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:
- American shad (Alosa sapidissima)
- Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
- Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus)
- Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
- Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
- Copper redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi)
- Eelgrass (Zostera marina)
- Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
- Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
- Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
- Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
- Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus)
- Northern wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus)
- Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax)
- Sea pens (Pennatulacea)
- Seaweed
- Smooth skate (Malacoraja senta)
- Sponges
- Spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor)
- Striped bass (Morone saxatilis)
- Thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata)
- Winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata)
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| American shad breeding areas in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Atlantic sturgeon breeding, feeding and concentration areas in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Lake sturgeon breeding, feeding and concentration areas in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Presence of the Thorny Skate in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Critical habitat of the St. Lawrence estuary population of Striped Bass | HTML | Open resource | |
| Potential haul-out sites for the harbor seal and gray seal in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Copper Redhorse critical habitat in Quebec | HTML | Open resource | |
| Relative occurrence of the Winter Skate in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Relative occurrence of Spotted Wolffish in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Lumpfish catch rates since 1990 in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (NAFO divisions 3PN and 4RST) | HTML | Open resource | |
| Lumpfish potential spawning site in the Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Sea pens significant concentration areas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Presence of the Smooth Skate in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Relative occurrence of Atlantic Wolffish in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| General distribution of humpback whales in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Sponge significant concentration areas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Seaweed medium to high density areas in the Chaleur Bay, the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Rainbow smelt breeding and feeding areas in the Saguenay River, the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Lumpfish coastal presence in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Relative occurrence of Northern Wolffish in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Eelgrass inventory in James Bay, Chaleur Bay, Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Harbor seal breeding and feeding areas in the Saguenay Fjord, the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Blue whale sightings in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence | HTML | Open resource | |
| Beluga whale critical habitat in the Saguenay River and the St. Lawrence Estuary | HTML | Open resource |