Critical Habitat of the Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Order (SOR/2024-195)

Whereas the Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) 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, under subsection 58(5) of that Act, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans has consulted with the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency, namely the Minister of the Environment, with respect to the annexed Order;

Therefore, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans makes the annexed Critical Habitat of the Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Order under subsection 58(4) and paragraph 58(5)(a) of the Species at Risk ActFootnote ^a.

Ottawa, September 20, 2024

La ministre des Pêches et des Océans, Diane Lebouthillier Minister of Fisheries and Oceans