Significant parameters for different species with status under the Species at Risk Act (SARA)

Description

Layers that present various important parameters such as inventories, presence, sightings, distribution, relative occurrence or catch rates, critical habitat, breeding and feeding areas, potential spawning and haul-out sites for the different species with status under the Species at Risk Act (SARA). The act classifies those species as being either extirpated, endangered, threatened, or of special concern. Under SARA, Fisheries and Oceans Canada must produce recovery strategies and action plans for aquatic species listed as endangered or threatened. The act is part of Canada’s strategy to protect hundreds of wild plants and animal species from becoming extinct, and to help in their recovery. The different species represented by the layers are the following: 1. American shad (Alosa sapidissima) 2. Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) 3. Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) 4. Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) 5. Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) 6. Copper redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi) 7. Eelgrass (Zostera marina) 8. Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) 9. Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) 10. Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) 11. Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) 12. Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) 13. Northern wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus) 14. Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) 15. Sea pens (Pennatulacea) 16. Seaweed 17. Smooth skate (Malacoraja senta) 18. Sponges 19. Spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor) 20. Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) 21. Thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) 22. Winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata)

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Name Format Description Link
American shad breeding areas in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence HTML https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a0817db6-42cb-4fa2-a601-48246c812e94
Atlantic sturgeon breeding, feeding and concentration areas in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/dataset/bfa19b1c-a248-4dc6-b497-327a8937a07b
Lake sturgeon breeding, feeding and concentration areas in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/0db67020-7521-4356-bd53-3132cb7804a3
Presence of the Thorny Skate in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/3980fabb-5266-48bf-a6f9-ecb790c2b050
Critical habitat of the St. Lawrence estuary population of Striped Bass HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/3a389738-dbc7-418b-af79-bcb05f61b576
Potential haul-out sites for the harbor seal and gray seal in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/3b0ccbbe-e0f7-4e6f-a6aa-8b327c69a169
Copper Redhorse critical habitat in Quebec HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/3e41de14-5882-4ca3-87f6-51c5ec8d8a37
Relative occurrence of the Winter Skate in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/4cddb0a2-ea06-401b-86bf-5cfb003db366
Relative occurrence of Spotted Wolffish in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/531d92fb-90fa-446e-b6df-2a56958856dd
Lumpfish catch rates since 1990 in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (NAFO divisions 3PN and 4RST) HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/533d694b-b692-4127-bf22-d1e41c0b5bba
Lumpfish potential spawning site in the Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/682e9bcf-0f86-4a49-95a1-c0d1e483ae27
Sea pens significant concentration areas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/87ae08e8-5fc2-476a-b3f5-c8f0ea4be9ef
Presence of the Smooth Skate in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/8a92a7da-19ec-4c37-9df9-bc32c9c1f0e0?wbdisable=true
Relative occurrence of Atlantic Wolffish in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/8babe9f3-4630-436e-957a-c230c2e81256
General distribution of humpback whales in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/8cf43e2b-f276-4fb7-8d3a-e20fecc618b4
Sponge significant concentration areas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/93d845fa-8f16-4a46-9084-2e368fc0e493?wbdisable=true
Seaweed medium to high density areas in the Chaleur Bay, the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/9c5f3fa8-0928-49ac-84e6-b8619b349efd
Rainbow smelt breeding and feeding areas in the Saguenay River, the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/9ddbf6ff-4314-47d8-ac0f-8d2f7278edcf
Lumpfish coastal presence in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/a5e9e97f-393e-428a-b0ae-704785f102d7
Relative occurrence of Northern Wolffish in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/b490d186-81c6-48b7-8929-05459115df00
Eelgrass inventory in James Bay, Chaleur Bay, Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/c9ab948f-5009-4dbc-9129-2f6e373f17f6
Harbor seal breeding and feeding areas in the Saguenay Fjord, the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/ce72f39f-4cbe-48dc-b709-8aa9e359e462
Blue whale sightings in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/d29def12-36f2-4518-8758-896d9fb1f40d
Beluga whale critical habitat in the Saguenay River and the St. Lawrence Estuary HTML https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset/fdfef550-b94c-466c-9dcb-24c297c00e3e

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