Recovery Strategies

Recovery Strategy for the Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in Canadian Pacific Waters

The Pacific population of Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) was assessed as ‘endangered’ in 2007 by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). In February 2010 the population was listed as ‘endangered’ under Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA), affording it legal protection.

Consultation period: 2011-05-13 to 2011-07-12

File(s)

• HTML version of "Recovery Strategy for the Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in Canadian Pacific Waters [Final Version]"
• "Recovery Strategy for the Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in Canadian Pacific Waters [Final Version]" (2011-07-26) (PDF format, 376.01 KB)

• HTML version of "Recovery Strategy for the Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in Canadian Pacific Waters [Proposed]"
• "Recovery Strategy for the Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in Canadian Pacific Waters [Proposed]" (2011-05-13) (PDF format, 486.88 KB)

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Contact Person(s)

Director
SARA Directorate
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
200 Kent St.
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0E6
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Related Species

• Basking Shark  (Pacific population)

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