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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Jean Lamèque, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 53 (b) - Possessing snow crab less than the minimum width. | Snow Crab | $7,000 fine | 2021-03-12 |
| Yvon Breau Bouctouche Baie, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 14 (1) (b) - Fishing without a licence. | Lobster | $4,000 fine | 2021-03-01 |
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (2) - Possessing lobster shorter than the minimum size in a lobster fishing area. | Lobster | $4,000 fine | 2021-03-01 | |
| Raymond LeBlanc Dieppe, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 14 (1) (b) - Fishing without a licence. | Lobster | $4,000 fine | 2021-03-01 |
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (2) - Possessing lobster shorter than the minimum size in a lobster fishing area. | Lobster | $4,000 fine | 2021-03-01 | |
| Todd Tattrie Tatamagouche, NS |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Failure to complete logbook prior entering port. |
Scallop | $500 fine | 2021-02-24 |
| Marvin Graham New London, PEI |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Failure to have catch verified by a dockside observer. |
Cod | $2,500 fine | 2021-02-22 |
| Fishery General Regulations 36 (2) (c) - Catching and retaining commercially caught fish whose weight cannot be readily determined. Fish filleted at sea |
Cod | $750 fine | 2021-02-22 | |
| Gordon James Rayner Alberton, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (c) - Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during close time. | Lobster | $500 fine + prohibition from fishing lobster for the first (1) hour period of the 2021 lobster fishing season in Lobster Fishing Area 24. | 2021-02-09 |
| Terrance J. Gavin Alberton, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (c) - Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during close time. | Lobster | $500 fine + prohibition from fishing lobster for the first (1) hour period of the 2021 lobster fishing season in Lobster Fishing Area 24. | 2021-02-09 |
| Benjamin W. Gavin Alberton, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (c) - Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during close time. | Lobster | $500 fine + prohibition from fishing lobster for the first (1) hour period of the 2021 lobster fishing season in Lobster Fishing Area 24. | 2021-02-09 |
| Allen Adams Alberton, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (c) - Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during close time. | Lobster | $500 fine + prohibition from fishing lobster for the first (1) hour period of the 2021 lobster fishing season in Lobster Fishing Area 24. | 2021-02-09 |
| Chad Adams Alberton, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (c) - Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during close time. | Lobster | $500 fine + prohibition from fishing lobster for the first (1) hour period of the 2021 lobster fishing season in Lobster Fishing Area 24. | 2021-02-09 |
| Wendell Rayner Alberton, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (c) - Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during close time. | Lobster | $500 fine + prohibition from fishing lobster for the first (1) hour period of the 2021 lobster fishing season in Lobster Fishing Area 24. | 2021-02-09 |
| Stacey Skerry Tignish, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (c) - Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during close time. | Lobster | $500 fine + prohibition from fishing lobster for the first (1) hour period of the 2021 lobster fishing season in Lobster Fishing Area 24. | 2021-02-09 |
| Blaine Hutt Alberton, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (c) - Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during close time. | Lobster | $500 fine + prohibition from fishing lobster for the first (1) hour period of the 2021 lobster fishing season in Lobster Fishing Area 24. | 2021-02-09 |
| Mitchell Hardy Alberton, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (c) - Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during close time. | Lobster | $500 fine + prohibition from fishing lobster for the first (1) hour period of the 2021 lobster fishing season in Lobster Fishing Area 24. | 2021-02-09 |
| Devan Hutt Alberton, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (c) - Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during close time. | Lobster | $500 fine + prohibition from fishing lobster for the first (1) hour period of the 2021 lobster fishing season in Lobster Fishing Area 24. | 2021-02-09 |
| Katie Hutt Alberton, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (c) - Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during close time. | Lobster | $500 fine + prohibition from fishing lobster for the first (1) hour period of the 2021 lobster fishing season in Lobster Fishing Area 24. | 2021-02-09 |
| Jordan Lewis Alberton, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (c) - Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during close time. | Lobster | $500 fine + prohibition from fishing lobster for the first (1) hour period of the 2021 lobster fishing season in Lobster Fishing Area 24. | 2021-02-09 |
| Brenna MacAusland Alberton, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (c) - Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during close time. | Lobster | $500 fine + prohibition from fishing lobster for the first (1) hour period of the 2021 lobster fishing season in Lobster Fishing Area 24. | 2021-02-09 |
| Hédard Hébert St-Simon, NB |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations 3(2) - 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. Fishing in a contaminated area. |
Softshell clams | $250 fine | 2021-02-09 |
| Jean-Marie Plourde Coteau Road, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 59 (3) - Having in possession female lobster with eggs attached. | Lobster | $1,000 fine | 2021-01-26 |
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (2) - Possessing lobster shorter than the minimum size in a lobster fishing area. | Lobster | $2,800 fine | 2021-01-26 | |
| Marc Savoie Haut-Shippagan, NB |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations 3(2) - 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. Fishing in a contaminated area. |
Softshell clams | 30 days conditional sentence. Prohibition to harvest clams in the area of the offence for 12 months | 2021-01-26 |
| Victorin Paquet Bas-Caraquet, NB |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations 3(2) - 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. Fishing in a contaminated area. |
Softshell clams | $250 fine | 2021-01-26 |
| Randall (Arthur) Simon Elsipogtog, NB |
Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations 7 - No person carrying on fishing or any related activity under the authority of a licence shall contravene or fail to comply with any condition of the licence. Snow crab gear set in a buffer zone. |
Snow Crab | $4,500 fine | 2021-01-19 |
| Mitchell P. Rice Kensington, PEI |
Fisheries Act 25 (2) - Subject to the regulations and subsection (3), any person who places or sets any fishing gear or apparatus in any water, along any beach or within any fishery shall remove it when the gear or apparatus is not being tended and prior to the commencement of a close time. | Lobster | $5,000 fine | 2021-01-14 |
| Philippe Breau Shippagan, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 53 (b) - Possessing snow crab less than the minimum width. | Snow Crab | $11,650 fine | 2021-01-12 |
| Eldon Lecouteur Miscou, NB |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Incomplete logbook for lobster season 2020 |
Lobster | $1,000 fine | 2021-01-12 |
| Brandon Paul Elsipogtog, NB |
Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations 7 - No person carrying on fishing or any related activity under the authority of a licence shall contravene or fail to comply with any condition of the licence. Fishing during a closed time. |
Snow Crab | $7,000 fine | 2021-01-12 |
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 53 (b) - Possessing snow crab less than the minimum width. | Snow Crab | $3,000 fine | 2021-01-12 | |
| Marcel Ward Miscou, NB |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Incomplete logbook for lobster season 2020 |
Lobster | $1,000 fine | 2021-01-12 |
| Willard Burke Fortune, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 14 (1) (b) - Fishing without a licence. | Lobster | $1,500 fine | 2021-01-07 |
| Fisheries Act 25 (1) - Place or set fishing gear or apparatus in water, along a beach or within a fishery during a close time. | Lobster | $2,000 fine | 2021-01-07 | |
| Carl Stanley Cameron Port Hood, NS |
Fishery General Regulations 22 (7) - Failing to comply with any condition of the licence. 3300 hooks aboard the vessel or in the water when the allowable limit is 1500. |
Groundfish | $10,250 fine (+forfeiture of $18k catch value and forfeiture of longline) |
2021-01-07 |
| Fisheries Act 63 (1) - Making a false statement or misleading statement, whether orally or in writing to an inspector, a fishery officer, a fishery guardian, any authority designated by a fishery officer or a fishery guardian or any authority prescribed under this Act. | Groundfish | $1,250 fine | 2021-01-07 | |
| Michel Robichaud Val-Comeau, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (2) - Possessing lobster shorter than the minimum size in a lobster fishing area. | Lobster | $6,250 fine | 2021-01-07 |
| Marc Chiasson Caraquet, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 53 (b) - Possessing snow crab less than the minimum width. | Snow Crab | $9,500 fine | 2020-12-15 |
| Roger Gionet Bas-Caraquet, NB |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Possession of female lobster between 115mm and 129mm in length. |
Lobster | $2,000 fine | 2020-12-15 |
| Robert Gionet Petite-Lamèque, NB |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations 3(2) - 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. Fishing in a contaminated area. |
Softshell clams | $200 fine | 2020-12-15 |
| Andrew Joe Esgenoôpetitj, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (2) - Possessing lobster shorter than the minimum size in a lobster fishing area. | Lobster | $6,700 fine | 2020-12-14 |
| John Murray MacLeod Murray Harbour, PEI |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Fail to comply with a condition of the said licence, to wit: retain a catch limit of 261 kg |
Halibut | $1,500 fine | 2020-12-10 |
| Fishery General Regulations 36 (2) (c) - Catching and retaining commercially caught fish whose weight cannot be readily determined. | Halibut | $750 fine | 2020-12-10 | |
| Yvon Arseneau Pointe-Verte, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 14 (1) (b) - Fishing without a licence. | Rock Crab | $2,500 fine | 2020-12-01 |
| Ronald Bigelow Miscouche, PEI |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Untagged net |
Herring | $3,000 fine | 2020-12-01 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Mesh size less than 57.1mm |
Herring | $3,000 fine | 2020-12-01 | |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. More than 50 fathom of net |
Herring | $1,250 fine | 2020-12-01 | |
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 90(1) - Fishing for groundfish during close time in specified waters. | Flounder | $2,000 fine | 2020-12-01 | |
| Samuel Haché Ste-Marie, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 52 (a) - Fishing for crab during a close time. | Snow Crab | $13,000 fine | 2020-12-01 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Illegal landing of snow crab |
Snow Crab | $5,000 fine | 2020-12-01 | |
| Joel Chiasson Caraquet, NB |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Possession of female lobster between 115mm and 129mm in length. |
Lobster | $1,000 fine | 2020-12-01 |
| Robert Gosbee Murray River, PEI |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Failure of having a dockside observer at offload and failure to hail-in prior to entering port. |
Rock Crab | $3,000 fine | 2020-11-26 |
| Stephane Richardson Rivière-du-portage, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 14 (1) (b) - Fishing without a licence. | Lobster | $4,000 fine | 2020-11-24 |
| Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations 22 - Possessing, without lawful excuse, a fishing net other than a dip net. | Striped bass | $2,000 fine | 2020-11-24 | |
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 14 (1) (b) - Fishing without a licence. | Lobster | $4,000 fine | 2020-11-24 | |
| Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations 22 - Possessing, without lawful excuse, a fishing net other than a dip net. | Striped bass | $1,000 fine | 2020-11-24 | |
| Morgan Cooke O'Leary, PEI |
Fishery General Regulations 22 (7) - Failing to comply with any condition of the licence. Fishing in an unauthorized area. |
Rock Crab | $1,500 fine | 2020-11-19 |
| Guy Frigault Caraquet, NB |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations 3(2) - 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. Fishing in a contaminated area. |
Softshell clams | $500 fine | 2020-11-17 |
| Brian Chiasson Ste-Marie, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (2) - Possessing lobster shorter than the minimum size in a lobster fishing area. | Lobster | $2,800 fine | 2020-11-17 |
| Conrad Légère St-Simon, NB |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations 3(2) - 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. Fishing in a contaminated area. |
Softshell clams | $250 fine | 2020-11-17 |
| Karen Matheson Montague, PEI |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations 57 (2) Possessing lobster shorter than the minimum size in a lobster fishing area. | Lobster | $5,300 fine and prohibition from fishing lobster for the first 96 hours of the 2021 lobster season. | 2020-11-12 |
| Kent Williams Ellerslie, PEI |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Alter-tamper with electronic monitoring system. |
Tuna | $1,500 fine | 2020-11-03 |
| Darryl MacIntyre Ellerslie, PEI |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Undersize herring gillnet. |
Herring | $750 fine | 2020-11-03 |
| Parker Culleton Tyne Valley, PEI |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 14 (1) (b) - Fishing without a licence. | Herring | $5,000 fine | 2020-11-03 |
| Eric Chiasson Lamèque, NB |
Fishery General Regulations 36 (1) (a) - Possessing fish whose species cannot be readily determined. | Clams | $440 fine | 2020-11-03 |
| Matthew Basque Augustine Indian Island, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 53 (b) - Possessing snow crab less than the minimum width. | Snow Crab | $2,400 fine | 2020-11-03 |
| John Levi Elsipogtog, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 53 (b) - Possessing snow crab less than the minimum width. | Snow Crab | $5,200 fine | 2020-11-03 |
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