SPECIES AT RISK ACTCritical Habitat of the White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Upper Columbia River Population OrderWhereas the White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Upper Columbia River population is a wildlife species that is listed as an endangered species in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Acta;Whereas the recovery strategy that identified the critical habitat of that species has been included in the Species at Risk Public Registry;And whereas no portion of the critical habitat of that species that is specified in the annexed Order is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2) of that Act;Therefore, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, pursuant to subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk Acta, makes the annexed Critical Habitat of the White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Upper Columbia River Population Order.Ottawa, April 21, 2016
Hunter TootooMinister of Fisheries and OceansLe ministre des Pêches et des Océans
S.C. 2002, c. 29ApplicationSubsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act applies to the critical habitat of the White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Upper Columbia River population, which is identified in the recovery strategy for that species that is included in the Species at Risk Public Registry.Coming into ForceThis Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.