Maritimes Region Lobster Fishing Landings and Effort on a Statistical Grid (2015–2019)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada produced annual and composite maps of lobster landings, trap hauls, and catch per unit effort (CPUE) on a statistical grid for the Maritimes Region from 2015 to 2019. The analysis includes Bay of Fundy Disputed Zone data reported at the coordinate level and standardizes series by grid area. This data is intended for spatial planning and management applications, addressing a gap in region-wide coordinate-level commercial logbook data.

Use Cases

• Modeling spatial differences in fishing pressure based on the number of trap hauls.
• Analyzing lobster landings distribution for resource management and spatial planning.
• Calculating catch per unit effort (CPUE) as an index of fishing efficiency from catch weight per trap haul.
• Standardizing fishing activity metrics by grid area for comparative spatial analysis.

Strengths

• Data covers a five-year composite period from 2015 to 2019.
• Includes multiple standardized map series for landings, effort, and CPUE.
• Provides data in multiple geospatial formats (SHP, ESRI REST, FGDB/GDB) for analysis.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The report notes a lack of region-wide latitude and longitude coordinates for inshore lobster effort and landings, limiting utility for some spatial planning.

Provenance

Source

Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Pêches et Océans Canada

Collection Method

Analysis of Maritimes Region inshore lobster logbook data reported at grid and coordinate levels.

Time Range

2015–2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-24 08:42:17.029959; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Maritimes Region, Canada, including the Bay of Fundy Disputed Zone.