Bay of Fundy - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Bay of Fundy

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,913,237
Species level	1,851,729
Species	2,756
Taxa	3,635
Datasets	177
Time range	1840 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	269
No WoRMS match	11,261
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1,304
No accepted name available	3,919

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	512,882	4,775
eventDate	8,834	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,735,668	870
minimumDepthInMeters	1,733,333	870
occurrenceStatus	130,641	0
scientificName	1,962	0
scientificNameID	11,190	45,857

Spatial issues

Records on land	60,152
More than 20 km from shore	39,801
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	2,001

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Quoddy Region Pelagics Telemetry Published 2024-11-07	1,272,807
Maritimes Summer Research Vessel Surveys Published 2022-03-23	141,980
DATRAS Canadian Maritimes Trawl Survey Published 2025-03-20	96,877
Inner Bay of Fundy Striped Bass Published 2023-09-23	95,695
DFO Maritimes Region Cetacean Sightings Published 2024-06-06	35,662
Maritimes Spring Research Vessel Surveys Published 2022-03-23	33,391
Canadian Maritimes Fishermen and Scientists Research Society Lobster Recruitment Index from Standard Traps- 2003+ Published 2021-04-16	31,871
DFO Maritimes - Groundfish and Small Pelagic Tagging database. 1953-1999 Published 2022-03-30	30,600
/ACADIA Minas Passage of the Bay of Fundy fish Acoustic Telemetry Published 2023-09-22	29,922
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	22,389

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	775,686
Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	341,936
Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	144,390
Homarus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	64,990
Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	56,997
Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Chondrostei	55,862
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	55,491
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	30,212
Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	27,151
Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill, 1814) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	26,873

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Dasysiphonia japonica (Yendo) H.-S.Kim, 2012 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	2	2023
Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2022
Ahnfeltia plicata (Hudson) E.M.Fries, 1836 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	2022
Bonnemaisonia hamifera Hariot, 1891 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	4	2022
Phycodrys rubens (Linnaeus) Batters, 1902 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	2022
Corallina officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	2	2022
Aricidea (Aricidea) wassi Pettibone, 1965 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	2022
Leathesia marina (Lyngbye) Decaisne, 1842 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	1	2022
Protodriloides chaetifer (Remane, 1926) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	9	2021
Acanthohaustorius millsi Bousfield, 1965 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2021

Data providers

Name	Records
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada	1,402,411
Ocean Tracking Network	1,401,603
Dalhousie University	1,401,383
Ocean Tracking Network	1,401,383
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	1,401,068
Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec	1,368,510
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Maurice Lamontagne Institute	1,273,108
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Fisheries Centre	1,272,815
Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association	1,272,807
Atlantic Salmon Federation	1,272,807