Seamounts of the Northeast Pacific Ocean

Seamounts have been identified as Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs) due to their unique oceanography and ecology; they frequently serve as sites for fisheries and as habitat for a number of species of conservation concern. A mix of isolated seamounts and seamount complexes are distributed throughout Canada’s Pacific offshore waters, although only a subset of these are named. We used several pre-existing spatial databases and predictive models to map all named seamounts within Canada’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), all named seamounts fished by Canada in international waters, and any predicted (modelled) unnamed seamounts in the EEZ. These data are intended to inform marine planning initiatives in BC by providing collaborative, peer-reviewed scientific data at scales relevant to a BC coast-wide analysis.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2020-05-12
Date ( RI_366 )
2012-01-01
Date ( RI_368 )
2020-04-08
Date ( RI_368 )
2021-11-25
RI_418
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Spatial Ecology and Analytics Section (MSEA) - Cherisse Du Preez ( Marine Biologist )
Institute of Ocean Sciences 9860 West Saanich Road P.O. Box 6000 , Sidney , British Columbia , V8L 4B2 ,
(250) 636-6517
Credit
Cite this data as: DFO. 2021. Identification of Representative Seamount Areas in the Offshore Pacific Bioregion, Canada. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2021/041.
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Seamounts Online, USGS, Karen Stocks. Seamounts Online. San Diego Supercomputer Center, San Diego, California, https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5707f344e4b06fa6ac66483e.
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B2B: Data were compiled by staff of the Marine Conservation Biology Institute using the GEBCO data atlas, ETOPO2 bathymetry from NGDC, and the 2002 NOAA GOASEX cruise. Data set was compiled by Dave Canny and Peter Etnoyer.
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Ban, Stephen, JMR Curtis, C St. Germain, RI Perry, TW Therriault. Identification of Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs) in Canada’s Offshore Pacific Bioregion. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document 2016/034. https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/365820.pdf.
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NRC 2015. Natural Resources Canada Gazetteer Service. (Accessed 26 April 2017); BCMCA Project Team. 2011. Marine Atlas of Pacific Canada: A Product of the British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis. (Accessed 26 April 2017).
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Kitchingman, A., and Lai, S. 2004. Inferences on potential seamount locations from midresolution bathymetric data. Seamounts: Biodiversity and Fisheries. UBC Fisheries Centre Report.
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Manson, M.M. 2009. Small scale delineation of northeast Pacific Ocean undersea features using benthic position index. Can. Manu. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2864: 16 p. https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/336114.pdf.
Credit
Kim, S.S., and Wessel, P. 2011. New global seamount census from altimetry-derived gravity data. Geophys. J. Int. 186(2): 615-631, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05076.x.
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Yesson, C., Clark, M.R., Taylor, M.L., and Rogers, A.D. 2011. The global distribution of seamounts based on 30 arc seconds bathymetry data. Deep-Sea Res. PT I. 58(4): 442-453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2011.02.004. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063711000392.
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
irregular; irrégulier RI_541
Maintenance note
Updated based on 2021 offshore surveys: Added new seamounts, removed false seamounts (hill and knolls), updated summit locations, updated attribute table, projected in WGS84, and updated program manager in metadata.
Keywords ( RI_525 )
  • Canadian Pacific EEZ
  • Northeast Pacific Ocean
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Bathymetry
  • Habitat protection
  • Marine ecosystems
  • Marine protected areas
  • Natural ecosystems
  • Sea bottom
  • Sea floor
  • Seamount
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Habitats
  • Marine conservation areas
  • Ocean floor
  • Environmental protection
  • Oceanography
  • Templates
  • Seas
  • Oceans
  • Geomorphology
  • Nature conservation
  • Aquatic ecosystems
  • Geology
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
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Oceans
Begin date
2012
End date
2021
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org/ / EPSG:4326 / 9.8.4
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  • FGDB/GDB ( N/A )

  • GEOJSON ( N/A )

  • SHP ( N/A )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Spatial Ecology and Analytics Section (MSEA) - Tammy Norgard ( Program Head )
Pacific Biological Station 3190 Hammond Bay Road , Nanaimo , British Columbia , V9T 6N7 , Canada
(250) 756-7005
OnLine resource
Seamounts of the Northeast Pacific Ocean ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Data Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

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Seamounts of the Northeast Pacific Ocean - Geodatabase ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

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Seamounts of the Northeast Pacific Ocean - GeoJSON ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GEOJSON;eng,fra

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Seamounts of the Northeast Pacific Ocean - Shapefiles ( HTTPS )

Dataset;SHP;eng,fra

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References ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Data Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Seamounts of the Northeast Pacific Ocean - GIS Hub metadata ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Seamounts of the Northeast Pacific Ocean - GIS Hub metadata ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

OnLine resource
Seamounts of the Northeast Pacific Ocean ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

File identifier
32215c2d-833e-40e0-b7f6-2e145312d674 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-02-06T13:26:09.696Z
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; Marine Spatial Ecology and Analytics Section (MSEA) - Cherisse Du Preez ( Marine Biologist )
Institute of Ocean Sciences 9860 West Saanich Road P.O. Box 6000 , Sidney , British Columbia , V8L 4B2 , Canada
(250) 636-6517
RI_415
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Spatial Ecology and Analytics Section (MSEA) - Tammy Norgard ( Program Head )
Pacific Biological Station 3190 Hammond Bay Road , Nanaimo , British Columbia , V9T 6N7 , Canada
(250) 756-7005
 
 

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