Canada's designated alternate ballast water exchange areas

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This data is intended to identify Canadian Alternate Exchange Areas described in https://tc.canada.ca/en/marine-transportation/marine-safety/list-canada-s-designated-alternate-ballast-water-exchange-area-fresh-waters-tp-13617e-2021. The data is not intended for navigation purposes. According to Canada’s Ballast Water Regulations, if your vessel enters waters under Canadian jurisdiction from somewhere other than the U.S. waters within the Great Lakes Basin, and it cannot conduct a ballast water exchange in the areas set out in paragraphs 14(1)(a) and (b) of the regulations, then it will have to conduct a ballast water exchange in one of the areas listed below: -Gulf of St. Lawrence -Atlantic Canada-Western Canada -Canadian Eastern Arctic -Canadian Western Arctic: If you bring your vessel to a Canadian port, offshore terminal or anchorage area in the Western Arctic ballast water must be exchanged in an area as far away from shore as possible, where the water is more than 100 meters deep. Legal Constraints: Users should be aware that the polygons depicting ballast water exchange areas are intended for illustration only and should not be used for navigational or legal purposes.

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Canada Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Areas Unknown https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/23d26c61-b119-42c0-aa41-bd06cd96a973/attachments/CanadaAlternateBallastWaterExchangeAreas.gdb.zip
Canada Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Areas Ersi REST https://egisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/open_data_donnees_ouvertes/canada_alternate_ballast_water_exchange_areas/MapServer
Canada Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Areas Ersi REST https://egisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/open_data_donnees_ouvertes/canada_alternate_ballast_water_exchange_areas/MapServer
Canadian fresh waters requiring additional ballast water management measures (e.g., ballast water exchange and treatment) HTML https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/813900c2-e7e5-4ec4-b3a1-d4a06ef2f431
Canadian fresh waters requiring additional ballast water management measures (e.g., ballast water exchange and treatment) HTML https://open.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/813900c2-e7e5-4ec4-b3a1-d4a06ef2f431
An ecological and oceanographical assessment of alternate ballast water exchange zones in the Canadian eastern Arctic PDF https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/mpo-dfo/Fs70-5-2015-037-eng.pdf
Assessing Ballast Water Exchange Zones on the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine PDF https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/316461.pdf
Ecological and Oceanographic Criteria for Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Zones in the Pacific Region HTML https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/publications/resdocs-docrech/2004/2004_118-eng.htm
The Laurentian Channel as an Alternative Ballast Water Exchange Zone : Risks, Analysis and Recommendations HTML https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/publications/resdocs-docrech/2004/2004_120-eng.htm
Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Zones for the Newfoundland and Labrador Region – An Aquatic Invasive Species Risk Assessment Based on Oceanographic Modelling, Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas and the Sustainability of Fisheries and Aquaculture HTML https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/Publications/ResDocs-DocRech/2010/2010_087-eng.html
An Ecological and Oceanographic Assessment of the Beaufort Sea Region: Evaluation of the Risks Associated with Ballast Water Exchange HTML https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/Publications/ResDocs-DocRech/2012/2012_149-eng.html

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