Cuba Libre
Well-Known Member
From DFO:
Canada
September 27th, 2012
Dear Stakeholders, Interested Individuals and Organizations:
In November 2009, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessed Quillback Rockfish as “Threatened”. This species is now being considered for listing as “Threatened” under Schedule I of the Species at Risk Act (SARA).
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is seeking your input on the potential listing of the Quillback Rockfish as “Threatened” under the Species at Risk Act (SARA). If listed as “Threatened,” general prohibitions protecting the species would apply, and recovery efforts would be initiated.
Quillback Rockfish (Sebastes maliger) has been recently assessed by COSEWIC the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) as being “Threatened”. The Quillback Rockfish is one of 96 species of rockfish found in the North Pacific; Quillback are classified as “inshore” rockfish and are found primarily over rocky habitats at depths less than 200 meters throughout coastal waters of British Columbia. Commercial and recreational fisheries are the principal threats, although commercial fishing pressure has been reduced as result of strengthened management approaches implemented in the mid 1990s, including the introduction of rockfish conservation areas and decreased commercial harvest quotas.
If you would like to know more about Quillback Rockfish or would like to submit comments on its potential SARA listing as “Threatened”, please see www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/saraconsultations. We are seeking comments by October 29th, 2012. Your input is important and will be considered by the Minister of Environment, in consultation with the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, in making a listing decision.
If you have any questions, please call Caroline Wells at (604) 666- 7907 or email sara@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca.
Canada
September 27th, 2012
Dear Stakeholders, Interested Individuals and Organizations:
In November 2009, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessed Quillback Rockfish as “Threatened”. This species is now being considered for listing as “Threatened” under Schedule I of the Species at Risk Act (SARA).
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is seeking your input on the potential listing of the Quillback Rockfish as “Threatened” under the Species at Risk Act (SARA). If listed as “Threatened,” general prohibitions protecting the species would apply, and recovery efforts would be initiated.
Quillback Rockfish (Sebastes maliger) has been recently assessed by COSEWIC the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) as being “Threatened”. The Quillback Rockfish is one of 96 species of rockfish found in the North Pacific; Quillback are classified as “inshore” rockfish and are found primarily over rocky habitats at depths less than 200 meters throughout coastal waters of British Columbia. Commercial and recreational fisheries are the principal threats, although commercial fishing pressure has been reduced as result of strengthened management approaches implemented in the mid 1990s, including the introduction of rockfish conservation areas and decreased commercial harvest quotas.
If you would like to know more about Quillback Rockfish or would like to submit comments on its potential SARA listing as “Threatened”, please see www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/saraconsultations. We are seeking comments by October 29th, 2012. Your input is important and will be considered by the Minister of Environment, in consultation with the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, in making a listing decision.
If you have any questions, please call Caroline Wells at (604) 666- 7907 or email sara@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca.