QUEBEC CITY, QUÉBEC--(Marketwired - Oct. 27, 2014) - Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, has released a list of fishers fined in recent months for offences under the Fisheries Act.
The fines imposed on the offenders total $62,050. The offenders are:
| Name and place of residence | Offence | Species | Fine | Date of conviction | ||||
| Bertrand O'Connor (L'Anse-au-Griffon) |
Fishing for shrimp during a closed time. | shrimp | $5,000 | 2014-09-24 | ||||
| Jean-Paul Beaupré Alain Leblond Sylvain Proulx Jean-Marc Tudeau (Rimouski) |
Exceeding authorized quota for clam harvesting. Possession of undersized clams. | clam | $400 each | 2014-09-23 | ||||
| Jean-Pierre Cloutier (Percé) |
Possession of lobsters under the minimum size. | lobster | $750 | 2014-09-23 | ||||
| Jacqui Réhel (Newport) |
Groundfish fishing without licence condition. | groundfish | $500 | 2014-09-22 | ||||
| Jean-François Samuel (Petit-Cap) |
Failure to properly hail in. Failure to adequately complete own logbook. Possession of Rock Crab under the legal size limit. Possession of female rock crabs. Obstructing the work of a fisheries officers. Rock crab fishing outside the authorized area on two occasions. Fishing for rock crab during a closed time. Failure to do hail-ins. Failure to provide logbooks. |
rock crab | $1,000 + nine-month conditional sentence of imprisonment with several conditions; suspension for the first eight days of the 2015 rock crab fishery; requirement to have a functional black box on vessel for all fishing trips for a period of two years. | 2014-09-22 | ||||
| Jean-Marc Sweeney (Newport) |
Failure to hail in. | snow crab | $2,000 | 2014-09-22 | ||||
| Dorima Poirier (Saint-Yvon) |
Harvesting molluscs in a closed area. Sea urchin fishing without a licence. |
sea urchin | $600 | 2014-08-18 | ||||
| Unipêche MDM (Paspébiac) |
Assisting or encouraging snow crab licence holders to fail to comply with their licence conditions by throwing back snow crab over 95 mm. | snow crab | $50,000 | 2014-07-21 | ||||
| Christian Jolicoeur (Bonaventure) |
Harvesting molluscs in a closed area. | molluscs | $300 | 2014-06-25 | ||||
| Rolland Lebrasseur (Vaudreuil-Dorion) |
Exceeding the recreational groundfish fishery quota. | groundfish | $300 | 2014-06-20 |
Fisheries and Oceans Canada encourages the public to report poaching incidents by using the online form or calling 1-800-463-9057. All reports are confidential.
The Government of Canada is committed to safeguarding the long-term health and productivity of Canada's fisheries resources, and the habitat that supports them, for generations to come. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has a mandate to protect and conserve marine resources and to prosecute offenders under the Fisheries Act. It ensures and promotes compliance with the Act and other laws and regulations through a combination of land, air, and sea patrols, as well education and awareness activities.
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