Proceedings of the Maritimes region species at risk recovery teams meetings of 2003 : Compte rendu des réunions des équipes de rétablissement des espèces en péril - région des Maritimes réunions de 2003

The next step for the Team is to amend the recovery plan so that it is compliant with the new federal legislation, the Species at Risk Act (SARA). [...] The primary goal of this meeting was to review and rank recovery priorities for right whales so they would be ready for the review of proposals for the Habitat Stewardship Program and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Endangered Species Recovery Fund. [...] Another goal of this meeting was a discussion of different aspects of the Habitat Stewardship Program including an outline of the program, the review process and potential projects. [...] The other seven have not been seen as of this date [Note: an update on the status of the sightings of the entangled right whales from 2002 was circulated to the team by email following the meeting.] Gray Zone A presentation was made by K. Sonnenberg on the Gray Zone which is an area between US and Canada, adjacent to Grand Manan. [...] Critical Habitat The approach for dealing with the requirement for critical habitat is to bring a number of experts together from Canada and the US in order to come up with some advice to the recovery team on critical habitat (CH) identification.