Coast of Bays Aquaculture Area: Physical Oceanography and Hydrology Metrics

The Coast of Bays on the south coast of Newfoundland is the focus of this dataset compiled by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to support sustainable aquaculture regulation. It consists of GIS products and a spreadsheet providing physical dimensions and characteristics like bay area, volume, perimeter, tidal volume, and freshwater input. This dataset was created as part of a multiyear effort and serves as an oceanographic knowledge baseline, with analyses presented in a 2015 science advisory meeting.

Use Cases

• Modeling aquaculture site suitability based on physical dimensions like bay area and volume.
• Analyzing freshwater input and tidal volume for environmental impact assessments.
• Creating coastal management maps based on the provided vector shapefiles and raster TIFF images.

Strengths

• Compiled by the authoritative government agency Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
• Serves as the first oceanographic knowledge baseline for the Coast of Bays region.
• Includes multiple data formats: GIS shapefiles, raster TIFFs, and a spreadsheet for analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Collection Method

Compiled as part of a multiyear regulatory support effort, with analyses summarized in a spreadsheet and GIS products.

Time Range

Data relates to a project with analyses presented in March 2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-24 08:13:52.046038; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Coast of Bays, an area on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada.