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Catalogue Entry: Vessel Density Mapping of 2018 AIS Data in the Northwest Atlantic
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a global, satellite-based and terrestrial-based ship tracking system that uses shipborne equipment to remotely track vessel... -
Catalogue Entry: Vessel Density Mapping of 2015 AIS Data in the Northwest Atlantic
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a global, satellite-based and terrestrial-based ship tracking system that uses shipborne equipment to remotely track vessel... -
Catalogue Entry: Species abundance in geological pockmark features in Passamaquoddy Bay, Bay...
Between 2001 and 2004 a descriptive and comparative investigation of the benthic macro-infauna in 17 pockmarks and 10 reference locations outside pockmarks in Passamaquoddy Bay-... -
Catalogue Entry: Port of Saint John intertidal water level and temperature (2020-2022)
The Coastal Environmental Baseline Program is a multi-year Fisheries and Oceans Canada initiative designed to work with Indigenous and local communities and other key parties to... -
Catalogue Entry: White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) sightings in Atlantic Canada (1873 to 2022)
Locations are indicated based on the information available. If coordinates were not available, the approximate location is indicated using the description associated with the... -
Catalogue Entry: Cumulative impacts from anthropogenic activities and stressors on marine...
Fisheries and Oceans Canada has conducted a cumulative human impact mapping analysis for Pacific Canada to support ongoing Marine Spatial Planning. Cumulative impact mapping... -
Catalogue Entry: Pacific Marine Habitat Classes
This data set is a generalized characterization of the offshore and inshore environments of Canada’s Pacific Ocean. Compiled from various sources to depict the biogenic... -
Catalogue Entry: Coastal Environmental Exposure Layer
The Coastal Infrastructure Vulnerability Index (CIVI) was jointly developed by DFO Science Branch, Small Craft Harbours (SCH) Program and the Economic Analysis and Statistics... -
Catalogue Entry: Characterization of the Corals and Sponges of the Eastern Scotian Slope from...
A benthic imagery survey was conducted along the Eastern Scotian Slope in June 2018 to collect data in support of a Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice... -
Catalogue Entry: Biodiversity Monitoring Stations for Benthic Macrofauna and Meiofauna in the...
In 2012 and 2013, Fisheries and Oceans Canada surveyed the benthos in two areas closed to bottom contact fishing, the Narwhal Overwintering and Coldwater Coral Zone (now the... -
Catalogue Entry: Northern bottlenose whale important habitat in inter-canyon areas on the...
The Scotian Shelf population of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) is listed as Endangered under Canada’s Species at Risk Act. Partial critical habitat was... -
Catalogue Entry: Delineation of Coral and Sponge Significant Benthic Areas in Eastern Canada (2016)
Significant Benthic Areas are defined in DFO's Ecological Risk Assessment Framework (ERAF) as "significant areas of cold-water corals and sponge dominated communities", where... -
Catalogue Entry: 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.... -
Catalogue Entry: Future hydrographic state of the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine from 23 CMIP6 Models
Data from the analysis of sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity, bottom temperature, and bottom salinity, over the Gulf of Maine and Scotian Shelf, for 23 CMIP6 models.... -
Catalogue Entry: Kernel Density Analyses of Coral and Sponge Catches from Research Vessel...
Kernel density estimation (KDE) utilizes spatially explicit data to model the distribution of a variable of interest. It is a simple non-parametric neighbour-based smoothing... -
Catalogue Entry: Fishermen and Scientist Research Society (FSRS) Lobster Recruitment Trap Project
The lobster recruitment project is run by the Fishermen and Scientist Research Society (FSRS) through DFO funding. Fishermen participating in the lobster recruitment project... -
Catalogue Entry: Benthoscape Map of German Bank
The data layer (.shp) presented is the result of an unsupervised classification method for classifying seafloor habitat on German Bank (off South West Nova Scotia, Canada). This... -
Catalogue Entry: Fieldnotes 2024-2025: Pacific Science Field Operations
The Fieldnotes dataset represents anticipated locations of science field research and monitoring to be conducted throughout the year by Fisheries and Oceans Canadas' Pacific... -
Catalogue Entry: Fecundity of Herring in Divisions 4WX
Fecundity of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) was estimated within five spawning areas (German Bank, Scots Bay, Seal Island, Southern Shore Nova Scotia, and Eastern Shore Nova... -
Catalogue Entry: Inshore Lobster Trawl Survey
An annual trawl survey is conducted in Southwestern Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy to assess the lobster stocks in the area. The survey is conducted with the Northeast...