Species at Risk Act: order acknowledging receipt of assessments (June 25, 2008)
Registration
SI/2008-70 June 25, 2008
SPECIES AT RISK ACT
P.C. 2008-1064 June 12, 2008
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, acknowledges receipt, on the making of this Order, of the assessments done pursuant to subsection 23(1) of the Species at Risk Act (see footnote a) by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) with respect to the species set out in the annexed schedule.
SCHEDULE
ENDANGERED SPECIES
MAMMALS
Mouse dychei subspecies, Western Harvest (Reithrodontomys megalotis dychei)
Souris des moissons de la sous-espèce dychei
BIRDS
Gull, Ivory (Pagophila eburnea)
Mouette blanche
AMPHIBIANS
Salamander, Allegheny Mountain Dusky (Desmognathus ochrophaeus) Carolinian population
Salamandre sombre des montagnes population carolinienne
REPTILES
Lizard, Greater Short-horned (Phrynosoma hernandesi)
Grand iguane à petites cornes
Ratsnake, Gray (Elaphe spiloides) Carolinian population
Couleuvre obscure population carolinienne
Skink, Five-lined (Eumeces fasciatus) Carolinian population
Scinque pentaligne population carolinienne
Watersnake, Lake Erie (Nerodia sipedon insularum)
Couleuvre d’eau du lac Érié
FISH
Dace, Speckled (Rhinichthys osculus)
Naseux moucheté
PLANTS
Dogwood, Eastern Flowering (Cornus florida)
Cornouiller fleuri
Pondweed, Ogden’s (Potamogeton ogdenii)
Potamot de Ogden
MOSSES
Moss, Nugget (Microbryum vlassovii)
Phasque de Vlassov
THREATENED SPECIES
MAMMALS
Marten, American (Martes americana atrata) Newfoundland population
Martre d’Amérique population de Terre-Neuve
Seal, Northern Fur (Callorhinus ursinus)
Otarie à fourrure du Nord
BIRDS
Swift, Chimney (Chaetura pelagica)
Martinet ramoneur
Woodpecker, Red-headed (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
Pic à tête rouge
ARTHROPODS
Flower Moth, Verna’s (Schinia verna)
Héliotin de Verna
PLANTS
Woodsia, Blunt-lobed (Woodsia obtusa)
Woodsie à lobes arrondis
SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN
MAMMALS
Mouse megalotis subspecies, Western Harvest (Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis)
Souris des moissons de la sous-espèce megalotis
Otter, Sea (Enhydra lutris)
Loutre de mer
BIRDS
Albatross, Black-footed (Phoebastria nigripes)
Albatros à pieds noirs
Blackbird, Rusty (Euphagus carolinus)
Quiscale rouilleux
REPTILES
Skink, Five-lined (Eumeces fasciatus) Great Lakes – St. Lawrence population
Scinque pentaligne population des Grands Lacs et du Saint-Laurent
FISH
Lamprey, Northern Brook (Ichthyomyzon fossor) Great Lakes – Upper St. Lawrence populations
Lamproie du Nord populations des Grands Lacs – du haut Saint-Laurent
Rockfish, Rougheye type I (Sebastes sp. type I)
Sébaste à œil épineux du type I
Rockfish, Rougheye type II (Sebastes sp. type II)
Sébaste à œil épineux du type II
Shark, Bluntnose Sixgill (Hexanchus griseus)
Requin griset
Sturgeon, Shortnose (Acipenser brevirostrum)
Esturgeon à museau court
Thornyhead, Longspine (Sebastolobus altivelis)
Sébastolobe à longues épines
Tope (Galeorhinus galeus)
Milandre
REMOVING LISTED SPECIES
PLANTS
Corydalis, Scouler’s (Corydalis scouleri)
Corydale de Scouler
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This is not part of the Order.)
This Order acknowledges receipt by the Governor in Council of the assessments of the status of 30 species made pursuant to paragraph 15(1)(a) and in accordance with subsection 23(1) of the Species at Risk Act by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
The 30 species that are the subject of this Order are species that the Minister of the Environment, in consultation with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Parks Canada Agency, is considering for the purpose of recommending to the Governor in Council, whether or not to add the species to, or remove the species from Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act, or refer the matter back to COSEWIC.
Under subsection 27(1.1) of the Species at Risk Act, the Governor in Council, within nine months after receiving an assessment of the status of a species by COSEWIC, may review that assessment and may, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, accept the assessment and add the species to the List of Wildlife Species at Risk set out in Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act (the List), decide not to add species to the List, or refer the matter back to COSEWIC for further information or consideration.
Footnote a
S.C. 2002, c. 29
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