Blue whale sightings in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence

Sightings data were collected by the Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS) from 1980 to 2008 with annual surveys realised in the Gulf of St. Lawrence between the end of may and early november. Surveys were conducted using inflatable boats enabling the close approaches necessary to photograph and biopsy blue whales.

The aim of this project was to provide additional information for designating blue whale critical habitat as required under the Canadian Species at Risk Act.

For more details consult the following report:

Ramp, C. and Sears, R. 2013. Distribution, densities, and annual occurrence of individual blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada from 1980-2008. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2012/157. vii + 37 p.

http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/Publications/ResDocs-DocRech/2012/2012_157-eng.html

Data of blue whale sightings, collected by the MICS, have been analysed per km of effort in 3 x 3 km grid cells in the Gulf of St. Lawrence for the 2000-2008 period.

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Date ( RI_366 )
2013
Date ( RI_367 )
2013
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Olivier Parent ( Geomatics analyst )
850, route de la Mer, P.O. Box 1000 , Mont-Joli , Quebec , G5H 3Z4 , Canada
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542
Keywords ( RI_530 )
  • Distribution
  • Sighting
  • Occurence
  • Blue whale
  • Balaenoptera musculus
  • Marine mammals
  • Specie at Risk
Keywords ( RI_525 )
  • St. Lawrence Estuary
  • Gulf of St. Lawrence
  • Îles de Mingan
  • Gaspésie
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Aquatic wildlife
  • Earth sciences
  • Marine biology
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
Begin date
2000
End date
2008
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Reference system identifier
https://epsg.io / EPSG:32198 / 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 , Quebec , G5H 3Z4 , Canada
OnLine resource
Data Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Blue whales relative sightings ( HTTPS )

Dataset;SHP;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Blue whales relative sightings ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Blue whales relative sightings ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

File identifier
d29def12-36f2-4518-8758-896d9fb1f40d XML
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Parent identifier
Significant parameters for different species with status under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) 4c7880ac-cb01-4e12-8305-2ae8eb675390
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-02-06T02:44:16.165Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_420
  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 , Quebec , G5H 3Z4 ,
 
 

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