The routes are divided into eight regions, four in the shallow waters of the Canadian continental shelf and four in the deep waters of the NW Atlantic sub-polar gyre. Results are reported annually in Research Documents published by Fisheries and Oceans Canada .
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The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) Survey in the NW Atlantic
ESSAS Featured Research: Continuous Plankton Recorders (CPRs) have been towed along routes between Iceland and Newfoundland (the Z route) and between Newfoundland and the NE coast of the United States (the E route) since the early 1960s. The data are analysed each year as a component of the Canadian Atlantic Zone Monitoring Programme.