Whereas the White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Nechako River population is a wildlife species that is listed as an endangered species in Part 2 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 make the annexed Critical Habitat of the White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Nechako River Population Order under subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk Act a.
Gatineau, September 26, 2023
Le ministre de l’Environnement, Steven Guilbeault Minister of the Environment
Ottawa, February 7, 2024
La ministre des Pêches et des Océans, Diane Lebouthillier Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Application
Subsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act applies to the critical habitat of the White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Nechako River population — 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, that is in the Nechako River Bird Sanctuary as described in Part IX of the schedule to the Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations.
Repeal
The Critical Habitat of the White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Nechako River Population Order 1 is repealed. SOR/2016-84
Coming into force
This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.