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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Eric Brideau Val-Comeau, NB |
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 | $17,000 fine | 2020-10-28 |
| Jean LeBouthillier Caraquet, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 52 (a) - Fishing for crab during a close time. | Snow Crab | $7,500 fine | 2020-10-28 |
| Gordon Hachey Atholville, NB |
Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations 62 (a) – Catching and retaining in any day from the specified waters more salmon than the specified quota | Salmon | $500 fine | 2020-10-26 |
| Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations 60 - Fishing for salmon by a prohibited method | Salmon | $500 fine | 2020-10-26 | |
| Yves Haché Le Goulet, NB |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Non-compliant gillnet size |
Herring | $750 fine | 2020-10-20 |
| Yves Mallet 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. | Softshell clams | $200 fine | 2020-10-20 |
| Angus Robert Spears Regina Beach, SK |
Fisheries Act 43.4(1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Fishing prior to installation of DFO electronic monitoring device (tuna camera) as requested by a Fishery Officer. |
Bluefin Tuna | $750 fine | 2020-10-15 |
| Réginald Gionet Caraquet, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 53 (a) - Possessing snow crab less than the minimum width. | Snow Crab | $7,700 fine | 2020-10-13 |
| Richard Robichaud Miscou, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (2) - Possessing lobster shorter than the minimum size in a lobster fishing area. | Lobster | $5,200 fine | 2020-10-13 |
| Darren Ashley Northport, PEI |
Fisheries Act 43.4(1) Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Fishing herring with gill nets without a valid tag attached and non-compliant net. |
Herring | $6,000 fine | 2020-10-06 |
| Luc Bussières Pigeon Hill, NB |
Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations 57 (a) - Fishing without a licence for oysters in a specified area during specified yearly close time. | Oysters | $4,167 fine | 2020-09-08 |
| Dale Trenholm Bayfield, NS |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 91 (3) Catching and retaining while recreational fishing more groundfish than the specified aggregate quota. | Winter Flounder | $500 fine | 2020-08-24 |
| Angus G. Macdonald Port-Hood, NS |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Line violation and forfeiture of one trap. |
Snow Crab | $4,000 fine | 2020-08-18 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. No record of tags |
Snow Crab | $750 fine | 2020-08-18 | |
| James W. Gavin Tignish, PEI |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Fishing in an unauthorized area x2 |
Snow Crab | $10,000 fine | 2020-08-18 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Failure to hail-out to go crab fishing to a DMP company. |
Snow Crab | $750 fine | 2020-08-18 | |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Failure to embark an at-sea observer at the request of a fishery officer. |
Snow Crab | $750 fine | 2020-08-18 | |
| Fisheries Act 34.4(1) - Fail to have both operators/license holders onboard while partaking in crab fishing activities. | Snow Crab | $750 fine | 2020-08-18 | |
| 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. Provided a false statement to a fishery officer during an interview. |
Snow Crab | $750 fine | 2020-08-18 | |
| Louis Paulin Lamèque, NB |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations 57 (1) (b) – Possessing lobster during close time. | Lobster | $900 fine | 2020-08-17 |
| Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations 57 (b) - Fishing without a licence for oysters in a specified area during specified weekly close time. | Oyster | $250 fine | 2020-08-17 | |
| Fisheries Act 62 – No person shall obstruct or hinder a fishery officer, a fishery guardian or an inspector who is carrying out duties or functions under this Act. Poaching |
Oyster, lobster and clams | $700 fine | 2020-08-17 | |
| Fernand Savoie Lamèque, NB |
Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations 34 - Catching and retaining from the specified waters any clam of a specified species less than the specified minimum length. | Clams | $200 fine | 2020-08-17 |
| Fisheries Act 62 – No person shall obstruct or hinder a fishery officer, a fishery guardian or an inspector who is carrying out duties or functions under this Act. | $700 fine | 2020-08-17 | ||
| Gildard Chiasson Pigeon Hill, NB |
Fishery General Regulations 22 (7) - Failing to comply with any condition of the licence. Failure of returning to water a bycatch of American plaice. |
Smelt | $600 fine | 2020-08-04 |
| Ryan Pettigrew Salmon Beach, NB |
Fishery General Regulations 22 (7) - Failing to comply with any condition of the licence. Failure of returning a female lobster in the water |
Lobster | $1,000 fine | 2020-07-27 |
| Yves Gagnon Inkerman, NB |
Fishery General Regulations 22 (7) - Failing to comply with any condition of the licence. Failure of having a logbook and permit. |
Lobster | $1,800 fine | 2020-07-16 |
| Eldon Haché Le Goulet, NB |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (2) - Possessing lobster shorter than the minimum size in a lobster fishing area. | Lobster | $4,550 fine | 2020-07-14 |
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