Vessel Density Mapping Series in the Northwest Atlantic

The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a global, satellite-based and terrestrial-based ship tracking system that uses shipborne equipment to remotely track vessel identification and positional information and is typically required on vessels of 300 gross tonnage or more on an international voyage, of 500 gross tonnage or more not on an international voyage, and passenger ships of all sizes. AIS tracking technologies are primarily used in support of real-time maritime domain awareness and for maritime security and safety of life at sea. This report describes a geographic information system (GIS) analysis of 2019 AIS data to produce yearly and monthly vessel density maps of all vessel classes combined and yearly density maps of each vessel class. The year 2019 was selected to portray shipping densities in a pre-COVID 19 pandemic depiction of the maritime transport sector in the Northwest Atlantic. Vessel density map applications include use in spatial analysis and decision support for marine spatial planning. In 2023 the process was applied to the years 2013 through to 2022 and were made available using the same processes that were applied to the original 2019 datasets. Subsequent years will be processed and added to this entry as an ongoing series.

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Title (French)	Cartographie de la densité des navires à de dans l'Atlantique Nord-Ouest Série
Update Frequency	as_needed
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Sensitivity Level	unrestricted
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Contact Person	{"en": "Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Planning and Conservation", "fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Pêches et Océans Canada; Planification et conservation marines"}
Contact Email	DFO.MaritimesMPCGIS-MaritimesPCMSIG.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Dictionnaire de données	unknown,ESRI:102001 Canada Albers Equal Area Conic,
Open Canada Date Published	2023-12-05 00:00:00
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Open Canada Subject	["nature_and_environment", "transport"]
Open Canada Keywords	{"en": ["Atlantic Canada", "Automatic Identification System", "Vessel Density", "Shipping", "Transportation", "Cargo", "Fishing", "Tanker", "Marine safety", "Fishing ships", "Vessels", "Transport", "Shipping"], "fr": ["Canada atlantique", "Système d’identification automatique", "Densité des navires", "Expédition", "Transport", "Cargaison", "Pêche", "Citerne", "Sécurité maritime", "Navire de pêche", "Embarcation", "Transport", "Expédition"]}
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