COSEWIC
This is the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada - the organization responsible for reviewing and determining species and populations to be listed as endangered in Canada

Facts:

• In 2001 the inner Bay of Fundy salmon were declared endangered by COSEWIC
• These are important populations, as they are distinct and different from any others in the world
• These are the first salmon runs to be listed endangered in Canada

Results of Listing

• No special funding automatically goes with listing - but it does bring to bear special conservation provisions, and brings together restoration efforts and with it extra funding for research and restoration
• Listing by COSEWIC has galvanized action
• Listing brought forward the need to develop a restoration strategy and river restoration plans

 

POINT OF COMPARISON BETWEEN INNER BAY OF FUNDY SALMON AND U.S. WILD SALMON

• The United States has also declared 8 Maine salmon river populations endangered under their Federal Endangered Species Act. This is a first in that country, but those salmon populations migrate offshore, and have a different array of problems, including acid rain impacts in freshwater as well as mortality in the open North Atlantic Ocean. Salmon populations declared endangered are the Dennys, East Machias, Machias, Narraguagus, Pleasant, Cove Brook, Ducktrap and Sheepscot