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Acronyms of Legislations/Regulations
- ACFLR
- Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations
- BCSFR
- B.C. Sport Fishing Regulations, 1996
- CCC
- Canada Criminal Code
- CSA
- Canada Shipping Act
- FA
- Fisheries Act
- FGR
- Fishery (General) Regulations
- MCFR
- Management of Contaminated Fishery Regulations
- MMR
- Marine Mammal Regulations
- NTFR
- Northwest Territories Fishery Regulations
- PAR
- Pacific Aquaculture Regulations
- PFMAR
- Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations, 2007
- PFR
- Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993
- SARA
- Species At Risk Act
- YTFR
- Yukon Territory Fishery Regulations
Name and Place of Residence | Charge Information (Section & Description) | Species | Penalties, Forfeitures, Prohibitions or Orders | Dates of Conviction |
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Guillaume Duguay |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to complete his electronic logbook and ensure that the data is complete and closed prior to landing his lobster catches. |
Lobster |
$1,050 |
2024-02-22 |
Failing to comply with mackerel licence conditions by not forwarding combined forms to Fisheries and Oceans Canada. |
Mackerel |
$1,250 |
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Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to make a sea call prior to docking. |
Atlantic rock crab |
$750 |
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Failing to comply with Atlantic rock crab licence conditions by not forwarding combined forms to Fisheries and Oceans Canada. |
$1,600 |
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Steeve Duguay |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to complete his electronic logbook and ensure that the data is complete and closed prior to landing his herring catches. |
Herring |
$2,500 |
2024-02-21 |
Andrew Stewart |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by carrying a net with a mesh size of less than 66.7 mm. |
Herring |
$750 and forfeiture of seized items |
2024-02-21 |
Cédrick Lessard |
Having fished for snow crab without a licence or authorization. |
Snow crab |
$1,000 |
2024-02-14 |
Ryan Lavallée (St-Augustin) |
Having fished for lobster without valid license conditions. |
Lobster |
$500 |
2024-02-14 |
Geneviève Chiasson (Gallix) |
Being in possession of fish that were caught in contravention of the Fisheries Act. |
Snow crab |
$500 |
2024-02-13 |
Bernard Gauthier (Gallix) |
Having fished for snow crab during the closed season. |
Snow crab |
$750 |
2024-02-13 |
Having fished for snow crab without having a licence authorizing fishing for this species of fish. |
$750 |
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Being in possession of fish that were caught in contravention of the Fisheries Act. |
$500 |
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Having fished for snow crab during the closed season. |
$750 |
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Having fished for snow crab without having a licence authorizing fishing for this species of fish. |
$750 and forfeiture of seized items |
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Jesse Gauthier (Rivière-Pentecôte) |
Having a crab trap on board a vessel during the closed season for snow crab fishing. |
Snow crab |
$750 |
2024-02-13 |
Marcel Gauthier (Rivière-Pentecôte) |
Having a crab trap on board a vessel during the closed season for snow crab fishing. |
Snow crab |
$750 |
2024-02-13 |
Having fished for snow crab during the closed season. |
$750 |
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Having fished for snow crab without having a licence authorizing fishing for this species of fish. |
$750 |
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Being in possession of fish that were caught in contravention of the Fisheries Act. |
$500 and forfeiture of seized items |
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Garry Etheridge (Brador Bay) |
Having refused the presence of an observer at sea. |
Snow crab |
$500 |
2024-02-12 |
2973-1288 Québec inc. |
Having placed fishing gear in the water and failed to remove it as soon as it is no longer in use. |
Snow crab |
$1,000 |
2024-01-31 |
Christian Allard |
While recreational fishing, possessing fish processed to the point where it is difficult to determine the size. |
Scallop |
$750 |
2024-01-25 |
Mathieu Baudouin |
Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. |
Lobster |
$4,500 and forfeiture of seized items |
2024-01-25 |
Being in possession of lobster under the legal size. |
$1,550 |
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Being in possession of female lobsters carrying eggs. |
$750 |
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Mathieu Boudreau |
Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. |
Lobster |
$1,550 |
2024-01-25 |
Being in possession of female lobsters carrying eggs. |
$750 |
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Being in possession of lobster parts (claws and tails) separated from the thorax of the lobster shell. |
$500 |
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Yannick Duguay |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to complete his electronic logbook and ensure that the data is complete and closed prior to landing his lobster catches. |
Lobster |
$2,500 |
2024-01-25 |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to carry a complete and up-to-date record of his fishing gear tags. |
$500 |
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Failing to comply with licence conditions by illegally using traps without valid tags. |
$2,500 and forfeiture of seized traps |
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Failing to comply with licence conditions by not identifying the rope used to attach the traps to a buoy by means of coloured strands. |
$500 |
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Stéphane Grenier |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to carry a complete and up-to-date record of his fishing gear tags. |
Lobster |
$1,200 |
2024-01-23 |
Failing to remove lobster traps when no longer in use and before the beginning of the prohibition period. |
$750 |
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Failing to comply with licence conditions by not declaring the loss of lobster traps. |
$500 |
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Cynthia Martel |
Being in possession of soft-shell clams that are less than 51 mm long. |
Soft-shell clam |
$233 |
2024-01-23 |
Raymond Cyr |
Having offered for sale fish caught and kept during recreational fishing. |
Capelin |
$250 |
2024-01-18 |
Norbert Duguay |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by carrying a net with a mesh size of less than 66.7 mm. |
Herring |
$750 |
2023-12-21 |
Failing to comply with license conditions by not completing his logbook (data complete and closed) prior to landing. |
$1,000 |
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Éric Langlois |
Being in possession of snow crab that are less than 95 mm long. |
Snow crab |
$7,400 |
2023-12-21 |
Vincent Robitaille |
Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. |
Lobster |
$1,500 and forfeiture of seized equipment |
2023-12-21 |
Having fished for lobster during the closed season. |
$500 |
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Having fished for lobster other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap. |
$750 |
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Bertrand Desbois |
Failing to comply with license conditions by having fishing gear without a valid tag on board the vessel. |
Lobster |
$1,000 |
2023-12-20 |
Failing to comply with the conditions of its transport permits by failing to ensure that, when transporting fish, a plastic tag is attached to each container of fresh fish, making it possible to identify who caught the fish. |
$1,000 |
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Failing to comply with licence conditions by not keeping a register of all crew members. |
$500 |
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Having a lobster trap on board his fishing boat of which the exit panel was fastened with stainless steel wire. |
$500 |
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Stewart George Newel |
Being in possession of snow crab that are less than 95 mm long. |
Snow crab |
$3,900 |
2023-12-20 |
Luc Turbide |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by not immediately tagging any bluefin tuna caught with a valid tag. |
Bluefin tuna |
$750 |
2023-12-18 |
Michel Losier (Port-Cartier) |
Having fished 56 lobsters without a licence or authorization and being in possession of a lobster under the legal size. |
Lobster |
$6,700 |
2023-12-12 |
Bertrand Moreau |
Having fished lobster without a licence or authorization and other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap. |
Lobster |
$1,500 |
2023-12-12 |
Marcel Young |
While recreational fishing, possessing fish processed to the point where it is difficult to determine the size. |
Mackerel |
$200 |
2023-12-12 |
Yvon Roussy |
Being in possession of an incidental catch of striped bass during an Atlantic halibut fishing expedition. |
Atlantic Halibut |
$750 |
2023-12-06 |
Rodrigue Larocque |
Being in possession of lobster under the legal size. |
Lobster |
$2,150 |
2023-11-23 |
André Roy |
Being in possession of soft-shell clams that are less than 51 mm long. |
Soft-shell clam |
$268 |
2023-11-23 |
Serge Aubut |
Having obstructed Fishery officers in the execution of their duties. |
Mackerel |
$800 |
2023-11-22 |
Richard Cloutier |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by landing snow crab without the authorization and presence of a dockside observer. |
Snow crab |
$4,000 and forfeiture of seized items and proceeds of sale in the amount of $568.35. |
2023-11-22 |
Roxanne Durette |
Having fished for clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination. |
Soft-shell clam |
$1,000 and forfeiture of seized items. Order under section 79.2 of the Fisheries Act prohibiting Ms. Durette from being in any place where shellfish fishing may take place, whether the area is open or closed to fishing, for a period of 3 years. |
2023-11-22 |
Being in possession of soft-shell clams that are less than 51 mm long. |
$400 |
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Having obstructed Fishery Officers in the execution of their duties. |
$500 |
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Jocelyn Parent |
Having fished for clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination. |
Soft-shell clam |
$400 and forfeiture of seized items |
2023-11-22 |
Being in possession of soft-shell clams that are less than 51 mm long. |
$300 |
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Marc-André Robichaud |
Having fished for blue mussel in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination. |
Blue mussel |
$300 |
2023-11-22 |
Claude Stéphane Francoeur |
Having fished for clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination. |
Soft-shell clam |
$600 and forfeiture of seized items |
2023-11-22 |
Being in possession of soft-shell clams that are less than 51 mm long. |
$300 |
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Travis Vautier |
Failing to comply with license conditions by not completing his logbook (data complete and closed) prior to landing his lobster catch. |
Lobster |
$1,000 |
2023-11-22 |
Claude Durette |
Having fished for clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination. |
Soft-shell clam |
$300 and forfeiture of seized items |
2023-11-14 |
Albanie Maltais |
Having fished for clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination. |
Soft-shell clam |
$300 and forfeiture of seized items |
2023-11-14 |
Sylvain Porlier |
Having fished for Atlantic razor clam in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination. |
Atlantic razor clam |
$200 |
2023-11-14 |
Being in possession of soft-shell clams that are less than 51 mm long. |
Soft-shell clam |
$477 |
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Florent Savoie |
Having fished for clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination. |
Soft-shell clam |
$300 |
2023-11-14 |
Wilton Burke |
Having used fishing gear without a valid tag bearing a unique identification number securely attached to the trap frame. |
Lobster |
$500 |
2023-11-08 |
Failing to identify the rope used to attach the trap to a buoy with coloured strands in accordance with its licence conditions. |
$500 |
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Paul W. Chevarie |
Being in possession of 9 lobsters that are less than 83 mm long. |
Lobster |
$2,500 |
2023-11-08 |
Denis Cyr (A) |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by not immediately putting any Atlantic halibut that are less than 85 cm long back in the water. |
Atlantic Halibut |
$750 |
2023-11-08 |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by not ensuring that all fish caught were landed and weighed in full and without interruption. |
$1,000 |
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Failing to comply with licence conditions by not keeping a truthful record of his fishing activities and catches in his logbook. |
Groundfish |
$750 |
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Being in possession of fish that were caught in contravention of the Fisheries Act. |
$500 |
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Failing to comply with licence conditions by not immediately putting any yellowtail flounder that are less than 23 cm long back to the water. |
Yellowtail flounder |
$500 |
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Failing to comply with licence conditions by not immediately putting any yellowtail flounder that are less than 23 cm long back to the water. |
$500 |
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Failing to comply with licence conditions by not immediately returning any winter flounder that are less than 25 cm long back to the water. |
Winter Flounder |
$500 |
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Failing to comply with licence conditions by not immediately returning any winter flounder that are less than 25 cm long back to the water. |
$500 |
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Failing to immediately put a fish caught by accident back to the water. |
Atlantic rock crab |
$750 |
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Being in possession of claws separated from the thorax or shell of a lobster. |
Lobster |
$500 |
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Émile Eloquin |
Having fished for the species indicated in his licence without having on hand additional conditions with regards to Atlantic halibut. |
Atlantic halibut |
$1,500 |
2023-11-08 |
Gabriel Eloquin |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by not declaring the loss of fishing gear prior to arrival in port at the end of the fishing trip. |
Lobster |
$750 |
2023-11-08 |
Having used for fishing wooden lobster traps that are not equipped with two adjacent softwood slats, untreated with an antiputrid agent, in one of the outer walls of each parlor. |
$500 |
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Christian Huard |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by possessing a female lobster with mutilations and/or "V" notches on their uropods adjacent to the telson. |
Lobster |
$750 |
2023-11-08 |
Gilles Langlais |
Failing to comply with permit conditions by not completing the logbook in accordance with the instructions specified in the Combined Forms booklet. |
Atlantic Halibut |
$750 |
2023-11-08 |
Jean-Yves Lapierre |
While recreational fishing, possessing fish processed to the point where it is difficult to determine the size. |
Mackerel |
$200 |
2023-11-08 |
Be in possession of more than 20 mackerels on a single day during recreational fishing. |
$300 |
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Fernand Martinet |
While recreational fishing, possessing fish processed to the point where it is difficult to determine the size. |
Mackerel |
$200 |
2023-11-08 |
While recreational fishing, possessing 17 mackerels less the 26,8 cm in length. |
$300 |
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Marco Turbide |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by not sending his logbook entries within the 72-hour delay maximum of each fishing trip. |
Lobster |
$1,000 |
2023-11-08 |
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