Nooksack dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 12
Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
The conservation status of the Nooksack dace is summarized in Table 5. As a federally listed species at risk under SARA, it is protected from harm or capture in all Canadian waters. The Species at Risk Act prohibits the destruction of habitat identified as critical in an approved recovery strategy or action plan (SARA, S.C.2002, c.29, s. 57-58), but the competent minister must make an order before the prohibitions apply. However, its habitat is provided some protection by the federal Fisheries Act. The Recovery Team has proposed 21.3 km of the Nooksack River tributaries as critical habitat in a draft recovery strategy under SARA, but has not defined the species ‘residence’ under the Act Pearson et al. 2006). The Nooksack dace is not protected in Washington State or by the American Endangered Species Act.
Authority | Status |
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Natureserve | G1 |
B.C. Conservation Data Centre | S1 |
Washington State | S3 |
COSEWIC (1997) | Endangered |
SARA | Endangered; Schedule 1 |
American Fisheries Society | Threatened |
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