Local Knowledge and Local Stocks: An Atlas of groundfish spawning in the Bay of Fundy

This data record contains digitized maps recreated from the original report entitled Local Knowledge and local stocks: An Atlas of Groundfish Spawing in the Bay of Fundy published by The Centre for Community-Based Management, Extension Department, St. Francis Xavier University. These maps show where and when fishermen have caught developing and spawning, pollock, haddock and cod and the decline of these areas over time.

Cite this data as: Graham, J., Engle, S., Recchia, M. 2002. Local Knowledge and Local Stocks: An Atlas of groundfish spawning in the Bay of Fundy.

Published: June 2026. Coastal Ecosystems Science Division, Maritimes Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth NS.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2026-06-16
Date ( RI_366 )
2026-04-21
RI_415
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Coastal Ecosystem Science Division (CESD) - Andrew Cooper ( )
125 Marine Science Drive , St. Andrews , New Brunswick , E5B 0E4 , Canada
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Maps
  • groundfish lobster herring aggregations
  • historical spawning nursery areas
  • Passamaquoddy Bay
  • Grand Manan
  • The Wolves
  • Deer Island
  • Campobello Island
  • fishermen’s ecological knowledge
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Oceans
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Classification
unclassified; nonClassifié RI_484
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
  • Oceans
Begin date
1929-01-01
End date
2002-12-31
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http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 /
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  • CSV ( 1 )

  • FGDB/GDB ( 2.7.0 )

  • ESRI REST ( 2.7.0 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Data Acquisition Assembly and Distribution / Acquisition, assemblage et distribution de donnée ( )
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive, PO Box 1006 , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , B2Y 4A2 , Canada
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Local Knowledge and Local Stocks: An Atlas of groundfish spawning in the Bay of Fundy ( HTTPS )

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Local Knowledge and Local Stocks: An Atlas of groundfish spawning in the Bay of Fundy ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

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Local Knowledge and Local Stocks: An Atlas of groundfish spawning in the Bay of Fundy ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

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Data Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng,fra

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1b563dc5-eabe-4dcd-a04b-ed65e196d001 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2026-06-17T12:50:46.728741Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Coastal Ecosystem Science Division (CESD) - CESD Data Manager / DSEC Gestionnaire de données ( Data Manager )
125 Marine Science Drive , St. Andrews , New Brunswick , E5B 0E4 , Canada
 
 

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