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Fish and large decapods in eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds on the Atlantic...
Nekton assemblages in Zostera marina beds and adjacent bare soft-sediments were sampled on the south and eastern shore of Nova Scotia. Sampling gear used were visual snorkel... -
Maritimes Coastal Biodiversity Monitoring Program – Beach Seining
Monitoring programs are an important component of Marine Protected Area (MPA) management, providing requisite information on the state of, and changes in, protected ecosystems.... -
Bay of Fundy Benthoscape
The data layer (.shp) presented is the result of an unsupervised classification method for classifying seafloor habitat in the Bay of Fundy (Northwest Atlantic, Canada). This... -
Critical Habitat for Aquatic Species at Risk - Canada
The Species at Risk (SAR) Program is responsible for carrying out DFO’s mandate under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) to protect, recover and conserve all listed aquatic SAR in... -
Average Relative Density of Fish Functional Groups and Species in the...
The Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) in the Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) region has been conducting multispecies research vessel (RV) surveys using a... -
Margaree River and Tributaries Water Temperatures
PURPOSE: To record hourly water temperatures throughout the Margaree watershed. DESCRIPTION: The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has been deploying water temperature... -
Sea Pen Fields in the Eastern Arctic (Alfredo Trawl Sample)
Polygons denoting concentrations of sea pens, small and large gorgonian corals and sponges on the east coast of Canada have been identified through spatial analysis of research... -
Seasonal sigma-t climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone...
Description: Seasonal sigma-t climatology of the Northeast Pacific Ocean was computed from historical observations including all available conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD),... -
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... -
Pacific Herring Spawn Index Data
Pacific Herring spawn index data for British Columbia from 1951 to present. Note that the spawn index is a relative index of spawning biomass. In addition, “NA" indicates that... -
Strait of Georgia Synoptic Bottom Trawl Survey
Catch, effort, location (latitude, longitude), relative abundance indices, and associated biological data from groundfish multi-species bottom trawl surveys in Strait of... -
Fixed gear sentinel fisheries program - northern Gulf of St. Lawrence
In place since fall 1994, the sentinel fisheries program is the result of a collaboration between Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and Quebec and Newfoundland commercial... -
Survey for the assessment of Unit 2 Redfish (CCGS John Cabot)
Monitoring of Unit 2 redfish by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) ceased in 2002. Since then, the Atlantic Groundfish Council (AGC, formerly the Groundfish Enterprise Allocation... -
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... -
Pelagic Shark Satellite Tag data - White Shark
The white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), is a species found in Atlantic Canadian waters which is encountered in commercial and recreational fisheries. Pop-up Satellite Archival... -
Aerial photos from the Aug 19th, 2015 survey of the Western Hudson Bay...
PURPOSE: An aerial survey of the Western Hudson Bay beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) population was conducted on August 19th, 2015 to provide a population estimate. Surveys...