Shellfish Water Classification Program – Marine Water Quality Data in Canada
This dataset provides marine bacteriological water quality data for bivalve shellfish harvest areas in Canada (British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec). Shellfish harvest area water temperature and salinity data are also provided as adjuncts to the interpretation of fecal coliform density data. The latter is the indicator of fecal matter contamination monitored annually by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) within the framework of the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program (CSSP). The geospatial positions of the sampling sites are also provided.
These data are collected by ECCC for the purpose of making recommendations on the classification of shellfish harvest area waters. ECCC recommendations are reviewed and adopted by Regional Interdepartmental Shellfish Committees prior to regulatory implementation by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).
Basic view
Metadata Record Information
- File Identifier
- 6417332a-7f37-49bd-8be9-ce0402deed2a XML
- Date Stamp
- 2022-05-03T19:00:07
- Metadata language
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eng; CAN
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy Level
- Series
http://ec.gc.ca
Data identification
- Date (Creation)
- 2018-12-20
- Date (Publication)
- 2018-12-20
- Status
- On going
- Metadata language
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eng; CAN
- Character set
- water_science_technology
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Oceans
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Biannually
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
Keywords
- Theme
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Bacteriological Water Quality
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Shellfish
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Harvesting Shellfish
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Shellfish Sanitation
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Shellfish Areas
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Shellfish Areas Classification
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Marine Water
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Water Pollution
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Fecal Coliform
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All applicable data content
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Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
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Water quality
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Classification
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Molluscs
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Water pollution
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ECCC Information Category EN
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Water - Quality
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Business Functions
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Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste
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Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota
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Geography
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Atlantic - Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)
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Quebec (QC)
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British Columbia (BC)
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Atlantic - Prince Edward Island (PE)
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National (CA)
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Atlantic - Nova Scotia (NS)
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Atlantic - New Brunswick (NB)
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external.theme.EC_Branch
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Science and Technology Branch
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external.theme.EC_Directorate
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Water Science and Technology
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external.theme.EC_Program_PAA
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1.2.1. Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystems Health
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external.theme.GC_Security_Level
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Unclassified
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- Use Limitation
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Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )
- Access Constraints
- License
- Use Constraints
- License
- Begin Date
- 1980-05-21
- End Date
- 2021-05-10
Extent
Ref. system Reference Systems
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3857 /
Distribution
Distribution Formats
- Distribution format
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FGDB/GDB
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1.0
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FGDB/GDB
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1.0
)
http://ec.gc.ca