Passamaquoddy Bay Fisheries Data from a 1982 Marine Resource Pilot Study

A digitized map and associated data from the Passamaquoddy Marine Resource Pilot Study conducted in 1982. The original map was produced by the Maritime Resource Management Service using its GEO-BASED SYSTEM, an automated geographic information system. The fisheries information was gathered by the Atlantic Coastal Resource Information Centre on behalf of federal and provincial agencies.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical fisheries distribution based on the digitized map data
• Study marine resource management applications using the GEO-BASED SYSTEM outputs
• Conduct regional ecological assessments for the Passamaquoddy Bay area based on the 1982 pilot study

Strengths

• Data originates from a formal 1982 pilot study conducted by multiple government agencies
• Digitized from a map produced using an automated geographic information system (GEO-BASED SYSTEM)
• Published by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, a federal authority

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
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to a single 1982 study

Provenance

Source

Maritime Resource Management Service, Atlantic Coastal Resource Information Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Collection Method

Extracted from a marine database gathered by A.C.R.I.C. and processed via the GEO-BASED SYSTEM automated GIS.

Time Range

1982

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-22 13:02:49.771911; freshness should be verified

Geography

Passamaquoddy region of the Bay of Fundy, Canada