Critical Habitat Orders

Critical Habitat of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) St. Lawrence Estuary Population Order

Under SARA, the critical habitat of aquatic species identified in a recovery strategy must be legally protected within 180 days after the posting of the final recovery strategy on the Species at Risk Public Registry. Critical habitat not mentioned in subsection 58(2) must be protected either by the application of the prohibition against the destruction of critical habitat in subsection 58(1), or by provisions in, or measures under, SARA or any other Act of Parliament, including agreements under section 11 of SARA. It is important to note that in order for another federal law to be used to legally protect critical habitat, it must provide an equivalent level of legal protection of critical habitat as would be afforded through subsection 58(1) of SARA, failing which, the Minister must make an Order under subsections 58(4) and (5) of SARA. Therefore, this Critical Habitat of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) St. Lawrence Estuary Population Order is intended to satisfy the obligation to legally protect critical habitat by triggering the prohibition under SARA against the destruction of any part of the species’ critical habitat.

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• HTML version of "Critical Habitat of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) St. Lawrence Estuary Population Order"
• "Critical Habitat of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) St. Lawrence Estuary Population Order" (2017-12-13) (PDF format, 3,350.98 KB)

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Contact Person(s)

Director
SARA Directorate
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
200 Kent St.
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0E6
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Related Species

• Beluga Whale  (St. Lawrence Estuary population)

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