Critical Habitat of the Spotted Wolffish (Anarhichas minor) Order: SOR/2020-186

Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 154, Number 19

Registration

SOR/2020-186 August 28, 2020

SPECIES AT RISK ACT

Whereas the Spotted Wolffish (Anarhichas minor) is a wildlife species that is listed as a threatened species in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act ^{footnote a};

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) ^{footnote b} of that Act;

Therefore, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, pursuant to subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk Act ^{footnote a}, makes the annexed Critical Habitat of the Spotted Wolffish (Anarhichas minor) Order.

Ottawa, August 25, 2020

Bernadette Jordan
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

Critical Habitat of the Spotted Wolffish (Anarhichas minor) Order

Application

1 Subsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act applies to the critical habitat of the Spotted Wolffish (Anarhichas minor), which is identified in the recovery strategy for that species that is included in the Species at Risk Public Registry.

Coming into force

2 This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for this Order appears following SOR/2020-185, Critical Habitat of the Northern Wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus) Order.