Gulf region convictions under the Fisheries Act
To report suspicious fishing activity or habitat violations, please contact the nearest Fisheries and Oceans Canada office, or call the 24-hour, toll-free "Observe, Record Report line" at 1-800-222-8477.
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
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 | Charge Information (Section & Description) | Place of judgment | Species | Penalties, Forfeitures, Prohibitions or Orders | Dates of conviction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul-André David | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 40 - Herring fishing in the specified waters during an established closureperiod. | Bathurst, NB | Herring | $ 604.50 fine | 2026-02-13 |
| Benoît Roussel | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 40 - Herring fishing in the specified waters during an established closure period. | Bathurst, NB | Herring | $ 604.50 fine | 2026-02-09 |
| Renald Roussel | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act. No valid tag on the herring net. |
Bathurst, NB | Herring | $ 904.50 fine | 2026-02-03 |
| Jeffrey Thompson | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act. 5 undersized lobster and 4 separated tails and carapace. |
Moncton, NB | Lobster | $ 900 fine | 2026-01-15 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act. Possession of lobster parts separated from the carapace. |
$ 500 fine | ||||
| Fernand Savoie | Maritime Provinces Fisheries Regulations 34 - To take and retain clams of the targeted species from the specified waters when their length is below the established minimum size. | Bathurst, NB | Bar Clams | $ 500 fine | 2026-01-12 |
| Yves Gautreau | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (a) - Lobster fishing in the specified waters during the established closed season. | Bathurst, NB | Lobster | $ 5,000 fine | 2026-01-12 |
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations59 (3) - No person shall buy, sell or have in their possession any female lobster with eggs attached. | $ 1,000 fine | ||||
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations57 (2) - Possession of lobsters whose length is below the minimum size established for a lobster fishing area. | $ 4,000 fine | ||||
| Norbert Duguay | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act.
No Electronic Logbook (ELOG). |
Moncton, NB | Lobster | $ 904.50 fine | 2026-01-08 |
| Kenneth Boyde MacLeod | Fisheries Act 23 - Fish for, take or kill fish within any lease. | Charlottetown, PEI | Snow Crab | $5,000 fine | 2025-12-18 |
| Tommy Handrahan | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (2) - Possession of lobsters that are shorter than the minimum length established in a lobster fishing area. | Moncton, NB | Lobster | $3,400 fine | 2025-12-18 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence.
1 female lobster measuring more than 115 mm. |
$1,000 fine | ||||
| Paul-André David | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (2) - Possession of lobsters that are shorter than the minimum length established in a lobster fishing area. | Bathurst, NB | Lobster | $5,000 fine | 2025-12-11 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence.
Possession of a female lobster within the protected size window. |
$1,000 fine | ||||
| Jillian Ellis | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 14 (1) (b) - Fishing without a licence. | Amherst, NS | Rock Crab | $4,000 fine, 3 traps forfeited | 2025-12-08 |
| Fisheries (General) Regulations 27 (1) - Operating improperly marked fishing gear. | $1,000 fine | ||||
| Donald Lebouthillier | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (2) - Possession of lobsters that are shorter than the minimum length established in a lobster fishing area. | Bathurst, NB | Lobster | $4,500 fine | 2025-11-27 |
| Linden Harry Stewart | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) - Fishing lobster during close time in specified waters. | Georgetown, PEI | Lobster | $7,500 fine + Required to pay outstanding $5,000 fine from last year’s charge for the same offence + Suspension: First 168 hours (7 days) of the 2026 LFA 26A spring lobster fishery + Forfeiture: 79 lobster traps, rope and buoys. | 2025-11-27 |
| Carter John Reilly | Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations 3 (2) (a) - Notwithstanding any other regulations made under the Fisheries Act, where a Regional Director General issues an order under subsection (1) in respect of an area, no person shall, in that area, fish for or catch and retain any species of fish specified in the order unless the person is the holder of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying that licence. | Georgetown, PEI | Oysters | $1,000 fine | 2025-11-20 |
| Cole Camenzuli | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 19 (2) - Possessing Mackerel less than 26.8 cm in length. | Georgetown, PEI | Mackerel | $1,196 fine
($1,000 fine + forfeiture of the value of the seized mackerel, $196) |
2025-11-20 |
| Cory Wendell Wagner | Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations 3 (2) (a) - Notwithstanding any other regulations made under the Fisheries Act, where a Regional Director General issues an order under subsection (1) in respect of an area, no person shall, in that area, fish for or catch and retain any species of fish specified in the order unless the person is the holder of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying that licence; | Georgetown, PEI | Oysters | $1,000 fine | 2025-11-20 |
| Paul William Wagner | Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations 3 (2) (a) - Notwithstanding any other regulations made under the Fisheries Act, where a Regional Director General issues an order under subsection (1) in respect of an area, no person shall, in that area, fish for or catch and retain any species of fish specified in the order unless the person is the holder of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying that licence; | Georgetown, PEI | Oysters | $1,000 fine | 2025-11-20 |
| Isaac Callaghan | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence.
2 counts: Failure to offload under the supervision of a dockside monitor; and Failure to hail in accurate weight to dockside monitoring company. |
Summerside, PEI | Atlantic Halibut | $2,300 fine + Disposition of Seized Items: $5,475 worth of halibut catch (1,095 lbs x $5.00) | 2025-11-18 |
| Darren Ellsworth | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 49 (1) (a) - In any one day, have in their possession more than 20 mackerel. | Summerside, PEI | Mackerel | $3,500 fine + Disposition of Seized Items:
341 lbs (1.50 lbs of mackerel = $511.50), 2 rods and 3 pans |
2025-11-18 |
| Trina Gordon | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 19 (2) - The activities authorized under the licence must be carried out personally by the licence holder, the operator named in the licence or a person authorized in accordance with subsection 23(2) of the Fishery (General) Regulations. | Charlottetown, PEI | Lobster | $6,021.10 fine
($2,500 fine on count 1 + additional fine of $3,521.10 under s.79 of the Fisheries Act for the value of the catch for total fine of $6,021.10) |
2025-11-10 |
| John Melbourne MacDonald | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 14 (1) (b) - Fishing without a licence. | Charlottetown, PEI | Rock Crab | $6,000 fine | 2025-11-10 |
| Blenise Young | The General Fisheries Regulation, Article 46(3)(c) - however, failed, at the request of an observer, to provide the vessel's position in latitude and longitude. | Port Hawkesbury, NS | Halibut | $30,000,
suspended from fishing groundfish for a period of six months and prohibited from applying for a new license to fish groundfish for the same period, must fish onboard a vessel with a functional and operating vessel monitoring system for a six-month period. |
2025-11-04 |
| Grant Cameron | Fisheries Act 25(1) - Place or set fishing gear or apparatus in water, along a beach or within a fishery during a closed period. | Port Hawkesbury, NS | Halibut | A total fine of $76,561.35, a one-year ban on the groundfish fishery in Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Division 4S and groundfish fishing subarea 4T2a, and a requirement to operate a vessel monitoring system (VMS) on his fishing vessel for one year. | 2025-10-29 |
| Fisheries Act Article 79 - If the court is satisfied that the offender has received financial benefits from the commission of the offence, the court may, in addition to the maximum fine that may be imposed under this Act, impose on the court an additional fine in an amount that the court considers equal to those benefits. | Port Hawkesbury, NS | Halibut | $36, 561.35 in fines for the value of the fish sold | 2025-10-29 | |
| General Fisheries Regulations 14 (1) (b) - Fishing without a licence | Port Hawkesbury, NS | Halibut | $10,000 and a court order to send a letter of apology to the at-sea observer | 2025-10-29 |
- Date modified: