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Ground surveys of marine bird nests on the islands of Nunavik

In 2022, the federal government launched the second phase of the Oceans Protection Plan, a vast interdepartmental program designed to enhance marine safety in Canada by improving our ability to prevent and respond to marine incidents. For the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), this means filling gaps in our knowledge of marine and coastal bird species. In order to identify these gaps for the province of Quebec, we carried out a prioritization exercise in 2022 and concluded that major efforts needed to be made in the Nunavik marine region, since data were lacking in several sectors and for several species. Understanding the vulnerability of wildlife species over time and space will help us, among other things, to assess risks and act quickly and appropriately in the event of incidents affecting the marine environment, such as an oil spill or shipwreck. Another important objective of the Oceans Protection Plan is to implement sustainable partnerships with the Inuit in order to share our respective knowledge of migratory birds, develop joint projects and support Inuit-led marine bird projects.

It is in this context that ground surveys of marine bird nests on the islands of Nunavik are being carried out by the CWS, in collaboration with Nunavimmiut. The main objective of these surveys is to update available data on the abundance and distribution of nesting seabirds in this area, particularly Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima). On each island visited, a team follows transects distributed from one end to the other and across the entire width of the island, in order to obtain complete and systematic coverage of the island and to count all the nests present. The spacing between transects can vary according to the size of the island, its topography and the density of nests present. This database provides access to the survey results and shows, for each island surveyed, the number of nests of each species present. In the case of the Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle), since nests are very difficult to find, it is rather the number of adults present around the island that is reported. Finally, in some cases, notably for gulls (Larus spp.), if no nests were found, but adults were observed on or around the island, then a number of adult individuals was reported.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2025-04-18
Date ( RI_366 )
2024-07-01
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Wildlife Service
801-1550 d'Estimauville Avenue , Québec , Quebec , G1J 0C3 , Canada
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
annually; annuel RI_539
Keywords ( RI_525 )
  • Nunavik
  • Ungava Bay
Keywords ( RI_530 )
  • marine birds
  • seabirds
  • sea ducks
  • eiders
  • guillemots
  • gulls
  • population monitoring
  • survey
  • Oceans Protection Plan
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Northern Canada
  • Migratory birds
Business Functions Fonctions de l'entreprise ( RI_528 )
  • Expand Scientific Knowledge/Develop New Methodologies for Managing, Protecting and Restoring Species
Branch Direction Générale ( RI_528 )
  • Environmental Stewardship Branch
ECCC Information Category EN ECCC Information Category FR ( RI_528 )
  • Nature and Biodiversity
GC Security Level GC Restrictions de manipulation ( RI_528 )
  • Unclassified
Program (PAA) Portée du programme (PAA) ( RI_528 )
  • 1.1.3. Migratory Birds
Directorate Direction ( RI_528 )
  • Canadian Wildlife Service
Geography Portée Géographique ( Place )
  • Quebec (QC)
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
otherRestrictions; autresRestrictions RI_609
Other constraints

Source to quote :

Canadian Wildlife Service - Quebec Region. Ground surveys of marine bird nests on the islands of Nunavik. Data collected as part of the Oceans Protection Plan. version March 2025.

Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fre; CAN
Character set
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Topic category
  • Environment
Begin date
2024-06-01
End date
2024-07-31
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Reference system identifier
https://epsg.io / EPSG:4269 /

Date ( RI_368 )
2019-09-17
RI_414
  Government of Canada - ( )

Distribution format
  • FGDB/GDB ( 10.0 )

  • ESRI REST ( Inconnue )

  • WMS ( Inconnue )

RI_414
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Wildlife Service
Place Vincent Massey Building 351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
OnLine resource
Iles_Nunavik_Islands.gdb.zip ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Iles_Nunavik_Islands.gdb.zip ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Ground surveys of marine bird nests on the islands of Nunavik ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Ground surveys of marine bird nests on the islands of Nunavik ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Ground surveys of marine bird nests on the islands of Nunavik ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
Ground surveys of marine bird nests on the islands of Nunavik ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

File identifier
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Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-06-17T17:21:54.804Z
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; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Wildlife Service
Place Vincent Massey Building 351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
 
 

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