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The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a global, satellite-based and terrestrial-based ship tracking system that uses shipborne equipment to remotely …

Record Modified: Mar 24, 2026
Record Released: Feb 15, 2024
Publisher: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Formats: PDF FGDB/GDB GeoTIF PNG ESRI REST
Keywords: Atlantic Canada Automatic Identification System Vessel Density Shipping Transportation Cargo Fishing Tanker Fishing ships Transport Shipping Marine safety ...

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This data relates to the Canadian Science Advice Secretariat (CSAS) Regional Science Advisory Process from the Limit Reference Point …

Record Modified: Mar 24, 2026
Record Released: May 24, 2024
Publisher: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Formats: CSV ESRI REST
Keywords: Fisheries Placopecten magellanicus Fisheries resources Gulf of St. Lawrence

The European Green Crab (EGC) is a high-risk global invader that can devastate coastal marine ecosystems by displacing native species, …

Record Modified: Mar 24, 2026
Record Released: Jun 16, 2023
Publisher: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Formats: HTML ESRI REST CSV SHP
Keywords: aquatic invasive species early detection coastal marine ecosystems habitat suitability Marine biology Ecosystems Fisheries

This dataset was designed for Environment and Climate Change Canada's (ECCC) National Environmental Emergencies Center (NEEC) for oil spill preparedness …

Record Modified: Mar 24, 2026
Record Released: Mar 21, 2025
Publisher: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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Keywords: Quebec Gulf of St. Lawrence Estuary of St. Lawrence Marsh Tidal marsh Salt marsh Schorre Aquatic ecosystems Aquatic wildlife

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has been conducting surface water trawl surveys since 1992 in the coastal waters of British …

Record Modified: Mar 24, 2026
Record Released: Dec 2, 2025
Publisher: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Formats: CSV PDF
Keywords: juvenile salmon pelagic ecosystem ecology forage British Columbia Washington Oregon Alaska Ecology Animal populations Aquatic animals Fisheries ...

Monthly mean salinity from Bedford Institute of Oceanography North Atlantic Model (BNAM) results were averaged over 1990 to 2015 period …

Record Modified: Mar 24, 2026
Record Released: Jun 2, 2020
Publisher: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Formats: GeoTIF NetCDF XLSX PDF ESRI REST
Keywords: Oceans

In 2018, Fisheries and Oceans Canada initiated the Multidisciplinary Arctic Program (MAP) – Last Ice, the first ecosystem study of …

Record Modified: Mar 24, 2026
Record Released: Sep 28, 2021
Publisher: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Formats: ESRI REST PDF CSV
Keywords: Sea Ice Arctic ecosystems Arctic Bacteria Viruses Marine biology Arctic Ocean Lincoln Sea

Points, polylines and polygons where species and features have been found, harvested or detailed.

Community Based Coastal Resource Inventory …

Record Modified: Mar 24, 2026
Record Released: Dec 4, 2023
Publisher: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Formats: FGDB/GDB CSV ESRI REST
Keywords: Fisheries Ecosystems Management Oceans

Aquatic invasive species (AIS) are non-native species that pose ecological and/or economic threats to Canada's coastal waters and resources. In …

Record Modified: Mar 24, 2026
Record Released: May 14, 2025
Publisher: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Formats: CSV HTML
Keywords: Environment Geographic information systems Marine biology Geographic data Oceans

AIS NL Biofouling Species

Fisheries and Oceans Canada's (DFO) National Marine Biofouling Monitoring Program conducts annual field surveys to …

Record Modified: Mar 24, 2026
Record Released: May 14, 2025
Publisher: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Formats: CSV SHP ESRI REST
Keywords: Oceans Geographic data Geographic information systems Marine biology Environment