The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia

Statistics

Occurrence records	4,001,614
Species level	3,603,074
Species	4,186
Taxa	6,172
Datasets	213
Time range	1800 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,694
No WoRMS match	6,840
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	21,986
No accepted name available	22,757

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,897,925	158,774
eventDate	15,873	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,885,058	11
minimumDepthInMeters	2,979,510	8
occurrenceStatus	69,645	0
scientificName	637	0
scientificNameID	39,201	518

Spatial issues

Records on land	43,357
More than 20 km from shore	60
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	80,345

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Pacific Multispecies Small Mesh Bottom Trawl Survey Published 2025-03-04	1,054,314
DFO Pacific Groundfish - Hecate Strait Multispecies Assemblage Bottom Trawl Survey Published 2023-10-31	497,878
DFO Pacific: Herring Biosample Database Published 2022-03-23	494,571
DFO Pacific Groundfish Synoptic Trawl Surveys - Queen Charlotte Sound Published 2023-07-20	406,770
DFO Pacific Groundfish Synoptic Trawl Surveys - Hecate Strait Published 2023-07-20	289,849
Puget Sound Zooplankton Monitoring Program (Salish Sea, USA), starting in 2014 Published 2024-12-13	185,729
Zooplankton data from central and northern Strait of Georgia Published 2022-03-29	81,544
DFO Pacific Inside North Hard Bottom Longline Surveys Published 2023-09-07	47,529
DFO Pacific Inside South Hard Bottom Longline Surveys Published 2023-09-07	43,510
DFO Pacific Outside North Hard Bottom Longline Surveys Published 2023-09-05	42,752

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

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
Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	515,883
Pandalus jordani Rathbun, 1902 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	337,375
Pandalus dispar (Rathbun, 1902) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	293,410
Pandalus eous Makarov, 1935 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	216,654
Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	152,604
Atheresthes stomias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	130,443
Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington, 1879 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	119,698
Squalus suckleyi (Girard, 1855) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	99,347
Hydrolagus colliei (Lay & Bennett, 1839) Phylum Chordata > Class Holocephali	91,086
Laridae Vigors, 1825 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	82,817

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Sternoptyx pseudobscura Baird, 1971 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2024
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2024
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2023
Plocamium pacificum Kylin, 1925 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	2023
Suberites lambei Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2023
Savoiea robusta (N.L.Gardner) M.J.Wynne, 2018 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	2023
Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Ohmi) Papenfuss, 1967 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	28	2022
Zostera japonica Ascherson & Graebner, 1907 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	45	2022
Mastocarpus latissimus (Harvey) S.C.Lindstrom, Hughey & Martone, 2011 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	13	2022
Mastocarpus alaskensis S.C.Lindstrom, Hughey & Martone, 2011 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	117	2022

Data providers

Name	Records
Pacific Biological Station (DFO – PBS), Fisheries and Oceans Canada	1,901,622
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	1,250,977
Fisheries and Oceans	1,054,314
Duke University	467,415
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife	403,423
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	203,995
University of Washington	195,629
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	194,907
Ocean Tracking Network	95,449
Ocean Tracking Network	95,369