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Critical Habitats of the Northeast Pacific Northern and Southern Resident Populations of the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Order

SOR/2009-68

Registration 2009-02-19

Critical Habitats of the Northeast Pacific Northern and Southern Resident Populations of the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Order

Whereas the Northeast Pacific northern and southern resident populations of the killer whale (Orcinus orca) are wildlife species that are listed in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk set out in Schedule 1Footnote ^a to the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^b;

Return to footnote ^aSOR/2007-284
Return to footnote ^bS.C. 2002, c. 29

Whereas a recovery strategy for those species, entitled Recovery Strategy for the Northern and Southern Resident Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) in Canada, has been prepared under subsection 37(1) of that Act and was included in the public registry, established under section 120 of that Act, on March 14, 2008;

Whereas section 3 of that recovery strategy identifies and describes the critical habitats of those species;

And whereas no portion of the critical habitats of those species that are specified in the annexed Order are in a place referred to in subsection 58(2) of that Act;

Therefore, the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, pursuant to subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^b, hereby make the annexed Critical Habitats of the Northeast Pacific Northern and Southern Resident Populations of the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Order.

Ottawa, February 16, 2009

JIM PRENTICE

Minister of the Environment

Ottawa, February 12, 2009

GAIL SHEA

Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

Application

1 Subsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act applies to the critical habitats of the Northeast Pacific northern and southern resident populations of the killer whale (Orcinus orca) described in the schedule.

Coming into Force

2 The Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.

SCHEDULE(Section 1)Description of Critical Habitats

Southern Resident Killer Whale Critical Habitat Boundaries

Described clockwise from the western boundary — all Latitudes are Decimal Degrees North; all Longitudes are Decimal Degrees West

	Point Description	Latitude Deg	Latitude Min	Longitude Deg	Longitude Min
1	western boundary	48	29.68	124	44.31
2	western boundary	48	40.02	124	50.68
3	Excluding waters north of the line joining (Sooke Inlet)	48	21.30	123	44.32
4	Excluding waters north of the line joining (Sooke Inlet)	48	20.33	123	42.90
5	Excluding waters north of the line joining (Royal Roads, Esquimalt Hbr, Victoria Hbr)	48	24.25	123	28.97
6		48	24.57	123	22.61
7	Excluding waters west of the line joining (Cordova Channel and Sidney Channel)	48	29.69	123	18.61
8		48	36.12	123	18.51
9	Excluding waters west of the line joining (western half of Miners Channel and the waters west of Gooch Island)	48	37.04	123	18.49
10		48	39.70	123	17.72
11	Excluding waters west of the line joining (western half of Prevost Channel and Moresby Passage)	48	39.88	123	17.68
12		48	42.96	123	19.63
13	Excluding waters west of the line joining (western portion of Swanson Channel between Moresby Island and Prevost Island)	48	43.34	123	19.88
14		48	48.86	123	22.70
15	Excluding waters west of the line joining (western portion of Trincomali Channel between Prevost Island and Parker Island)	48	50.66	123	23.33
16		48	52.61	123	23.92
17	Excluding waters west of the line joining (western portion of Trincomali Channel between Parker Island and Galiano Island)	48	52.85	123	23.92
18		48	53.08	123	23.76
19		48	54.28	123	20.67
20		48	55.39	123	21.98
21	Excluding waters west of the line joining (western portion of southern Strait of Georgia)	49	0.00	123	18.88
22		49	10.39	123	22.82
23		49	13.58	123	21.97
24		49	13.58	123	21.97
25	Excluding waters north of the line joining (portion of southern Strait of Georgia)	49	14.00	123	21.09
26		49	14.18	123	19.22
27		49	13.79	123	17.21
28		49	13.79	123	17.21
29		49	12.87	123	15.75
30	Excluding waters north and east of the line joining (portion of southern Strait of Georgia)	49	9.01	123	16.48
31	And bounded on the east and south by Point Roberts and the United States Border	49	3.39	123	9.24
32		49	3.47	123	8.48

Northern Resident Killer Whale Critical Habitat Boundaries

Described clockwise from the western boundary — all Latitudes are Decimal Degrees North; all Longitudes are Decimal Degrees West

20	Waters of western Johnstone Strait bounded on the north by West Cracroft Island, the mainland, Hardwicke Island and West Thurlow Island with no exclusions except:	50	32.98	126	39.73
	Point Description	Latitude Deg	Latitude Min	Longitude Deg	Longitude Min
1	Western boundary (Vancouver Island to Numas Island)	50	36.98	127	11.00
2	Western boundary (Vancouver Island to Numas Island)	50	46.24	127	6.76
3	Northern boundary (Numas Island to Broughton Island)	50	46.27	127	5.26
4	Northern boundary (Numas Island to Broughton Island)	50	46.41	126	48.27
5	Northern boundary (Broughton Island to Screen Island / Eden Island)	50	46.13	126	47.30
6		50	44.95	126	43.55
7	boundary line running from Eden Island to Crib Island (including waters of Queen Charlotte Strait and excluding waters of Trainer Passage)	50	44.79	126	43.22
8		50	43.67	126	42.73
9	boundary line running from Crib Island to House Islet (including waters of Queen Charlotte Strait and excluding waters of Arrow and Spring Passages)	50	43.33	126	42.58
10		50	40.16	126	41.21
11	boundary line running from House Islet to Swanson Island (including waters of Queen Charlotte Strait and excluding waters of Knight Inlet)	50	40.16	126	41.21
12		50	37.75	126	43.86
13	boundary line running from Swanson Island to Compton Island (including waters of Blackfish Sound excluding waters of West Passage)	50	36.06	126	41.77
14		50	35.84	126	41.42
15	boundary line running from Compton Island to Harbledown Island (including waters of Blackfish Sound excluding waters of Whitebeach Passage)	50	35.50	126	40.86
16		50	35.38	126	40.68
17	boundary line running from Harbledown Island to Parson Island (including waters of Blackfish Sound excluding waters of Parson Bay)	50	35.19	126	40.93
18		50	34.43	126	40.73
19	boundary line running from Parson Island to West Cracroft Island (including waters of Blackfish Sound excluding waters of Baronet Passage)	50	33.65	126	39.95
20		50	32.98	126	39.73
24	boundary line running from West Cracroft Island to the mainland (including waters of western Johnstone Strait excluding waters of Havannah Channel)	50	31.32	126	20.35
25		50	31.09	126	17.05
26	boundary line running from the mainland to Hardwicke Island (including waters of western Johnstone Strait excluding waters of Sunderland Channel)	50	28.46	126	2.54
27		50	26.57	125	57.94
28	boundary line running from Hardwicke Island to Eden Point on West Thurlow Island (including waters of western Johnstone Strait excluding waters of Chancellor Channel)	50	24.58	125	48.29
29		50	23.91	125	47.38
30	boundary line running from Eden Point to Tyee Point on West Thurlow Island (including waters of western Johnstone Strait excluding waters of Vere Cove)	50	23.91	125	47.38
31		50	23.26	125	47.06
32	Eastern boundary line running from West Thurlow Island (including waters of western Johnstone Strait excluding waters of eastern Johnstone Strait and Mayne Passage)	50	23.42	125	34.39
33		50	21.88	125	34.23
33	Waters of western Johnstone Strait bounded on the south by Vancouver Island – no exclusions except:	50	21.88	125	34.23
35	boundary line running from Graveyard Point to Kelsey Bay Harbour on Vancouver Island (including waters of western Johnstone Strait excluding waters of Salmon Bay)	50	23.45	125	56.71
36		50	23.80	125	57.62

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Coming into Force

SCHEDULE(Section 1)Description of Critical Habitats

Southern Resident Killer Whale Critical Habitat Boundaries

Northern Resident Killer Whale Critical Habitat Boundaries