Significant parameters for different species with status under the Species at Risk Act (SARA)

Layers that present various important parameters such as inventories, presence, sightings, distribution, relative occurrence or catch rates, critical habitat, breeding and feeding areas, potential spawning and haul-out sites for the different species with status under the Species at Risk Act (SARA).

The act classifies those species as being either extirpated, endangered, threatened, or of special concern. Under SARA, Fisheries and Oceans Canada must produce recovery strategies and action plans for aquatic species listed as endangered or threatened. The act is part of Canada’s strategy to protect hundreds of wild plants and animal species from becoming extinct, and to help in their recovery.

The different species represented by the layers are the following:

1. American shad (Alosa sapidissima)

2. Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)

3. Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus)

4. Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

5. Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

6. Copper redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi)

7. Eelgrass (Zostera marina)

8. Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)

9. Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)

10. Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

11. Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)

12. Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus)

13. Northern wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus)

14. Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax)

15. Sea pens (Pennatulacea)

16. Seaweed

17. Smooth skate (Malacoraja senta)

18. Sponges

19. Spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor)

20. Striped bass (Morone saxatilis)

21. Thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata)

22. Winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata)

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Date ( RI_366 )
2019
Date ( RI_367 )
2019
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Olivier Parent ( Geomatics analyst )
850, route de la Mer, P.O. Box 1000 , Mont-Joli , G5H 3Z4 , Canada
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542
Keywords ( RI_530 )
  • Species with status
  • Endangered Species
  • Threatened Species
  • Marine mammals
  • Fish
  • Critical Habitat
  • Habitat
  • Haulout
  • Breeding
  • Feeding
  • Growth
  • Distribution
  • Weight
  • Presence
  • Inventories
  • Sighting
  • Occurence
  • Relative Occurence
  • Density
  • Catch rates
Keywords ( RI_525 )
  • St. Lawrence River
  • St. Lawrence Estuary
  • Gulf of St. Lawrence
  • Saguenay Fjord
  • Saguenay River
  • Chaleur Bay
  • James Bay
Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus ( RI_528 )
  • Aquatic wildlife
  • Marine biology
  • Earth sciences
  • Oceans
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
fra; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
  • Oceans
  • Inland waters
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
1942
End date
2015
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Reference system identifier
EPSG / EPSG:4617 / 7.4.1
Distribution format
  • ESRI REST ( 10.3.1 )

RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Olivier Parent ( Geomatics analyst )
850, route de la Mer, P.O. Box 1000 , Mont-Joli , G5H 3Z4 , Canada
OnLine resource
American shad breeding areas in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Atlantic sturgeon breeding, feeding and concentration areas in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Beluga whale critical habitat in the Saguenay River and the St. Lawrence Estuary ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Blue whale sightings in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Copper Redhorse critical habitat in Quebec ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Critical habitat of the St. Lawrence estuary population of Striped Bass ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Eelgrass inventory in James Bay, Chaleur Bay, Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
General distribution of humpback whales in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Harbor seal breeding and feeding areas in the Saguenay Fjord, the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Lake sturgeon breeding, feeding and concentration areas in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Lumpfish catch rates since 1990 in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (NAFO divisions 3PN and 4RST) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Lumpfish coastal presence in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Lumpfish potential spawning site in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Potential haul-out sites for the harbor seal and gray seal in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Presence of the Smooth Skate in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Presence of the Thorny Skate in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Rainbow smelt breeding and feeding areas in the Saguenay River, the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Relative occurrence of Atlantic Wolffish in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Relative occurrence of Northern Wolffish in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Relative occurrence of Spotted Wolffish in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Relative occurrence of the Winter Skate in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Sea pens significant concentration areas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Seaweed medium to high density areas in the Chaleur Bay, the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Sponge significant concentration areas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng,fra

File identifier
4c7880ac-cb01-4e12-8305-2ae8eb675390 XML
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2026-04-24T20:14:40.008188Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_418
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Section Gestion de données - Direction des avis, information et soutien scientifiques ( )
850, route de la Mer, P.O. Box 1000 , Mont-Joli , G5H 3Z4 ,
 
 

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