080121-08MN006-Sabina Hackett River Project Proposal ... - NIRB

Description of the Existing EnvironmentTable 6.2-15Status of Marine Mammals Potentially Occurring in the Shipping LaneSpecies StatusSpecies Scientific Name Nunavut SARA Designation COSEWICBeluga Whale (Eastern High Delphinapterus leucas Sensitive Not currently scheduled Special ConcernArctic-Baffin Bay Population)Beluga Whale (Eastern Delphinapterus leucas Secure Not currently scheduled Not at RiskBeaufort Sea Population)Bowhead Whale (DavisBalaena mysticetus At Risk Not currently scheduled ThreatenedStrait-Baffin Bay Population)Bowhead Whale (Bering- Balaena mysticetus Sensitive Schedule 2 EndangeredChukchi-Beaufort Population)Bowhead Whale (Eastern Balaena mysticetus At Risk Schedule 2 EndangeredArctic Population)Narwhal Monodon monoceros Secure Not currently scheduled Special ConcernRinged Seal Pusa hispida Secure Not currently scheduled Not at RiskBearded Seal Erignathus barbatus Secure Not currently scheduled Data DeficientHarp SealPagophilusSecure Not currently scheduled Not assessedgroenlandicaAtlantic WalrusOdobenus rosmarus Secure Not currently scheduled Special ConcernrosmarusPolar Bear Ursus maritimus Sensitive Not currently scheduled Special ConcernTable 6.2-16Status of Marine Birds Potentially Occurring in the Shipping LaneSpecies StatusSpecies Scientific Name Nunavut SARA Designation COSEWICRuddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Sensitive Not currently scheduled Not assessedRed Knot (islandicasubspecies)Calidris canutusislandica Sensitive Not currently scheduled Special ConcernRed Knot (rufa subspecies) Calidris canutus rufa Sensitive Not currently scheduled EndangeredPurple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessedDunlin Calidris alpina Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessedBuff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Sensitive Not currently scheduled Not assessedRed Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Sensitive Not currently scheduled Not assessedNorthern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessedThayer's Gull Larus thayeri Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessedBlack-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessedRoss's Gull Rhodostethia rosea At Risk Schedule 1 ThreatenedSabine's Gull Xema sabini Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessedIvory Gull Pagophila eburnea May be at Risk Schedule 1 EndangeredThick-billed Murre Uria lomvia Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessedBlack Guillemot Cepphus grylle Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessedKing Eider Somateria spectabilis Sensitive Not currently scheduled Not assessedCommon Eider Somateria mollissima Sensitive Not currently scheduled Not assessedNorthern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Undetermined Not currently scheduled Not assessedJanuary 2008 Hackett River Project – Project Proposal Sabina Silver CorporationReport Version B.1 6–23 Rescan Environmental Services Ltd. (Proj. #833-2)