Whereas, pursuant to subsection 130(5) of the Species at Risk Act a, the Minister of the Environment has consulted with the competent ministers and has included a statement in the public registry setting out the reasons for the extension, S.C. 2002, c. 29
Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to subsection 130(5) of the Species at Risk Act a, hereby makes the annexed Order Extending the Time for the Assessment of the Status of Wildlife Species.
The time provided for the assessment of the status of the wildlife species set out in the schedule is extended for 3 years from the day on which section 14 of the Species at Risk Act comes into force.
This Order comes into force on June 5, 2003.
Mammals Caribou, Peary (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) Banks Island population Caribou de Peary population de l’île Banks Caribou, Peary (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) High Arctic population Caribou de Peary population du haut Arctique Whale, Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) St. Lawrence River population Béluga population du fleuve St-Laurent Whale, Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Ungava Bay population Béluga population de la baie d’Ungava Whale, Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Southeast Baffin Island — Cumberland Sound population Béluga population du sud-est de l’île de Baffin et de la baie Cumberland Whale, Bowhead (Balaena mysticetus) Eastern Arctic population Baleine boréale population de l’Arctique de l’Est Whale, Bowhead (Balaena mysticetus) Western Arctic population Baleine boréale population de l’Arctique de l’Ouest Whale, Right (Eubalaena glacialis) Baleine noire Wolverine (Gulo gulo) Eastern population Carcajou population de l’Est Birds Bobwhite, Northern (Colinus virginianus) Colin de Virginie Reptiles Snake, Lake Erie Water (Nerodia sipedon insularum) Couleuvre d’eau du lac Érié Mammals Caribou, Peary (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) Low Arctic population Caribou de Peary population du bas Arctique Mole, Townsend’s (Scapanus townsendii) Taupe de Townsend Porpoise, Harbour (Phocoena phocoena) Northwest Atlantic population Marsouin commun population du Nord-Ouest de l’Atlantique Whale, Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Eastern Hudson Bay population Béluga population de l’est de la baie d’Hudson Whale, Humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) North Pacific population Rorqual à bosse population du Pacifique Nord Birds Shrike, Prairie Loggerhead (Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides) Pie-grièche migratrice des Prairies Reptiles Turtle, Blanding’s (Emydoidea blandingi) Nova Scotia population Tortue mouchetée population de la Nouvelle-Écosse Fish Cisco, Blackfin (Coregonus nigripinnis) Cisco à nageoires noires Cisco, Shortjaw (Coregonus zenithicus) Cisco à mâchoires égales Cisco, Shortnose (Coregonus reighardi) Cisco à museau court Redhorse, Black (Moxostoma duquesnei) Chevalier noir Redhorse, Copper (Moxostoma hubbsi) Chevalier cuivré Sculpin, Deepwater (Myoxocephalus thompsoni) Great Lakes population Chabot de profondeur des Grands Lacs population des Grands Lacs Whitefish, Lake (Coregonus clupeaformis) Lake Simcoe population Grand corégone population du lac Simcoe Plants Chestnut, American (Castanea dentata) Châtaignier d’Amérique