Harp seal distribution in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Atlantic Ocean

Name: Harp seal distribution in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Atlantic Ocean
Creator: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Harp seal distribution in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Atlantic Ocean is an open dataset from Fisheries and Oceans Canada with 4 files (ESRI REST, CSV, SHP); catalogue record updated 2026-09-08. On CanQuery you can open its CSV or Excel file as a table, filter, chart and export up to 10,000 rows as CSV and follow the original downloads. Files are available in English and French.

This layer represents the Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) distribution. During the summer, the Harp seal is in Arctic and it migrates south of its distribution range during the fall. It migrates back to the Arctic after the moulting period which occurs in April and May. Reference: DFO. 2020. 2019 Status of Northwest Atlantic Harp Seals, Pagophilus groenlandicus. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2020/020.

Publisher: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Resources: 4
Catalogue metadata updated: 2026-09-08

Data overview

Formats: CSV, ESRI REST, SHP
File languages: English, French
Available actions: 1 loadable resources

Official sources and licences

Resources

Data dictionary (English, French, CSV) CSV
Harp seal distribution (French, ESRI REST) ESRI REST · Download ESRI REST
Harp seal distribution (English, ESRI REST) ESRI REST · Download ESRI REST
Layer of the Harp seal distribution (English, French, SHP) SHP · Download SHP

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