SPECIES AT RISK ACTCritical Habitat of the Harbour Seal Lacs des Loups Marins subspecies (Phoca vitulina mellonae) OrderWhereas the Harbour Seal Lacs des Loups Marins subspecies (Phoca vitulina mellonae) is a wildlife species that is listed as an endangered species in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Acta;S.C. 2002, c. 29Whereas the recovery strategy that identified the critical habitat of that species has been included in the Species at Risk Public Registry;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)b of that Act;S.C. 2015, c. 10, s. 60And whereas the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is of the opinion that the annexed Order would affect an area in respect of which a wildlife management board is authorized by a land claims agreement to perform functions in respect of wildlife species and, pursuant to subsection 58(8) of that Act, has consulted the wildlife management board in question with respect to the Order;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 Harbour Seal Lacs des Loups Marins subspecies (Phoca vitulina mellonae) Order.Ottawa, December 3, 2018
Le ministre des Pêches et des Océans,Jonathan WilkinsonMinister of Fisheries and Oceans
ApplicationSubsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act applies to the critical habitat of the Harbour Seal Lacs des Loups Marins subspecies (Phoca vitulina mellonae), 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.