Fisheries and oceans Canada

General

Fisheries and Oceans Canada collect data from 100% of all licenced freshwater and marine aquaculture operations in Canada. Only finfish facilities use antibiotics as part of their day-to-day operations.

Data collection

The data include all authorized antimicrobials as prescribed by licenced veterinarians. Currently, only four antimicrobials are prescribed for use in aquaculture in Canada. Data collection began in 2016; 2016 and 2017 data are currently available.

Analysis

No analysis is currently applied to the data collected.

Benchmarking and reporting

Benchmarking: The data are available on a per site basis, though formal benchmarking activities are not underway.

Reporting: The data are publicly available on a per site basis: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/288b6dc4-16dc-43cc-80a4-2a45b1f93383.

Analysis

No analysis is currently applied to the data collected.

Benchmarking and reporting

Benchmarking: The data are available on a per site basis, though formal benchmarking activities are not underway.

Reporting: The data are publicly available on a per site basis: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/288b6dc4-16dc-43cc-80a4-2a45b1f93383.