Though the Species At Risk Act entered into force in 2004, the department has not yet provided listing advice for half of the species assessed as being at risk
. It also hadn’t published any scientific reports on 13 of the 15 species that fall under its direct responsibility.“Without a change in approach that enables Fisheries and Oceans Canada to collect sufficient information about all the aquatic species it is responsible for, it will be difficult to take appropriate actions to protect many species.”
Canada has two main laws which protect aquatic biodiversity. Under the Fisheries Act, which provides for conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat, the department is responsible for maintaining prescribed major fish stocks at, or above, sustainable levels. The Species at Risk Act was intended to prevent animals, plants and other organisms from disappearing.
“The precautionary principle, articulated in the Species at Risk Act and department policy, states that a lack of scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for not preventing the reduction or loss of species at risk.” A separate but related audit examined how Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Parks Canada were meeting federal commitments regarding species at risk. The audit concluded that the departments’ actions “did not fully support meeting the federal species at risk target because the organizations’ strategies did not include some conservation and recovery activities that are needed to track and demonstrate progress in these areas.
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