Community Aquatic Monitoring Programme (CAMP)

Fish abundance and distribution Invertebrate abundance and distribution

The CAMP aims to introduce young people to marine biology and techniques for sampling fish fauna. Young people are thus invited to participate in a scientific project that aims to develop a reference database on fish and crustaceans found at the mouths of rivers and in the bays of the North Shore, namely the baie des Îles de Mai, the baie des Sept Îles, the rivière Moisie, the rivière Sheldrake, the rivière Saint-Jean and the petite rivière Natashquan. During outings, young people are invited to follow a scientific protocol and are actively involved in sampling (taking physicochemical data from the water, inventorying fish using a beach seine, identifying and measuring organisms and algae). Data for this project has been collected since 2011. However, since 2017, data has been collected only in the Bay of Sept-Îles.

Data and resources

Fishing data

Archive according to the Darwin Core standard. Sampling events, occurrences, and additional measurements are presented in 3 files.

ZIP Open
Data Dictionary

Description of the variables used and the construction of identifiers

ODS Open
GBIF Dataset

See the dataset on the GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) biodiversity platform

HTML Open
OBIS Dataset

See the dataset on the OBIS biodiversity platform (Ocean Biodiversity Information System)

HTML Open

Additional information

DOI	https://doi.org/10.26071/fa211fed-425b-4f32
Temporal extent	2011-07-01 – ongoing
Vertical extent	0.0 – 2.0 m
Date (creation)	2011-07-01
Date (revision)	2024-02-12
Date (publication)	2025-07-23
Status	onGoing
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	fr
Projects	Comités ZIP
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-09-04
Created	2026-07-31
API	package_show