Whereas the Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) Saskatchewan-Nelson Rivers populations is a wildlife species that is listed as a threatened species in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act a; S.C. 2002, c. 29
Whereas the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency, namely the Minister of the Environment, and the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans have together prepared a recovery strategy that identified the critical habitat of that species and that recovery strategy has been included in the Species at Risk Public Registry;
And whereas a portion of the critical habitat of that species is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2) b of that Act and, under subsection 58(5) of that Act, that portion must be excluded from the annexed Order; S.C. 2015, c. 10, s. 60
Therefore, the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, pursuant to subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk Act a, make the annexed Critical Habitat of the Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) Saskatchewan-Nelson Rivers Populations Order.
Gatineau, March 5, 2021
Le ministre de l’Environnement, Jonathan Wilkinson Minister of the Environment
Ottawa, March 9, 2021
La ministre des Pêches et des Océans, Bernadette Jordan Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Subsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act applies to the critical habitat of the Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) Saskatchewan-Nelson Rivers populations — which is identified in the recovery strategy for that species that is included in the Species at Risk Public Registry — other than the portion of that critical habitat that is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2) of that Act, more specifically, in Banff National Park of Canada, Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada and Jasper National Park of Canada, as described in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Canada National Parks Act.
This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.