Critical Habitat of the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Order (SOR/2017-262)

Whereas the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a wildlife species that is listed as an endangered species in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^a;

• Return to footnote ^aS.C. 2002, c. 29

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;

• Return to footnote ^bS.C. 2015, c. 10, s. 60

Therefore, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, pursuant to subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^a, makes the annexed Critical Habitat of the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Order.

Ottawa, November 30, 2017

Le ministre des Pêches et des Océans, Dominic LeBlanc Minister of Fisheries and Oceans