Critical Habitat Orders

Critical Habitat of the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Order

The Order is made to satisfy the obligation to ensure that the identified critical habitat of the North Atlantic Right Whale is legally protected. With this Order, the North Atlantic Right Whale benefits from the prohibition in subsection 58(1) of SARA against the destruction of any part of its critical habitat. The prohibition applies to anyone undertaking activities in and around the North Atlantic Right Whale’s critical habitat that would result in the destruction of any part of it.

File(s)

• HTML version of "Critical Habitat of the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Order"
• "Critical Habitat of the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) 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

• North Atlantic Right Whale

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