Convictions Under The Fisheries Act

November 16, 2009

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QUÉBEC – Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, has released a list of Gaspé and Lower St. Lawrence Area fishers fined in October and November 2009 for various violations of the Fisheries Act.

The total amount of the fines imposed is $4,650. The offenders are:

Offender and home	Offence	Fine and judge
Jean- Sébastien Caron (Tide Head) Yves Caron (Atholville)	Harvesting shellfish in a closed area and possession of over 300 softshell clams.	$550 (J.-S. Caron) $600 (Y. Caron) Judge : Raoul Poirier
Laval-Marie Dionne (Trois-Pistoles) Laurent Doucet (Le Bic)	Possession of whelks under the minimum legal size.	$1,000 (L. Doucet) $2,500 (L.-M. Dionne) Judge : Suzanne Bousquet

The Department has a mandate to protect and conserve fishery resources and is ever vigilant in its efforts to prevent poaching of marine resources.

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For more information:

Martin Bourget
Communications Officer
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Québec, Quebec
418-648-7893

 

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