npawg update: canada
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NPAWG Update: Canada. Louise K. Blight Centre for Applied Conservation Research, University of British Columbia. Overview. Background on Canadian work Update on BFAL status Update on STAL No update on bycatch. Glossary. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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NPAWG Update: CanadaLouise K. Blight
Centre for Applied Conservation Research, University of British Columbia
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Overview
•Background on Canadian work
•Update on BFAL status
•Update on STAL
•No update on bycatch
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Glossary•COSEWIC = Committee on the Status
of Endangered Wildlife in Canada - scientific that committee does status assessments
•SARA = Species At Risk Act
•Taxa assessed by COSEWIC are protected once they are added to SARA Schedule 1 by federal government
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Background•Canada primarily working on N. Pacific
albatross species via recovery planning (federal gov’t) and bycatch measures
•Two albatross spp. assessed in Canada - BFAL and STAL
•Legal SARA listing enables recovery planning, increases available funding, commits gov’t to action planning
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Black-footed Albatross (I)
•COSEWIC status report finalised (2007)
•Species assessed by COSEWIC as “Special Concern” for Canada
•Comment on USFWS listing petition (JLS) based on status report
TextLK Blight
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Black-footed Albatross (II)
•Still in review process - not yet added to SARA Schedule 1
•Listing currently in consultation period
•Comments due by 18 April (sararegistry.gc.ca)
•Does NPAWG want to comment?
•Management plan is next step
LK Blight
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Short-tailed Albatross (I)
•Assessed as Threatened 2003
•Listed SARA Schedule 1 2005
•Recovery Team formed 2006 (KM Chair; LKB interim Chair 2008; members include JLS, PH)
H. Hasegawa
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Short-tailed Albatross (II)
•Recovery Strategy (STAL & PFSH) drafted 2007 & posted for public comment 2008
•Recovery goal “to support and augment international efforts to restore and increase populations”
•Comments due 18 March
•Does NPAWG want to comment?
H. Hasegawa
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Summary•Recovery planning still underway for
both BFAL and STAL in Canada
•Not a major proportion of populations in Canadian waters, but recovery planning still valuable to species overall
•Both BFAL status report and STAL/PFSH recovery strategy written with much support from NPAWG members
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Questions?