Critical Habitat of the Northern Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) Order (SOR/2017-266)

Whereas the Northern Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) 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 Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency, namely the Minister of the Environment, are the competent ministers in respect of the critical habitat of that species for the purposes of the annexed Order and have together prepared an action plan for that species;

Whereas the action plan 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)Footnote ^b of that Act;

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

And whereas the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Minister of the Environment are of the opinion that the annexed Order would affect areas in respect of which wildlife management boards are authorized by lands claims agreements to perform functions in respect of wildlife species and, pursuant to subsection 58(8) of that Act, have consulted the wildlife management boards in question with respect to the Order;

Therefore, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^a, make the annexed Critical Habitat of the Northern Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) Order.

Ottawa, November 30, 2017

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

Gatineau, September 11, 2017

La ministre de l’Environnement, Catherine McKenna Minister of the Environment