Critical Habitat of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) St. Lawrence Estuary Population Order (SOR/2017-263)

Whereas the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) St. Lawrence Estuary population 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 recovery strategy that identified the critical habitat of that species has been included in the Species at Risk Public Registry;

Whereas a portion of the critical habitat of that species is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2)Footnote ^b of that Act and, under subsection 58(5) of that Act, that portion must be excluded from the annexed Order;

• 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 land that is under the authority of the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency, namely the Minister of the Environment, and, pursuant to subsection 58(9) of that Act, has consulted her with respect to the annexed Order;

Therefore, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, pursuant to subsections 58(4) and (5) of the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^a, makes the annexed Critical Habitat of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) St. Lawrence Estuary Population Order.

Ottawa, November 30, 2017

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