| Newfoundland and Labrador |
- Wolffish Species (Northern, Spotted, Atlantic)
- Leatherback and Loggerhead Sea Turtle
- Whale Species (Blue Whale, Fin Whale, North Atlantic Right Whale, Harbour Porpoise)
- Freshwater / diadromous (Atlantic salmon - South Newfoundland population, American eel, Banded Killifish)
- Sharks and Skates (White Shark, Porbeagle, Shortfin Mako, Basking Shark, Smooth Skate, Thorny Skate)
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N/A |
- Aquatic invasive and introduced species
- Fisheries interactions (for example, incidental catch/bycatch, entanglements, illegal harvest)
- Habitat alteration and degradation (for example, migration barriers, climate change impacts)
- Pollution and water quality
- Vessel and other vehicle interactions (for example, ship strikes, acoustic disturbances)
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| Maritimes |
- Atlantic Salmon (Inner Bay of Fundy population)
- Atlantic Whitefish
- Leatherback and Loggerhead Sea Turtle
- Whale Species (North Atlantic Right Whale, Blue Whale, Fin Whale)
- Freshwater and marine bivalves (Yellow Lampmussel, Brook Floater, Atlantic Mud-piddock)
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N/A |
- Acoustic disturbances
- Aquatic invasive and introduced species
- Fisheries interactions (for example, incidental catch/bycatch, entanglements)
- Habitat alteration and degradation (for example, climate change impacts, migration barriers)
- Vessel and other vehicle interactions (for example, ship strikes)
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| Gulf |
- Brook Floater
- Atlantic Salmon
- North Atlantic Right Whale
- Blue Whale, Fin Whale
- Winter Skate
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N/A |
- Aquatic invasive and introduced species
- Fisheries interactions (for example, incidental catch/bycatch, entanglements, illegal harvest)
- Habitat alteration and degradation (for example, temperature, sediment/nutrient, contaminants)
- Vessel and other vehicle interactions (for example, ship strikes, acoustic disturbances)
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| Quebec |
- Whale species: Beluga Whale, Blue Whale, North Atlantic Right Whale, Fin Whale
- Freshwater fishes: Copper Redhorse, Eastern Sand Darter, Cutlip Minnow, Channel Darter, Bridle Shiner
- White Shark
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- Aquatic invasive and introduced species
- Fisheries interactions (for example, incidental catch/bycatch, entanglements, prey availability)
- Habitat alteration and degradation (for example, destruction of seagrass beds, bank artificialization, wave action, soil compaction or erosion, alteration of shorelines and riparian buffers, water contamination)
- Vessel and other vehicle interactions (for example, ship strikes, acoustic disturbances)
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Ontario and Prairie
(Ontario) |
- Redside Dace
- Pugnose Shiner
- Pugnose Minnow
- Black Redhorse
- SARA-listed Freshwater Mussels
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- Lake St. Clair and contributing watersheds
- Lake Erie and contributing watersheds
- Lake Ontario and contributing watersheds
- Lake Huron and contributing watersheds
- Lakes and contributing watersheds of Upper (western) St. Lawrence River
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- Altered flows, water levels, or coastal process
- Habitat alteration and degradation
- Pollution and water quality
- Restrictions/barriers to fish passage
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Ontario and Prairie
(Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta) |
- Bigmouth Buffalo
- Lake Sturgeon
- Southern Prairie Species (Western Silvery Minnow, Rocky Mountain Sculpin, Plains Sucker, Plains Minnow)
- AB Native Trout (Athabasca Rainbow, Westslope Cutthroat, Bull (Western Arctic, SK-Nelson))
- Native Lampreys (Northern Brook and Silver)
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- Peace/Slave/Athabasca River Basin
- North and South Saskatchewan River basin
- Southern Prairie Region (Milk River, St. Mary River, Qu’Appelle River)
- Winnipeg/Red/Assiniboine River Basin
- East Slopes Rocky Mountains
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- Altered flows, water levels, or coastal process
- Aquatic invasive and introduced species
- Disease and pathogens
- Habitat alteration and degradation (for example, feeding, spawning, nursery, overwintering, migration)
- Restrictions/barriers to fish passage
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Arctic
(Northwest Territories and Nunavut) |
- Dolly Varden (Western Arctic)
- Beluga (Cumberland Sound)
- Bull Trout (Western Arctic)
- Arctic Marine Fish
- Arctic Marine Mammals
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- Foxe Basin/ Hudson Bay/Hudson Strait
- Mackenzie River tributaries/Peel River System
- Beaufort Sea/Amundsen Gulf
- Queen Maud Gulf to Lancaster Sound
- Baffin Bay/Davis Strait
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- Aquatic invasive and introduced species
- Fisheries interactions (for example, incidental catch/bycatch, entanglements, illegal harvest, prey availability)
- Habitat alteration and degradation (for example, climate change impacts, new predators)
- Vessel and other vehicle interactions (for example, ship strikes, acoustic disturbances)
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| Pacific |
- Cetaceans assessed by COSEWIC and/or listed under SARA as threatened or endangered
- Northern Abalone
- Freshwater species assessed as at risk by COSEWIC
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All aquatic habitat (marine and freshwater) within DFO Pacific Region |
- Aquatic invasive and introduced species
- Fisheries interactions (for example, incidental catch/bycatch, entanglements, illegal harvest, prey availability)
- Habitat alteration and degradation (for example, feeding, spawning, rearing, overwintering, migration)
- Pollution and water quality
- Vessel and other vehicle interactions (for example, ship strikes, acoustic disturbances)
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