Sainte-Flavie Automatic Identification Systems Receiver Deployed 2016-01-01

The Coastguard AIS MMSI 003160082 was deployed on 2016-01-01 at Sainte-Flavie. Sainte-Flavie is a municipality located 3 km northwest of the town of Mont-Joli, on the southern banks of the St. Lawrence River. This device is a Automatic Identification Systems Receiver. Land-based Automatic Identification System (AIS) receivers provide data that track marine vessels within range of the receiver. The data are used to monitor, understand and mitigate the impacts of marine shipping activities. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.