Proceedings 2024/004

Proceedings of the Regional Advisory Meeting of the Updated Recovery Potential Assessment of Lake Chubsucker (Erimyzon sucetta), 2011-2020; November 16-18, 2021

Chairperson: Tom Pratt

Editors: Brajgeet Bhathal, Josh King, and Julia Colm

Summary

A regional Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat peer-review meeting was held November 16–18, 2021 via the online platform Microsoft Teams. The purpose of the meeting was to assess the recovery potential of Lake Chubsucker (Erimyzon sucetta) in Canada to provide science-based advice that may be used for revising the listing decision under the Species at Risk Act (SARA), revising the Recovery Strategy and Action Plan, and to support decision making with regards to the issuance of permits and agreements. A Recovery Potential Assessment had previously been conducted for this species on March 11, 2011 (DFO 2011) so the focus of the peer-review meeting was on new information available from 2011 through 2020. Participants included Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry, Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Parks Canada, and academic experts.

Lake Chubsucker was first assessed as Special Concern by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) in 1994, re-assessed as Threatened in 2001, and was listed as Threatened under Schedule 1 of SARA in June 2003. Lake Chubsucker was subsequently re-assessed by COSEWIC in 2008 as Endangered (status was confirmed in May 2021) and is listed as Endangered under SARA owing to a decline in suitable habitat and extant locations, and multiple habitat-related threats.

This proceedings document summarizes the relevant discussions from the peer-review meeting and presents revisions to be made to the associated draft Research Documents. The Proceedings, Science Advisory Report, and the supporting Research Documents resulting from this science advisory meeting will be published on the DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Website.

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