Convictions Under the Fisheries Act

January 13, 2010

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QUÉBEC – Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, has released a list of North Shore Area fishers fined by judges Louise Gallant and Luc Marchildon in December 2009 for various violations of the Fisheries Act.

The fishers received fines totalling $2,875. The offenders are:

Offender and home	Offence	Fine
Clyde Fequet (Old Fort)	Recreational fishing for cod during a closed time.	$250
	Exceeding the daily quota for cod in the recreational fishery.	$250
Marius Doucet (Rimouski)	Non-compliance with 2009 whelk licence conditions by keeping whelks under the legal size of 70 mm.	$400
Guy Thibault (Havre-Saint-Pierre)	Failure to hail out before 8:00 pm the day before a snow crab fishing trip.	$575
	Non-compliance with licence conditions by failing to have all the landed crab weighed.	$1,400

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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