Significant parameters for different species with status under the Species at Risk Act (SARA)
Layers that present various important parameters such as inventories, presence, sightings, distribution, relative occurrence or catch rates, critical habitat, breeding and feeding areas, potential spawning and haul-out sites for the different species with status under the Species at Risk Act (SARA). The act classifies those species as being either extirpated, endangered, threatened, or of special concern. Under SARA, Fisheries and Oceans Canada must produce recovery strategies and action plans for aquatic species listed as endangered or threatened. The act is part of Canada’s strategy to protect hundreds of wild plants and animal species from becoming extinct, and to help in their recovery. The different species represented by the layers are the following: American shad (Alosa sapidissima) Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) Copper redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi) Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) Northern wolffish…
- Publisher
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Resources
- 24
- Catalogue metadata updated
- 2026-05-08
Data overview
- Formats
- HTML
- File languages
- English, French
Official sources and licences
Resources
- American shad breeding areas in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Atlantic sturgeon breeding, feeding and concentration areas in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Beluga whale critical habitat in the Saguenay River and the St. Lawrence Estuary (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Blue whale sightings in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Copper Redhorse critical habitat in Quebec (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Critical habitat of the St. Lawrence estuary population of Striped Bass (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Eelgrass inventory in James Bay, Chaleur Bay, Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- General distribution of humpback whales in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Harbor seal breeding and feeding areas in the Saguenay Fjord, the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Lake sturgeon breeding, feeding and concentration areas in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Lumpfish catch rates since 1990 in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (NAFO divisions 3PN and 4RST) (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Lumpfish coastal presence in the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Lumpfish potential spawning site in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Potential haul-out sites for the harbor seal and gray seal in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Presence of the Smooth Skate in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Presence of the Thorny Skate in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Rainbow smelt breeding and feeding areas in the Saguenay River, the fluvial section and Estuary of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Relative occurrence of Atlantic Wolffish in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Relative occurrence of Northern Wolffish in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Relative occurrence of Spotted Wolffish in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Relative occurrence of the Winter Skate in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Sea pens significant concentration areas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Seaweed medium to high density areas in the Chaleur Bay, the Estuary and the Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML
- Sponge significant concentration areas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (English, French, HTML) HTML