Aquaculture, Driver of Environmental Change: eDrivers Project for the St. Lawrence System

As aquaculture sites are managed at the provincial level in the St. Lawrence, data on aquaculture sites come from various source. Invertebrates aquaculture is especially important in the southern and western Gulf. Fish and algae aquaculture, on the other hand, remains marginal. Considering this, we only included invertebrates aquaculture for the aquaculture driver layer.

Aquaculture activities are highly localized and potential effects do not or rarely extend beyond the location of the farms. We therefore only considered the location of sites to characterize the distribution of this driver.

It is possible to consult the scientific report of the eDrivers project: Characterizing Exposure to and Sharing Knowledge of Drivers of Environmental Change in the St. Lawrence System in Canada and the additional data. It is possible to consult the application eDrivers.

DATA SOURCE:

• AAF (2016). Marine Aquaculture Site Mapping Program (MASMP). Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries (AAF), Government of New-Brunswick, New-Brunswick, Canada

• DFO 2016a). Prince Edward Island Aquaculture Leases. Aquaculture Division. Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). Prince-Edward-Island, Canada.

• FA (2016). Aquaculture Site Mapping Tool. Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (FA), Department of Agriculture, Government of Nova-Scotia. Nova-Scotia, Canada.

• FFA (2016). Description of aquaculture sites in Newfoundland. Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agrifoods (FFA), Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland, Canada. Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agrifoods.

• MAPAQ (2016). Description des sites maricoles de la province de Québec. Sous-ministériat aux pêches et à l’aquaculture commerciales, Direction régionale des Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ). Québec, Canada. Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec.