Research Document - 2004/046
Temperature Conditions in Lobster Fishing Areas 27-33 on the Scotian Shelf: 1999-2003
By Petrie, B., Pettipas, R.G.
Abstract
A review of physical oceanographic conditions for Lobster Fishing Areas 27-33 on the Scotian Shelf from 1999 to 2002 is presented. The analysis is based almost entirely on nearshore temperature times series collected by local fishermen through the Fishermen and Scientists Research Society supplemented by some data collected by Fisheries and Oceans and satellite-derived sea surface temperatures. From the records we compute the average temperature, the temperature trend and the variability of temperature in a period roughly corresponding to the fishing season in each area. Average temperatures during the fishing season were generally high in 1999 and 2001, cold in 2002 and 2003 and mixed in 2000. The variability was typically high in 1999 and 2003, low in 2000 and 2002 and mixed in 2001.
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