Provincial Inland Fisheries Limits from Federal Act

Limits of Inland Fisheries contains seventy-three provincial limits for inland fisheries. The dataset was generated from Schedule II of the Federal Fisheries Act and Service New Brunswick databases by the Government of New Brunswick.

Use Cases

• Map fishery limit boundaries using the provided geospatial file formats (KML, GEOJSON, SHP) for jurisdictional analysis
• Cross-reference the seventy-three provincial limits with the Federal Fisheries Act descriptions for regulatory compliance checks
• Integrate fishery limit geometries with other provincial datasets using the Service New Brunswick database sources

Strengths

• Contains a defined set of seventy-three provincial limits
• Derived from authoritative legal descriptions in Schedule II of the Federal Fisheries Act
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including KML, GEOJSON, and SHP for interoperability

Limitations

• No row or column count provided, limiting assessment of data granularity
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing preview of data structure and attributes
• Relies on static legal descriptions which may not reflect recent on-the-ground changes

Provenance

Source

Government of New Brunswick

Collection Method

Generated from descriptions in Schedule II of the Federal Fisheries Act and various Service New Brunswick databases.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25.

Geography

Provincial limits within New Brunswick, Canada.