Labrador Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Labrador Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	842,461
Species level	736,539
Species	1,254
Taxa	1,829
Datasets	134
Time range	1753 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	12
No WoRMS match	2,819
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	692
No accepted name available	1,626

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	496,710	139
eventDate	17,384	0
maximumDepthInMeters	493,656	1,831
minimumDepthInMeters	602,901	310
occurrenceStatus	193,314	0
scientificName	72	0
scientificNameID	17,200	2,496

Spatial issues

Records on land	811
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	13,026

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
DFO NE Newfoundland Acoustic Array and Atlantic Cod Tagging Published 2023-09-23	312,957
DFO Newfoundland and Labrador Region Ecosystem Trawl Surveys Published 2013-10-28	172,527
DFO NL: The 1954-1993 Newfoundland cod-tagging database spatial-temporal distributions Published 2021-03-29	119,750
CWS-EC Eastern Canada Seabirds at Sea (ECSAS) Published 2020-10-27	54,808
ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment Published 2021-04-06	52,539
PIROP Northwest Atlantic 1965-1992 Published 2021-04-24	35,367
The CPR Survey Published 2025-03-20	26,659
DFO Central and Arctic Multi-species Stock Assessment Surveys Published 2022-03-29	15,169
BioChem: The Les Harris Northwest Atlantic 0-100m zooplankton collection Published 2021-04-16	8,023
HMAP Dataset 04: World Whaling Published 2025-03-20	7,692

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
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	446,927
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	27,588
Pandalus Leach, 1814 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	20,397
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	14,786
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	14,014
Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	10,237
Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	10,017
Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	9,971
Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	8,247
Chionoecetes opilio (Fabricius, 1788) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7,128

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Bathycalanus bradyi (Wolfenden, 1905) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1	2024
Pusa hispida (Schreber, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2019
Euthyonidiella arenicola (Pawson & Miller, 1992) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	1	2019
Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2017
Rhizosolenia imbricata Brightwell, 1858 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2017
Cepphus columba Pallas, 1811 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2017
Pronoctiluca pelagica Fabre-Domergue, 1889 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2016
Rhodostethia rosea (MacGillivray, 1824) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2016
Nitzschia longissima (Brébisson) Ralfs, 1861 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2	2016
Eucampia striata Stolterfoth, 1879 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2016

Data providers

Name	Records
Ocean Tracking Network	313,236
Ocean Tracking Network	313,001
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre	312,998
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada	312,997
Atlantic Salmon Federation	312,964
University of California, Davis	312,958
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development	312,957
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission	312,957
Kintama Research Services	312,957
National Park Service	312,957