Fisheries Data Catalog, Guelph Area

Coordinate system: 4269 - "NAD83"

Abstract:

The Guelph Area Fisheries Data Catalog contains geo-referenced records of fisheries and fish habitat surveys and events within the Guelph Administrative Area of Guelph District, OMNR. Records from a wide variety of agencies, organizations and individuals are included in the catalog.

Each record is geo-referenced as a point, and is flagged as belonging to one or more of the following 20 information categories:

aquatic habitat assessment
barrier to fish migration
benthic invertebrate inventory
creel survey
fish biomass
fish contaminant data
fishing derby data
fluvial geomorphological data
fish inventory
fish kill
fish nursery area
fish population estimate
fish stocking information
fishway data
hydrogeological information
rehabilitation information
stream discharge
spawning survey
water quality data
water temperature

Each record also includes a file number which references a specific hardcopy file within the Guelph Administrative Area's fisheries filing system. The catalog itself is available as a packaged product in the LIO Warehouse.

Metadata Information

Language: eng; CAN

Last Update: 2013-04-16

Other Maintenance Requirements:
79cdf768-ec87-44e6-93a3-b7f7248a2eab

Metadata Contact:
Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries Toronto Ontario, Canada

Contact Instructions:
gis@scholarsportal.info

Metadata Standard:
North American Profile of ISO19115:2003 - Geographic Information
Citation Information

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Peterborough Ontario, Canada

Themes or Categories of the Resource: environment

Keywords:
Fish, FISH COMMUNITIES, GUELPH MNR DISTRICT, FISHERIES

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, FISHERIES, FISHERY RESOURCES, FISH HABITAT, FISH COMMUNITIES

Fish, Poisson, Fisheries, Pêcheries, Fish farming, Pisciculture

Place Keywords:
Continent > North America > Canada > Ontario

Purpose:
This dataset serves mainly as a catalog or reference tool for the Guelph Administrative Area's fisheries filing system. Users can review a geographic area using this dataset, identify records they have interest in, then retrieve the corresponding hardcopy files from the filing system using the 'File Name' attribute. The catalog is used 1) to determine the presence and nature of fisheries and/or fish habitat data for a particular area, and 2) to retrieve the original data items (e.g. consultant's report, field data record, etc.) flagged in the catalog. Data are typically used by consultants during the preparation of an EIS to support development, and by agencies and their partners to assign waterbody classifications and to plan rehabilitation efforts.

Dataset Language: eng; CAN

Status: onGoing

Update Frequency: asNeeded

Spatial Representation Type: vector

Processing Environment:
This dataset is edited using ESRI ArcMap software.; ESRI Shapefile

Extent

West Longitude: -81.012131

East Longitude: -79.547799

North Latitude: 44.098328

South Latitude: 42.856666

Supplemental Information:
All of the paper copies of the fisheries-related data that is on file at the Clinton MNR office is referenced in the fisheries database. The information in the database dates back to as early as 1910 and is as recent as the present day. All geographic locations within Huron and Perth counties that contain fisheries data are assigned a point on a map. The data can either refer specifically to a particular sample location within a waterbody, or it is general data for the waterbody that does not include a specific sample location. The data in the database references information and it is placed into one of the following categories: aquatic habitat assessments, barriers to fish migration, benthic invertebrate inventories, creel surveys, fishing derby results, fish biomass calculations, fish contaminant data, fluvial geomorphological data, fish inventories, fish kills, fish population estimates, fish stocking, fishways, hydrogeological data, nursery areas, rehabilitation, stream discharge, spawning surveys, water temperature, and water quality data.
Spatial Representation - Vector

Geometric Objects:

Object Type: point

Object Count: 12588
Reference System Information

Reference System Identifier

Value: 4269

Code Space: http://www.epsg-registry.org/
Distribution Information

Distributor:

Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange, Ministry of Natural Resources Peterborough Ontario, Canada
Related Links
- Fish Ontario, Ministry of Natural Resources
- Fish on-line (interactive map), Ministry of Natural Resources

Fisheries Data Catalog, Guelph Area

Metadata Information

Citation Information

Spatial Representation - Vector

Reference System Information

Distribution Information

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