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The Ocean Climate Status Summary for the NAFO Convention Area

bathymetry

Bathymetric features of the Northwest Atlantic,
the NAFO Convention Area and Historical
ICNAF/NAFO Oceanographic Sections

 

Prepared by the NAFO Scientific Council Standing Committee on Fisheries Environment (STACFEN)

Contributors:
Subareas 0-4 Environmental Indices (Bélanger, D., Cyr, F.)
Subarea 1 Hydrographic Conditions off Southwest Greenland (Mortensen, J.)
Subareas 2 & 3 Newfoundland and Labrador Climate Index and Decadal Variability (Bélanger, D., Cyr, F., and Galbraith, P.S.)
Subareas 2, 3 & 4 Biogeochemical Oceanographic Conditions (Bélanger, D., G. Maillet, P. Pepin.)
Subareas 2, 3 & 4  Environmental and Physical Oceanographic Conditions (Cyr, F., Galbraith, P.S., Layton, C., Hebert, D., Chen, N., and Han, G.)
Subareas 5 & 6 Hydrographic Conditions (Fratantoni, P.)

Links to related information:

Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP)
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS)
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR)
Integrated Science Data Management (ISDM)
ICES Working Group Oceanic Hydrography (WGOH)
Marine Environmental Data Program (MEDS)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

 

Data sources, contacts and references are included at the end of each subarea document.

Data and Maps

The 2022 Environmental Observations in the NAFO Convention Area

15 June 2023

The 2022 Environmental Observations in the NAFO Convention Area

Source: Alcinov, T. (2023). NAFO STACFEN MEDS Report 2022, NAFO SCR Doc. 23/019

 

NAFO Maps

14 June 2023

NAFO Maps

NAFO Environmental Sampling 2022


NAFO Environmental Production Units


 

NAFO Subareas map


NAFO Currents


 

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Ocean Climate 2023

Biogeochemical conditions in the Labrador Sea (AZOMP) in 2023

5 December 2024

Biogeochemical conditions in the Labrador Sea (AZOMP) in 2023

Source: M. Ringuette, E. Devred , K. Azetsu-Scott, E. Head, C.E.Gabriel, S. Clay  (2024). Optical, Chemical, and Biological Oceanographic Conditions in the Labrador Sea from summer 2019 and 2023, NAFO SCR Doc. 24/042

Additional information:
Clay, S. E. Devred , 2023, SOPhyE Satellite Data Processing Technical Report Series: 1. Ocean Colour Satellite Intercalibration. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat . Sci. 3560: vi + 42

 

Overview of the Biogeochemical Oceanographic Conditions in the Northwest Atlantic in 2023 in NAFO Subareas 2-3-4

5 December 2024

Overview of the Biogeochemical Oceanographic Conditions in the Northwest Atlantic in 2023 in NAFO Subareas 2-3-4

Source: Bélanger, D., G. Maillet, P. Pepin. (2023). Biogeochemical oceanographic conditions in the Northwest Atlantic (NAFO subareas 2 3 4) during 2023, NAFO SCR Doc. 24/011.

Additional information:
Cyr, F., K. Lewis, D. Bélanger, P. Regular, S. Clay, E. Devred, (2024). Physical controls and ecological implications of the timing of the spring phytoplankton bloom on the Newfoundland and Labrador shelf. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 9: 191–198. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10347

The hydrographic conditions off Southwest Greenland NAFO Subarea 1 (2023)

5 December 2024

The hydrographic conditions off Southwest Greenland NAFO Subarea 1 (2023)

Source: Mortensen, J.(2024 ). Report on hydrographic conditions off Southwest Greenland June–July 2024, NAFO SCR Doc. 24/006.

Additional information:
Mortensen, J., S. Rysgaard, K. Arendt, T. Juul Pedersen, D. Søgaard , J. Bendtsen , L. Meire , (2018). Local Coastal Water Masses Control
Heat Levels in a West Greenland Tidewater Outlet Glacier Fjord. JGR Oceans, 123:8068-8083 https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014549

Mortensen J., Rysgaard S, Winding MHS, Juul Pedersen T, Arendt KE, Lund H, Stuart Lee AE, Meire L . (2022). Multidecadal Water Mass
Dynamics on the West Greenland Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127: e2022JC018724 .
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014549

Rysgaard, S., W. Boone, D. Carlson, M. Sejr, J. Bendtsen, T. Juul Pedersen, T. Lund, L. Meire, J . Mortensen. (2020). An updated view on
water masses on the pan-west Greenland continental shelf and their link to proglacial fjords. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,
125:e 2019JC015564. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015564

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Ocean Climate 2022

NAFO Subareas 1 - 2022 Overview of the Hydrographic Conditions off Southwest Greenland

14 June 2023

NAFO Subareas 1 - 2022 Overview of the Hydrographic Conditions off Southwest Greenland

Source: Mortensen, J. (2023). Report on hydrographic conditions off Southwest Greenland June-July 2022, NAFO SCR Doc. 23/005.

Additional information:

NAFO Subareas 2-3-4 - 2022 Overview of the Biogeochemical Oceanographic Conditions in the Northwest Atlantic

14 June 2023

NAFO Subareas 2-3-4 - 2022 Overview of the Biogeochemical Oceanographic Conditions in the Northwest Atlantic

Source: Bélanger, D.D., G. Maillet, and P. Pepin. (2023). Biogeochemical oceanographic conditions in the Northwest Atlantic ( NAFO subareas 2 3 4) during 2022, NAFO SCR Doc. 23/017.

Additional information:

NAFO Subareas 5 and 6 - 2022 Overview of Hydrographic Conditions

14 June 2023

NAFO Subareas 5 and 6 - 2022 Overview of Hydrographic Conditions

Source: Fratantoni, P. (2023). Hydrographic Conditions on the Northeast United States Continental Shelf in 2022 NAFO Subareas 5 and 6, NAFO SCR Doc. 23/018.

Additional information:

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Ocean Climate 2021

NAFO Subarea 1 - 2021 Overview of the Hydrographic Conditions off Southwest Greenland

7 March 2023

NAFO Subarea 1 - 2021 Overview of the Hydrographic Conditions off Southwest Greenland

Mortensen, J., Pinngortitaleriffik Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

NAFO Subareas 0-4 - 2021 Overview of the Environmental Indices

7 March 2023

NAFO Subareas 0-4 - 2021 Overview of the Environmental Indices

Bélanger, D., and Cyr, F., Fisheries and Oceans Canada

NAFO Subareas 2 and 3 - Newfoundland and Labrador Climate Index and Decadal Variability

7 March 2023

NAFO Subareas 2 and 3 - Newfoundland and Labrador Climate Index and Decadal Variability

Cyr, F., Galbraith, P., and Bélanger, D., Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Additional information:

NAFO Subareas 2-3-4 - 2021 Overview of the Biogeochemical Oceanographic Conditions in the Northwest Atlantic

7 March 2023

NAFO Subareas 2-3-4 - 2021 Overview of the Biogeochemical Oceanographic Conditions in the Northwest Atlantic

Bélanger, D. Maillet, G., and Pepin, P., Fisheries and Oceans Canada

NAFO-Subareas 2-3-4 -2021 Overview of the Environmental and Physical Oceanographic Conditions on the Eastern Canadian Shelves

7 March 2023

NAFO-Subareas 2-3-4 -2021 Overview of the Environmental and Physical Oceanographic Conditions on the Eastern Canadian Shelves

Cyr, F., Galbraith, P.S., Layton, C., Hebert, D., Chen, N., and Han, G., Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Additional Information:

NAFO Subareas 5 and 6 - 2021 Overview of Hydrographic Conditions

7 March 2023

NAFO Subareas 5 and 6 - 2021 Overview of Hydrographic Conditions

Fratantoni, P., Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA)

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