Recovery potential assessment of pygmy whitefish (Prosopium coulterii), Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations (DU5).: Fs70-6/2021-012E-PDF

"In November 2016, COSEWIC assessed Pygmy Whitefish (Prosopium coulterii), Great Lakes – Upper St. Lawrence populations (DU5) as Threatened. The reason given for this designation was that “this small-bodied freshwater fish has experienced dramatic declines in abundance over the last several decades, with an overall estimated decline of 48% since 2000. The continued presence of invasive fishes and recovery of native predatory fishes may threaten or limit recovery, respectively.” The Recovery Potential Assessment (RPA) process has been developed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to provide information and scientific advice needed to fulfill requirements of the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA), including the development of recovery strategies and authorizations to carry out activities that would otherwise violate SARA (DFO 2007)"--Context, page [1].

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Department/Agency Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, issuing body.
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Central and Arctic Region, issuing body.
Title Recovery potential assessment of pygmy whitefish (Prosopium coulterii), Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations (DU5).
Variant title Pygmy whitefish (DU5) RPA
Series title Science advisory report, 1919-5087 ; 2021/012
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Caption title.
"April 2021."
Issued also in French under title: Évaluation du potentiel de rétablissement du corégone pygmée (Prosopium coulterii), populations des Grands Lacs et du haut Saint-Laurent (UD 5).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-13).
Publishing information [Dartmouth, Nova Scotia] : Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat ; Winnipeg, Manitoba : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Central and Arctic Region, Center for Science Advice, 2021.
©2021
Description 1 online resource (13 pages) : maps, graphs.
ISBN 9780660383224
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-6/2021-012E-PDF
Subject terms Pygmy whitefish -- Conservation -- Superior, Lake.
Wildlife recovery -- Superior, Lake.
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