Critical Habitat of the White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Nechako River Population Order (SOR/2016-84). Country/Territory Canada Document type Regulation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Freshwater fishes Protected fishing area Enforcement/compliance Fishery management and conservation Endangered species Protection of species Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract The present Regulations are made under section 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act. This section deals with destruction of critical habitat and establishes that no person shall destroy any part of the critical habitat of any listed endangered. In this connexion, subsection 58(1) of the Species at Risk Act applies to the critical habitat of the White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Nechako River population — which is identified in the recovery strategy for that species that is included in the Species at Risk Public Registry — other than the portion of that critical habitat that is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2) of that Act, more specifically, that is in the Nechako River Bird Sanctuary as described in Part IX of the schedule to the Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations. Full text English Website www.gc.ca References - Legislation Implements Species at Risk Act (S.C. 2002, c. 29). Legislation | Canada | 2002 (2017) Keyword: Marine fisheries, Inland fisheries, Aquaculture, Aquatic animals, Indigenous peoples, Basic legislation, Wild fauna, Wild flora, Plant variety, Endangered species, Institution, Non-governmental entity, Offences/penalties, Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge, Protection of species, Cartilaginous fishes Source: FAO, FAOLEX