Pacific Science Field Operations Compendium 2023-2024

2023-2024 annual compendium of planned marine and freshwater science field operations by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. It details research and monitoring surveys supporting sustainable fisheries and healthy aquatic ecosystems in the North Pacific, Arctic, and coastal British Columbia and Yukon waters.

Use Cases

• Analyze the geographic distribution of planned field operations across the North Pacific and Arctic oceans.
• Map monitoring survey locations for marine and freshwater environments using the provided spatial data formats.
• Track annual science field activities related to fisheries, oceanography, and ecosystem health.

Strengths

• Compiled by the authoritative government agency Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
• Covers a defined two-year period (2023-2024) for temporal consistency.
• Available in multiple formats including spatial data types (ESRI REST, SHP, FGDB/GDB) for GIS analysis.

Limitations

• Contains planned operations, not actual execution records or results.
• No column or row count is provided to assess the dataset's granularity.
• Limited to Canadian waters in the Pacific and Arctic regions.

Provenance

Source

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Collection Method

Annual compilation of planned science field operations.

Time Range

2023-2024

Freshness

Last updated on March 24, 2026, indicating recent metadata maintenance.

Geography

North Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, coastal and interior waters of British Columbia and Yukon, Canada.