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Fork length and age of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

PURPOSE: To determine fork length-at-age for striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence from 1973-2024. DESCRIPTION: The dataset includes the year, month and day that the fork length of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) was measured in

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Maritimes Region Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program Prince 5 Hydrographic and Indicators 1991 to 2020 Climatology

The Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program began in year 1998. It proposed six fixed stations across the Atlantic zone to be sampled every two weeks to resolve dynamics at a finer timescale than the seasonal regional scale surveys. Two stations were included in the

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Maritimes Region Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program Station 2 Hydrographic and Indicators 1991 to 2020 Climatology

The Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program began in year 1998. It proposed six fixed stations across the Atlantic zone to be sampled every two weeks to resolve dynamics at a finer timescale than the seasonal regional scale surveys. Two stations were included in the

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Atlantic Repeat Hydrography Line 7 West 1991 to 2020 Hydrographic Climatology

The field phase of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment, designed to address inadequate coverage of the world ocean, was executed through international collaboration over the period 1990 to 1998. A major Canadian contribution was a dedicated program in the L

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Preliminary tests on the use of the autonomous iBubble drone to perform benthic imaging transects

This research note is supplementary information related to the DFO manuscript report published by Lacasse and Roy (2021). Preliminary tests on the use of the autonomous iBubble drone to perform benthic imaging transects are described and discussed. Although th

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Fall Distribution of Northern Shrimp on Eastern Scotian Shelf

The data layers (.tif) presented are the result of a delta negative binomial spatio-temporal generalized linear mixed model (i.e., a species distribution model) fit to the Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) data collected on the annual snow crab survey, which

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Telemetry-Based Fish Vulnerability Assessment in a Data-Poor Fishery

This dataset combines reconstructed movement paths of acoustically tagged walleye (Sander vitreus) in Lake Winnipeg with weekly summaries of regional fishing activity. Fish movement trajectories were estimated from acoustic telemetry detections using Bayesian

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Fieldnotes: Science Field Operations

The Fieldnotes dataset provides information about science field work to be conducted each year by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and collaborators. Field work takes place in the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, as well as the freshwater bodies of partic

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Coastal Infrastructure Vulnerability Index 2.0

The Coastal Infrastructure Vulnerability Index (CIVI) was developed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to provide a standardized, evidence‑based approach for assessing the relative vulnerability of Small Craft Harbours (SCH) infrastructure to climate change.

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HadGEM3-projected ocean temperature and salinity in the Northwest Atlantic under a high emission scenario SSP585

This dataset provides projected sea surface temperature and salinity as well as projected ocean bottom temperature and salinity in the Northwest Atlantic under a high emission scenario Dhared Socia-economic Pathway 5-8.5 (SSP585). The results are generated by

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