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Maritimes Spring Research Vessel Survey

The Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) ecosystem surveys consist of research vessel survey data collected to monitor the distribution and abundance of fish and invertebrates throughout the Scotian Shelf, Bay of Fundy and Georges Bank. The surveys follow a stratified random sampling design, and include sampling of fish and invertebrates using a bottom otter trawl. These survey data are the primary data source for monitoring trends in species distribution, abundance, and biological condition within the region, and also provide data to the Atlantic Zonal Monitoring Program (AZMP) for monitoring hydrographic variability. Collected data includes total catch in numbers and weights by species. Length frequency data is available for most species, as are the age, sex, maturity and weight information for a subset of the individual animals. Other data such as ageing material, genetic material, and stomach contents are often also collected, but are stored elsewhere.

“Spring” cruises occur in January, February, March and April, and focus on Georges Bank (i.e. 5Z).

Cite this data as: Clark, D., Emberley, J. Data of MARITIMES SPRING RESEARCH VESSEL SURVEY. Published January 2021. Population Ecology Division, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, N.S. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/fecf045a-95a2-4b69-8a40-818649a62716

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Date ( RI_367 )
2020-08-31
Date ( RI_366 )
1970
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Population Ecology Division / Division de l’écologie des populations ( )
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive, PO Box 1006 , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , B2Y 4A2 , Canada
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Agricultural Aquatic Sciences
  • Agriculture
  • Animals/Vertebrates
  • Aquatic Sciences
  • Biological Classification
  • Biosphere
  • Earth Science
  • Ecological Dynamics
  • Fish
  • Fisheries
  • Oceans
  • Species/Population Interactions
Keywords ( RI_525 )
  • Gulf of Maine and Bay of Fundy
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • North Atlantic
  • Scotian Shelf
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • 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
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Biota
  • Environment
Begin date
1970
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 / 8.2.6
Distribution format
  • ESRI REST ( 10.6.1 )

  • CSV ( 1 )

  • FGDB/GDB ( 2.8.8 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Data Acquisition Assembly and Distribution / Acquisition, assemblage et distribution de donnée ( )
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive, PO Box 1006 , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , B2Y 4A2 , Canada
OnLine resource
MARITIMES SPRING RESEARCH VESSEL SURVEY ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng

OnLine resource
MARITIMES SPRING RESEARCH VESSEL SURVEY ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
MARITIMES SPRING RESEARCH VESSEL SURVEY ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Data Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
MARITIMES SPRING RESEARCH VESSEL SURVEY ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng

File identifier
fecf045a-95a2-4b69-8a40-818649a62716 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Parent identifier
MARITIMES RESEARCH VESSEL SURVEYS 8ddcaeea-b806-4958-a79f-ba9ab645f53b
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-02-05T12:44:02.456Z
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 - Population Ecology Division / Division de l’écologie des population ( )
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive, PO Box 1006 , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , B2Y 4A2 , Canada
 
 

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