastal surficial substrate layer for the coastal Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy. To create the layer, previous geological characterizations from NRCan were translated into... -
Important areas for Harp seal pupping and migration in the Gulf of St....
This layer represents important areas for the Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus). It includes the three main pupping areas for this species and migratory pathways used by Harp... -
Pelagic fish species abondance in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence
2014 to 2023 pelagic fish abundance in the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The abundance is expressed as a number of individuals per normalized trawl set. Each species is... -
Fetch and relative wave exposure indices for the coastal zone of the...
A relative exposure index (REI), unweighted fetch, effective fetch, and other fetch-based indices (i.e., sum, minimum) were calculated for the Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)... -
Marine Conservation Targets (MCT) - Camera surveys of the subtidal flora of...
To assess the current distribution of kelp beds and other macroalgae in Nova Scotia and Southwest New Brunswick, subtidal drop camera surveys were performed from 2022-2023 at... -
Eastern Canada Marine Spatial Planning Areas
Three marine spatial planning areas are delineated in Eastern Canada to define the spatial extents of marine spatial plans being led by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO): the... -
Canadian Beaufort Sea - Marine Ecosystem Assessment (CBS-MEA) Stations 2017-2024
PURPOSE: The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) conducted a baseline survey of biological communities and habitat parameters in the offshore Canadian Beaufort Sea between... -
Capelin - Important Sites - FHAMIS
Important sites: reproduction, feeding and concentration area. Data extracted from the Fish Habitat Management Information System (FHAMIS) according to a literature review of... -
Known concentration areas of the Atlantic surfclam in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
The dataset represents known concentration areas of harvested or unharvested Atlantic surfclam (Spisula solidissima) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, around the Magdalen Islands.... -
Eelgrass (Zostera marina) study in the historical goldmining region of...
Nearshore marine construction activities often involve projects conducted directly in or adjacent to eelgrass beds and can have detrimental effects on eelgrass health, through... -
Satellite-measured Chlorophyll-a concentration in the Canadian Beaufort Sea...
This record contains satellite-sensed chlorophyll-a concentration images of the Canadian Beaufort Sea at 1.1 km resolution. The dataset consists of 276 images, aggregated into... -
Likelihood of Presence of Snow Crab in Area Response Planning Pilot Areas
Likelihood of presence of Snow Crab in the Bay of Fundy and Port Hawkesbury areas. The Coastal Oceanography and Ecosystem Research section (DFO Science) reviewed science sources...