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Published: 2013

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In April 1987, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) designated Shortjaw Cisco (Coregonus zenithicus) as Threatened. The status was re-examined and confirmed in May 2003. These species must be re-assessed under the new criteria of the Act before they can be added to Schedule 1, and thus receive legal protection, or be removed from the list. Typically, products of a pre-COSEWIC assessment are Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) Research Documents and Proceedings summarizing key points of discussion at the meeting. In the case of Shortjaw Cisco, however, a second objective of the meeting (in addition to the peer review) was to provide Science Advice on the taxonomic validity of Shortjaw Cisco outside of the Laurentian Great Lakes and, if deemed to be valid, the designatable units (DUs) that should be recognized within Canada. These intertwined issues have been the subject of ongoing debate in the scientific literature. The resolution of these issues will aid in the accuracy of the COSEWIC assessment.--Document.