Canada's designated alternate ballast water exchange areas

This data is intended to identify Canadian Alternate Exchange Areas described in https://tc.canada.ca/en/marine-transportation/marine-safety/list-canada-s-designated-alternate-ballast-water-exchange-area-fresh-waters-tp-13617e-2021. The data is not intended for navigation purposes.

According to Canada’s Ballast Water Regulations, if your vessel enters waters under Canadian jurisdiction from somewhere other than the U.S. waters within the Great Lakes Basin, and it cannot conduct a ballast water exchange in the areas set out in paragraphs 14(1)(a) and (b) of the regulations, then it will have to conduct a ballast water exchange in one of the areas listed below:

-Gulf of St. Lawrence

-Atlantic Canada-Western Canada

-Canadian Eastern Arctic

-Canadian Western Arctic: If you bring your vessel to a Canadian port, offshore terminal or anchorage area in the Western Arctic ballast water must be exchanged in an area as far away from shore as possible, where the water is more than 100 meters deep.

Legal Constraints: Users should be aware that the polygons depicting ballast water exchange areas are intended for illustration only and should not be used for navigational or legal purposes.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2021-06
Date ( RI_366 )
2021-06
RI_414
  Government of Canada;Transport Canada;Environmental Protection (AMSEE) - Daniel Michaud ( Manager )
330 Sparks Street , Ottawa , Ontario , K1A 0N5 , Canada
RI_415
  Government of Canada;Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Sarah Bailey ( Research Scientist )
867 Lakeshore Road , Burlington , Ontario , L7S 1A1 , Canada
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Ballast Water Exchange Zones
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Shipping
  • Transport
  • Environmental protection
  • Invasive species
Classification
unclassified; nonClassifié RI_484
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
Use constraints
otherRestrictions; autresRestrictions RI_609
Other constraints
Not for navigation
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Transportation
Begin date
2021-06
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 / 6.14 (3.0.1)
Distribution format
  • FGDB/GDB ( 10.6.1 )

RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Elliott Quider ( General Inquiries )
Burlington , Ontario , L7S 1A1 , Canada
OnLine resource
An ecological and oceanographical assessment of alternate ballast water exchange zones in the Canadian eastern Arctic ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
An Ecological and Oceanographic Assessment of the Beaufort Sea Region: Evaluation of the Risks Associated with Ballast Water Exchange ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Zones for the Newfoundland and Labrador Region – An Aquatic Invasive Species Risk Assessment Based on Oceanographic Modelling, Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas and the Sustainability of Fisheries and Aquaculture ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
The Laurentian Channel as an Alternative Ballast Water Exchange Zone : Risks, Analysis and Recommendations ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Ecological and Oceanographic Criteria for Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Zones in the Pacific Region ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Canadian fresh waters requiring additional ballast water management measures (e.g., ballast water exchange and treatment) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Canadian fresh waters requiring additional ballast water management measures (e.g., ballast water exchange and treatment) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;fra

OnLine resource
Assessing Ballast Water Exchange Zones on the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Canada Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Areas ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Canada Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Areas ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Canada Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Areas ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

File identifier
23d26c61-b119-42c0-aa41-bd06cd96a973 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-02-05T23:35:21.849Z
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; Transport Canada; Environmental Protection (AMSEE) - Daniel Michaud ( Manager )
Ottawa , Ontario , K1A 0N5 , Canada
RI_414
  Government of Canada;Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Elliott Quider ( General Inquiries )
Burlington , Ontario , L7S 1A1 , Canada
 
 

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