This dataset includes White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) mark-recapture data collected in the Fraser River drainage. Users can use a Passive Integrated Responder (PIT) tag serial number to look up if the fish has been recaptured before and any associated data at last capture (e.g. fish length, girth, location, etc.). This dataset is maintained by the Reconciliation, Lands, Policy and Data Division within the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship (WLRS). Data and information housed within the database is collected by both government biologists and partners such as First Nations, scientific fish collection permit holders, and participating fishery organizations. The [Fraser River drainage White Sturgeon PIT tag lookup app] (https://bcgov-env.shinyapps.io/sturgeon-pit-tag-lookup/) is also available as a tool to access this dataset.

Mariculture includes several different types of activities in public marine areas, such as the cultivation and harvesting of seaweed, the harvesting of green urchins, and the breeding of blue mussels or scallops, among others. Each of these activities has very distinct environmental, physicochemical and biological needs, in addition to having to coexist safely with other human activities and constraints in the maritime environment. For these reasons, mariculture activities must take place in delimited and reserved marine areas, and therefore require a permit. The “Maricolous Sites” data set brings together under provincial coverage (polygons) the information contained in the permits issued by the regional directorates. It identifies businesses, and presents their permit numbers, types of activities and species that they are authorized to raise, as well as the location and area of sites (polygons) under permits and authorizations to operate a mariculture site issued by MAPAQ.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**