Order Giving Notice of Decisions not to add Certain Species to the List of Endangered Species (SI/2005-2)

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 ActFootnote ^a (the Act), hereby

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

• (a) decides not to add the Cultus population (Oncorhynchus nerka) and Sakinaw population (Oncorhynchus nerka) of Pacific sockeye salmon, as well as the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), the Northwestern population of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) and the Western population of the wolverine (Gulo gulo) to the List of Wildlife Species at Risk (the List) set out in Schedule 1 to the Act;

• (b) refers the assessment for speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus) back to the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) for further information and consideration;

• (c) approves that the Minister of the Environment include the statement attached as Annex 1 to the Order in the public registry (the public registry) established under section 120 of the Act setting out the reasons for not adding the Cultus population (Oncorhynchus nerka) and the Sakinaw population (Oncorhynchus nerka) of Pacific sockeye salmon to the List;

• (d) approves that the Minister of the Environment include the statement attached as Annex 2 to the Order in the public registry setting out the reasons for not adding the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), the Northwestern population of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) and the Western population of the wolverine (Gulo gulo) to the List; and

• (e) approves that the Minister of the Environment include the statement attached as Annex 3 to the Order in the public registry setting out the reasons for referring the assessment for speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus) back to COSEWIC for further information and consideration.