Fieldnotes 2026 to 2027: Pacific Region collaboration visualizer

Each year DFO Science staff team up with a broad range of regional, provincial, national and international collaborators for the planning, design, delivery, and evaluation of field research and monitoring.

Chord diagrams illustrate the connection between DFO Science and collaborators. Each strand represents a unique collaboration between DFO and a collaborator. The length of the box in front of each collaborator is proportional to the number of unique field operations engaged in by that collaborator.

In 2026-2027, we expect to team up with 131 unique collaborators to advance research and monitoring through 81 field operations (largest chord diagram).

The smaller chord diagrams help visualize the collaborations of the 5 Science Divisions and are sized proportionally to the number of field operations each Division is engaged in.

81 field operations involving:

• 5 Science divisions
• 131 unique collaborators
• 299 collaborations in total
• 3.7 average number of collaborators per field operation
• 2.3 average number of field operations per collaborator
• 6 international commissions, port authorities, and museums participating in 7 field operations
• 6 businesses and industry associations participating in 7 field operations
• 42, 1 and 12 First Nations, Inuit communities and Indigenous organizations participating in 48 field operations
• 13 governments participating in 55 field operations
• 25 stewardship organizations and research institutes participating in 18 field operations
• 26 academic institutions participating in 25 field operations

An additional 240 area-based salmon stock assessment field operations are planned for 2025 - 2026 (not represented on visualizer).