COSEWIC definition
Examples of COSEWIC in a sentence
This follows the most recent COSEWIC status report, which considers these groups as different “designable units” (COSEWIC 2014).
COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus in Canada.
COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus in Canada.
The FJMC will continue to work with COSEWIC to better define the Committee’s role in the federal assessment process for endangered species under the Committee’s jurisdiction.
In 2003, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC 2003) designated the Short-tailed Albatross as Threatened (a wildlife species likely to become endangered if limiting factors are not reversed) in Canada.
In 2007, COSEWIC listed the Black-footed Albatross as a species of Special Concern (a wildlife species that may become a threatened or an endangered species because of a combination of biological characteristics and identified threats; COSEWIC 2007).
In their written evidence, Tsawwassen highlighted the nutritional, economic, and cultural importance of salmon and Dungeness crab, which they harvest in large quantities, and eulachon, which they are only able harvest in small quantities because of its COSEWIC endangered status.
COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes in Canada.
COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE IN CANADA (COSEWIC).
The EIS should identify the adverse effects of the Project on SARs, including individuals, critical habitat, recovery habitat, important habitat and residences of species listed under ▇▇▇▇ and NLESA, species recommended for legal listing by COSEWIC, the SSAC, as well as adverse effects on species of conservation concern ranked by the ACCDC as S1, S2, or S3.