May 26, 2011:
Excerpt:
As a member of the American Eel Recovery Strategy Team and one of the six co-authors of the American Eel Recovery Strategy, I can assure you that my co-authors and I have paid assiduous attention to establishing a recovery strategy for American Eel which has feasible mitigation strategies that are within the responsibilities of the Minister and treat the required adaptive management process with respect. Under the circumstances I recommend that the deadline for completion of agreements under S.11 be extended to a date 12 months after the public release of Ontario Government policy outlining the long term recovery strategy for American Eel.