Recovery document posting plan: 2016 to 2017
Official title: Updated Recovery Document Posting Plan: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2016 to 2017
Under the Species at Risk Act (SARA), the competent Minister(s) must prepare a recovery strategy within one year of listing a species on Schedule 1 of SARA as endangered and within two years of listing a species as extirpated or threatened. A management plan must be prepared within three years for a species listed as special concern.
When this plan was developed, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) was accountable for 111 of the 518 species listed under SARA. As of February 2016, proposed recovery strategies, management plans, and action plans for 57 of those species had not yet been posted to the Species at Risk Public Registry. An additional 23 aquatic species had proposed management or action plans coming due in the future.
The following outlines the department’s plan for posting proposed documents for 64 species on the Species at Risk Public Registry. The department had a plan to post recovery strategies for 9 species, management plans for 13 species, and action plans for 42 species in the 2016-2017 Fiscal Year.
Posting this update on the Species at Risk Public Registry is intended to provide transparency to partners, stakeholders, and the public about DFO’s progress towards developing and posting these recovery documents. The department is continuing to work toward completion of the remaining documents.
Recovery document type: RS - Recovery Strategy; MP - Management Plan; AP - Action Plan
SARA status: EN - Endangered; TH - Threatened; EX - Extirpated; SC – Special Concern
| Species common name and population | Species range | SARA status | Recovery document type | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Salmon (Inner Bay of Fundy population) | NB, NS, Atlantic Ocean | EN | AP | 09/06/2016 |
| Atlantic Whitefish | NS | EN | AP | 09/06/2016 |
| Beluga Whale (St. Lawrence Estuary population) | QC, Atlantic Ocean | TH | AP | 24/07/2019 |
| Bigmouth Buffalo (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations) | SK, MB | SC | MP | 21/08/2019 |
| Blue Whale (Atlantic population) | Atlantic Ocean | EN | AP | 11/07/2018 |
| Blue Whale (Pacific population) | Pacific Ocean | EN | AP | 15/06/2016 |
| Brook Floater | NB, NS | SC | MP | 25/10/2016 |
| Carmine Shiner | MB | TH | AP | 30/01/2017 |
| Coastrange Sculpin (Cultus population) | BC | TH | AP | 18/08/2016 |
| Deepwater Sculpin (Great Lakes-Western St. Lawrence populations) | ON, QC | SC | MP | 15/06/2016 |
| Eastern Pondmussel | ON | EN | RS/AP | 25/08/2016 |
| Eastern Sand Darter (Ontario populations) | ON | TH | AP | 25/08/2016 |
| Fin Whale (Atlantic population) | Atlantic Ocean | SC | MP | 09/06/2016 |
| Fin Whale (Pacific population) | Pacific Ocean | TH | AP | 15/06/2016 |
| Green Sturgeon | BC, Pacific Ocean | SC | MP | 18/08/2016 |
| Hotwater Physa | BC | EN | AP | 10/05/2017 |
| Kidneyshell | ON | EN | AP | 25/08/2016 |
| Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific Offshore population) | Pacific Ocean | TH | RS | 07/11/2018 |
| Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific Northern Resident population) | Pacific Ocean | TH | AP | 15/06/2016 |
| Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific Southern Resident population) | Pacific Ocean | EN | AP | 15/06/2016 |
| Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific Transient population) | Pacific Ocean | TH | AP | - |
| Lake Chubsucker | ON | EN | AP | 24/05/2018 |
| Leatherback Sea Turtle (Atlantic population) | Atlantic Ocean | EN | AP | 27/09/2018 |
| Leatherback Sea Turtle (Pacific population) | Pacific Ocean | EN | AP | 08/09/2017 |
| Mapleleaf (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence population) | ON | TH | RS/AP | 25/08/2016 |
| Misty Lake Lentic Threespine Stickleback | BC | EN | RS | 09/09/2016 |
| Misty Lake Lotic Threespine Stickleback | BC | EN | RS | 09/09/2016 |
| Nooksack Dace | BC | EN | AP | 09/09/2016 |
| North Atlantic Right Whale | Atlantic Ocean | EN | AP | 18/08/2016 |
| North Pacific Right Whale | Pacific Ocean | EN | AP | 15/06/2016 |
| Northern Bottlenose Whale (Scotian Shelf population) | Atlantic Ocean | EN | AP | 09/06/2016 |
| Northern Brook Lamprey (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) | ON, QC | SC | MP | 18/08/2016 |
| Northern Madtom | ON | EN | AP | 25/08/2016 |
| Northern Riffleshell | ON | EN | AP | 25/08/2016 |
| Northern Wolffish | Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean | TH | AP | 11/07/2018 |
| Paxton Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback | BC | EN | AP | 09/09/2016 |
| Paxton Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback | BC | EN | AP | 09/09/2016 |
| Rainbow | ON | EN | RS/AP | 25/08/2016 |
| Rainbow Smelt (Lake Utopia small-bodied population) | NB | TH | RS | 09/06/2016 |
| Rayed Bean | ON | EN | AP | 25/08/2016 |
| River Redhorse | ON, QC | SC | MP | 18/08/2016 |
| Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Eastslope populations) | AB | TH | AP | 12/04/2017 |
| Round Hickorynut | ON | EN | AP | 25/08/2016 |
| Round Pigtoe | ON | EN | AP | 25/08/2016 |
| Salamander Mussel | ON | EN | AP | 25/08/2016 |
| Salish Sucker | BC | EN | AP | 09/09/2016 |
| Sei Whale (Pacific population) | Pacific Ocean | EN | AP | 15/06/2016 |
| Snuffbox | ON | EN | AP | 25/08/2016 |
| Shorthead Sculpin | BC | SC | MP | 12/06/2018 |
| Sowerby’s Beaked Whale | Atlantic Ocean | SC | MP | 09/06/2016 |
| Speckled Dace | BC | EN | RS | 18/08/2016 |
| Spotted Wolffish | Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean | TH | AP | 11/07/2018 |
| Striped Bass (St. Lawrence River population) | QC, Atlantic Ocean | EX | AP | 19/07/2019 |
| Vananda Creek Benthic Threespine Stickleback | BC | EN | AP | 09/09/2016 |
| Vananda Creek Limnetic Threespine Stickleback | BC | EN | AP | 09/09/2016 |
| Vancouver Lamprey | BC | TH | AP | 21/08/2019 |
| Wavy-rayed Lampmussel | ON | SC | MP | 25/08/2016 |
| Western Brook Lamprey (Morrison Creek population) | BC | EN | AP | 01/05/2017 |
| Western Silvery Minnow | AB | TH | AP | 12/04/2017 |
| Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Alberta population) | AB | TH | AP | 14/05/2019 |
| Westslope Cutthroat Trout (British Columbia population) | BC | SC | MP | 18/08/2016 |
| White Shark (Atlantic population) | Atlantic Ocean | EN | RS | - |
| Yelloweye Rockfish (Pacific Ocean inside waters population) | Pacific Ocean | SC | MP | 27/12/2018 |
| Yelloweye Rockfish (Pacific Ocean outside waters population) | Pacific Ocean | SC | MP | 27/12/2018 |
* The department also posted the proposed versions of the
- Recovery Strategy for the Harbour Seal, Lacs des Loups Marins subspecies (Phoca vitulina mellonae) [03/05/2017]
- Management Plan for the Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Cottus sp.), Westslope populations, in Canada [23/08/2018]
- Management Plan for the Mountain Sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus), Pacific populations, in Canada [23/08/2018]
on the Species at Risk Public Registry; these species were not included on the above plan as they were listed on Schedule 1 of SARA following the plan’s publication.