Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (CAMP) Data for the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

Each summer, environmental groups collect data to determine if groupings of fish, shrimp and crab – what is called a community – can be used as an indicator of the health status of bays and estuaries. Sampling was conducted from May through September for the first years then from June through August. Data for the years 2004 to 2019 are available. In 2018 and 2019, the sampling was conducted just once in each estuary. Community group members and staff sample six stations once a month in their designated estuary.

Fish, shrimps and crabs are collected with a beach seine net and later released live back to the water once identified and counted. From this, the community groups provide important information to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, including:

  • identification and numbers of fish, shrimp and crab species
  • water conditions and samples
  • information on aquatic plants
  • sediment samples

With this information, Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientists working with government agencies and Universities can conduct analyses to determine the suitability of indicators to assess the health of bays and estuaries.

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Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Data and Resources

Open Data CanadaHTML

Link to the original dataset published on the Open Data Canada portal

dfo-mpo_psca-camp_event_2004-2019.csvCSV

File in DwC format on sampling events carried out as part of the Aquatic...

dfo-mpo_psca-camp_event-emof_2004-2019.csvCSV

File in DwC format on abiotic measurements collected during the various...

dfo-mpo_psca-camp_occurrence_2004-2019.csvCSV

File in DwC format on the occurrences of different species of fish, shrimps...

dfo-mpo_psca-camp_occurrence-emof_2004-2019.csvCSV

File in DwC format on the total quantities of individuals, juveniles and...

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Metadata Reference Date(s) December 21, 2022 (Publication)
May 09, 2023 (Revision)
Data Reference Date(s) January 01, 2004 (Creation)
November 13, 2020 (Publication)
May 09, 2023 (Revision)
Frequency of Update As Needed

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Responsible Party 1
Name
Dickson, Eva
Affiliation
Fisheries and Oceans Canada ROR logo
Email
Eva.Dickson@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Role
  • Author
  • Custodian
  • Point of Contact
Responsible Party 2
Name
Fishman, David
Affiliation
Fisheries and Oceans Canada ROR logo
Email
David.Fishman@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Role
  • Author
  • Originator
Responsible Party 3
Name
Boudreau, Monica
Affiliation
Fisheries and Oceans Canada ROR logo
Email
Monica.Boudreau@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Role
Author
Responsible Party 4
Affiliation
Fisheries and Oceans Canada ROR logo
Role
  • Distributor
  • Owner
  • Point of Contact

Field Value
Ocean Variables
  • Oxygen
  • Nutrients
  • Sea Surface Salinity
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Fish abundance and distribution
  • Seagrass cover and composition
  • Macroalgal canopy cover and composition
  • Invertebrate abundance and distribution
Scope Dataset
Status On Going
Maintenance Note Generated from https://cioos-siooc.github.io/metadata-entry-form
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North Bounding Latitude 45.5661
South Bounding Latitude 47.2815
East Bounding Longitude -61.2737
West Bounding Longitude -65.3838
Temporal Extent
Begin
2004-01-01
End
2019-12-31
Vertical Extent
Min
0.0
Max
0.0
Default Locale French