Left off the List: A Profile of Marine and Northern Species Denied Listing under Canada’s Species At Risk Act

Published by: David Suzuki Foundation
Authored by: Rachel Plotkin, Scott Wallace
ISBN: 1-897375-05-0

Biodiversity, Oceans and fresh water caribou, polar bears, grizzly bears, salmon, wolverines, sharks, species at risk, conservation, policy and regulation, Atlantic cod, beluga whales

This report highlights the plight of eight threatened species denied protection under the federal Species At Risk Act (SARA), a piece of legislation designed to prevent Canadian wildlife and plants from becoming extinct. Some of these animals, however, are languishing in a never-ending process of extended consultations.