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Recovery Strategy Report Series Report on the Progress of Recovery Strategy Implementation for the Atlantic Whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani) in Canada for the Period 2007-2012 Atlantic Whitefish 2016 Report on the Progress of Recovery Strategy Implementation for the Atlantic Whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani) in Canada for the Period 2007-2012 2016 Recommended citation: Fisheries and Oceans Canada. [...] Recovery Strategy Progress Report for the Atlantic Whitefish 2016 Preface Section 46 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA) requires the competent Minister to report on the implementation of the recovery strategy for a species at risk, and on the progress towards meeting its objectives within five years of the date when the recovery strategy was placed on the SAR Public Registry. [...] The accomplishment of a number of scientific achievements, management activities undertaken, and the initiation of a number of recovery efforts have assisted in progress towards ensuring that the Recovery Strategy goal is achieved and will require the continued implementation of additional actions, which have been identified and prioritized in the Action Plan for the species. [...] Key to recovery success is adopting an adaptive management approach and ensuring the timely implementation of the measures required for recovery (as identified in the Action Plan) which will require the continued commitment and cooperation of the AWCRT and other partners including the potential establishment of new partnership arrangements, careful consideration and management of both financial an [...] The Schedule of Studies in the Recovery Strategy accordingly outlines the research activities required to refine the current description of critical habitat within the Petite lakes to support its protection and to identify any additional habitat areas required for the species subsequent recovery, such that all required critical habitat is eventually identified to fully achieve the population and d.