Invasive Species Regulations Now In Force

As we reported last year, on November 3, 2015, the province passed several new pieces of environmental legislation, including the Invasive Species Act, 2015. The province has now introduced regulations under the Act to ban the import, breeding, purchase and sale of 19 invasive species.

There are two categories of invasive species: prohibited and restricted. Under the regulations, three tables list prohibited invertebrates, plants and fish. A fourth table lists plants as restricted invasive species. Prohibited invasive species are those which are illegal to import, possess, deposit, release, transport, breed/grow, buy, sell, lease or trade. Restricted invasive species are those it is illegal to import, breed/grow, buy, sell or trade.