CONSOLIDATION

List of Wildlife Species at Risk (referral back to COSEWIC) Order

SI/2019-13

Current to June 20, 2022



OFFICIAL STATUS OF CONSOLIDATIONS Subsections 31(1) and (3) of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, in force on June 1, 2009, provide as follows: Published consolidation is evidence

31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. ... Inconsistencies in regulations

(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

LAYOUT The notes that appeared in the left or right margins are now in boldface text directly above the provisions to which they relate. They form no part of the enactment, but are inserted for convenience of reference only.

NOTE This consolidation is current to June 20, 2022. Any amendments that were not in force as of June 20, 2022 are set out at the end of this document under the heading “Amendments Not in Force”.

Current to June 20, 2022

TABLE OF PROVISIONS List of Wildlife Species at Risk (referral back to COSEWIC) Order

ANNEX

Statement Setting Out the Reasons for Referring the Assessment of the Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) Atlantic Population Back to COSEWIC

Current to June 20, 2022

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Registration SI/2019-13 March 20, 2019

SPECIES AT RISK ACT List of Wildlife Species at Risk (referral back to COSEWIC) Order P.C. 2019-140

February 28, 2019

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to subsections 27(1.1) and (1.2) of the Species at Risk Acta, (a) refers the assessment of the status of the Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) Atlantic population back to the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) for further consideration; and (b) approves that the Minister of the Environment include in the public registry established under section 120 of that Act the statement that is attached as the annex to this Order and that sets out the reasons for the referral back to COSEWIC.

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S.C. 2002, c. 29

Current to June 20, 2022

List of Wildlife Species at Risk (referral back to COSEWIC) Order ANNEX Statement Setting Out the Reasons for Referring the Assessment of the Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) Atlantic Population Back to COSEWIC

ANNEX

Statement Setting Out the Reasons for Referring the Assessment of the Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) Atlantic Population Back to COSEWIC The Shortfin Mako Atlantic population was assessed by COSEWIC as a species of special concern under the Species at Risk Act in April 2017. The Shortfin Mako is a low-productivity species compared with other shark species, and has an estimated generation time of approximately 25 years. A recent assessment, in autumn 2017, by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas presents new information and analysis that strongly indicate that the status of the Shortfin Mako in Canada is considerably less positive than COSEWIC’s assessment. COSEWIC has advised that, due to the new information that was not available at the time of the initial assessment of the status of the Shortfin Mako Atlantic population, this status now needs to be reassessed. In light of the need for consideration of this new information, the assessment of this species is referred back to COSEWIC for further consideration.

Current to June 20, 2022

