Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Proceedings of Meetings and Workshops

Fisheries and Oceans Canada publishes proceedings that record decisions, recommendations, and major points of discussion from meetings and workshops it sponsors. The series aims to reflect the diversity of opinion present in these discussions, with flexible formats to accommodate different meeting types. The data is available in XLS and CSV formats under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in scientific recommendations based on recorded decisions.
• Tracking the evolution of policy discussions on fisheries topics.
• Identifying key points of consensus and dissent in advisory meetings.
• Studying the structure and outcomes of government-sponsored scientific workshops.

Strengths

• Published by the authoritative government body Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
• Explicitly aims to document diverse opinions from discussions.
• Available in structured formats (XLS, CSV) for analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Collection Method

Records of meetings and workshops sponsored by DFO.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05 02:12:30.796297; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada