News Headline

Ringed seals under consideration for listing under Species at Risk Act

Source
CBC (Canada)

Publication Date
2021-04-07

Fisheries and Oceans Canada will begin consultations this fall on whether to list ringed seals under the federal Species at Risk Act. The consultations will begin nearly two years after the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, or COSEWIC, declared the animals a species of special concern in November of 2019, noting: "This small seal needs sea ice to thrive."

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/ringed-seals-sara-1.5977310