Hecate Strait

Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Pacific Ocean
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Temperate
Country:
Canada
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Labriformes - Wrasses
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Carangiformes - Jacks
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Labriformes - Wrasses
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Carangiformes - Jacks
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Hecate Strait is a wide but shallow strait between Haida Gwaii and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It merges with Queen Charlotte Sound to the south and Dixon Entrance to the north. About 140 kilometres wide at its southern end, Hecate Strait narrows in the north to about 48 kilometres. It is about 260 kilometres in length.