<?xml version="1.0"?><Regulation lims:pit-date="2024-09-25" lims:lastAmendedDate="2024-09-25" lims:current-date="2024-10-02" lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488314" lims:id="1488314" gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SOR" xml:lang="en" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488315" lims:id="1488315"><InstrumentNumber>SOR/2024-195</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2024</YYYY><MM>9</MM><DD>25</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate><Date><YYYY>2024</YYYY><MM>10</MM><DD>3</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><EnablingAuthority lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488316" lims:id="1488316"><XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="S-15.3">SPECIES AT RISK ACT</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488317" lims:id="1488317">Critical Habitat of the Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Order</LongTitle></Identification><Order lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488318" lims:id="1488318"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488319" lims:id="1488319" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Whereas the Spotted Gar (<Language xml:lang="la">Lepisosteus oculatus</Language>) is a wildlife species that is listed as an endangered species in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="S-15.3">Species at Risk Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5159_hq_1685559061">a</FootnoteRef>;</Text><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5159_hq_1685559061" placement="page" status="official"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 2002, c. 29</Text></Footnote></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488320" lims:id="1488320" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Whereas the recovery strategy that identified the critical habitat of that species has been included in the Species at Risk Public Registry;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488321" lims:id="1488321" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Whereas a portion of the critical habitat of that species is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2)<FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5159_hq_1685559074">b</FootnoteRef> of that Act and, under subsection 58(5) of that Act, that portion must be excluded from the annexed Order;</Text><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5159_hq_1685559074" placement="page" status="official"><Label>b</Label><Text>S.C. 2015, c. 10, s. 60</Text></Footnote></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488322" lims:id="1488322" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>And whereas, under subsection 58(5) of that Act, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans has consulted with the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency, namely the Minister of the Environment, with respect to the annexed Order;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488323" lims:id="1488323" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Therefore, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans makes the annexed <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2024-195">Critical Habitat of the Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Order</XRefExternal> under subsection 58(4) and paragraph 58(5)(a) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="S-15.3">Species at Risk Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5159_hq_1685559061">a</FootnoteRef>.</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488324" lims:id="1488324" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no" topmarginspacing="12"><Text>Ottawa, September 20, 2024</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488325" lims:id="1488325" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no" topmarginspacing="12"><TableGroup lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488326" lims:id="1488326" bilingual="yes" orientation="portrait" pointsize="11pt" topmarginspacing="50pt"><table lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488327" lims:id="1488327" frame="none"><tgroup lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488328" lims:id="1488328" cols="2"><colspec colname="1" colwidth="100*" /><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="100.00*" /><tbody lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488329" lims:id="1488329"><row rowsep="0"><entry colsep="0" nameend="COLSPEC0" namest="1" rowsep="0" valign="top"><SignatureBlock justification="center" width="20pc"><SignatureTitle justification="center"><Language xml:lang="fr">La ministre des Pêches et des Océans,</Language></SignatureTitle><SignatureLine justification="center" topmarginspacing="30"><Leader leader="solid" length="20pc" /></SignatureLine><SignatureName justification="center">Diane Lebouthillier</SignatureName><SignatureTitle justification="center">Minister of Fisheries and Oceans</SignatureTitle></SignatureBlock></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></TableGroup></Provision></Order><Body lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488330" lims:id="1488330"><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488331" lims:id="1488331" level="1"><TitleText>Critical Habitat</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:lastAmendedDate="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488332" lims:id="1488332"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488333" lims:id="1488333">Application</MarginalNote><Label>1</Label><Text>Subsection 58(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="S-15.3">Species at Risk Act</XRefExternal> applies to the critical habitat of the Spotted Gar (<Language xml:lang="la">Lepisosteus oculatus</Language>) — which is identified in the recovery strategy for that species that is included in the Species at Risk Public Registry — other than the portion of that critical habitat that is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2) of that Act.</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488334" lims:id="1488334" level="1"><TitleText>Repeal</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:lastAmendedDate="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488335" lims:id="1488335" target="SOR/2017-264" type="repeal"><Label>2</Label><Text>The <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2024-195">Critical Habitat of the Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Order</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5159_hq_1685627745">1</FootnoteRef> is repealed.</Text><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5159_hq_1685627745" placement="page" status="official"><Label>1</Label><Text>SOR/2017-264</Text></Footnote></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488336" lims:id="1488336" level="1"><TitleText>Coming into Force</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:lastAmendedDate="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488337" lims:id="1488337" type="CIF"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2024-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2024-09-25" lims:fid="1488338" lims:id="1488338">Registration</MarginalNote><Label>3</Label><Text>This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.</Text></Section></Body></Regulation>