Critical Habitat of the Silver Shiner (Notropis photogenis) Order (SOR/2023-39)

Whereas the Silver Shiner (Notropis photogenis) is a wildlife species that is listed as a threatened species in Part 3 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;

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 is of the opinion that the annexed Order would affect a reserve or other lands that are set apart for the use and benefit of a band and, under subsection 58(7)Footnote ^c of that Act, has consulted with the Minister of Indigenous Services and the band in question with respect to the Order;

• Return to footnote ^cS.C. 2019, c. 29, subpar. 375(1)(f)(ii)

Therefore, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans makes the annexed Critical Habitat of the Silver Shiner (Notropis photogenis) Order under subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^a.

Ottawa, March 6, 2023

La ministre des Pêches et des Océans, Joyce Murray Minister of Fisheries and Oceans