A climate risk index for marine species of commercial and conservation interest across Canada

Significant climate change impacts are highly likely in all Canadian marine and freshwater basins, with effects increasing over time (DFO 2012). Climate models project that ecosystems and fisheries across Canada will be disrupted into the foreseeable future (Lotze et al. 2019; Bryndum-Buchholz et al. 2020; Tittensor et al. 2021; Boyce et al. 2024). Despite its imminence, climate change is infrequently factored into Canada’s primary marine conservation strategies, such as spatial planning (O’Regan et al. 2021) or fisheries management (Boyce et al. 2021; Pepin et al. 2022). The Climate Risk Index for Biodiversity (CRIB) was developed to assess climate risk for marine species in a quantitative, spatially explicit, and scalable manner, supporting climate-informed decision-making. It has been used to evaluate climate risks for marine life globally (Boyce et al. 2022), regionally (Lewis et al. 2023; Boyce et al. 2024; Keen et al. 2023), for fisheries (Boyce et al. 2024), and in support of spatial conservation planning (Keen et al. 2023).

This dataset contains climate vulnerability and risk estimates from the CRIB framework adapted to consider warming at both the sea surface and its bottom for 145 marine species of conservation or fisheries interest across Canada’s marine territory. Climate risk is available at a 0.25-degree resolution under two contrasting emission scenarios to 2100. For each species, location, and scenario, 12 climate indexes, three vulnerability dimensions, and an overall vulnerability and risk score are provided. The accompanying report describes the data, methods, and workflow used to calculate risk. This report also guides the interpretation of these data to inform and support climate-informed decision-making in Canada.

Date ( RI_367 ): 2025-03-25

Date ( RI_366 ): 2025-03-14

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Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Christine Stortini ( Science Advisor )

200 Kent St. , Ottawa , Ontario , K1A 0E6 , Canada

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Keywords ( RI_528 )

vulnerability
risk

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )

Climate change
Risk management
Protected species
Fisheries resources

Use limitation: Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)

Access constraints: license; licence RI_606

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Metadata language: eng; CAN

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Oceans

Begin date: 1990-01-01

End date: 2100-12-31

Description: Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone

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Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Ecosystem Science Division - Climate Change and Aquatic Conservation ( )

200 Kent St. , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada

OnLine resource: A Climate Risk Index for marine species of commercial and conservation interest across Canada - Average species-level indices for entire Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: A Climate Risk Index for marine species of commercial and conservation interest across Canada - per species, spatial characterizations (per grid cell) of vulnerability and risk indices for the Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: A Climate Risk Index for marine species of commercial and conservation interest across Canada - per species, spatial characterizations (per grid cell) of vulnerability and risk indices for the Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: A climate risk index for marine life across the Canadian exclusive economic zone ( HTTPS )
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Date stamp: 2025-05-20T17:33:51.681Z

Metadata standard name: North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata

Metadata standard version: CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009

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Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Ecosystem Science Division - Climate Change and Aquatic Conservation ( Science Advisor )

200 Kent St. , Ottawa , Ontario , K1A 0E6 , Canada

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