Maritimes Region
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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 | Charge Information (Section & Description) | Location of court judgement | Species | Penalties, Forfeitures, Prohibitions or Orders | Dates of Conviction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roger Daniel Googoo |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(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. |
Port Hawkesbury, N.S. |
Lobster |
$7,000.00 Fine |
2025-12-16 |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(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. |
Port Hawkesbury, N.S. |
Lobster |
$3,000.00 Fine |
2025-12-16 |
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Coady Lloyd Leyte |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s57(2) No person shall possess, in a Lobster Fishing Area set out in column I of an item of Schedule XIV, a lobster of a length that is less than the length set out in column III of that item. |
Sydney, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,800.00 Fine |
2025-12-11 |
Cody D. Vanbuskirk |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(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. |
Barrington, N.S. |
Tuna |
$8,000.00 Fine |
2025-12-04 |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(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. |
Barrington, N.S. |
Tuna |
$3,000.00 Fine |
2025-12-04 |
|
Christopher James Melanson |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, s3(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 unless: (a) the person is the holder of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying that licence; or (b) the person is named in a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying a copy of that licence. |
Digby, N.S. |
Soft Shell Clams |
$1,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of clam hack, bucket, gloves and bags. |
2025-11-25 |
John Roland Melanson |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, s3(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 unless: (a) the person is the holder of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying that licence; or (b) the person is named in a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying a copy of that licence. |
Digby, N.S. |
Soft Shell Clams |
$600.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of garden hoe and bucket. |
2025-11-25 |
Justin Vincent Hache |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s13(1)(c) Subject to section 15 and subsection 51.1(2), no person shall use a vessel, and no owner of a vessel shall permit another person to use the vessel, in fishing for any species of fish referred to in these Regulations unless subject to subsection (2), the person who is using the vessel is named in the licence referred to in paragraph (b). |
Sydney, N.S. |
Lobster |
$5,000.00 Fine |
2025-11-12 |
Cody Dale Young |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(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. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,000.00 Fine |
2025-11-10 |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(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. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,000.00 Fine |
2025-11-10 |
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Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s115.2 No person shall leave fishing gear unattended in the water for more than 72 consecutive hours. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$3,000.00 Fine |
2025-11-10 |
|
Jordan Ashton McKenzie |
Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations, s7 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. |
Digby, N.S. |
Lobster |
$5,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of 6 lobster traps, and crates. |
2025-11-07 |
Charles Richard Hines |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, 14(1)(b) Subject to subsection (4) and section 15, no person shall fish for any species of fish set out in Schedule I unless the person is authorized under subsection (2) to fish for that species. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$10,000.00 Fine Plus court-ordered Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) monitoring on all vessels manned or operated by Mr. Hines for a period of one year, with pings every 15 minutes. |
2025-11-04 |
Fishery (General) Regulations, 27(2) The vessel registration number or name referred to in subsection (1) shall be painted on or otherwise securely affixed to a tag, float or buoy attached to the gear and be legible and readily visible at all times without the necessity of raising the gear from the water or, where the water is ice covered, without the necessity of removing any snow or ice. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,500.00 Fine Plus court-ordered Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) monitoring on all vessels manned or operated by Mr. Hines for a period of one year, with pings every 15 minutes. |
2025-11-04 |
|
Jason Philip McGray |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s115.2 No person shall leave fishing gear unattended in the water for more than 72 consecutive hours. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,500.00 Fine |
2025-11-04 |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s115.2 No person shall leave fishing gear unattended in the water for more than 72 consecutive hours. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,500.00 Fine |
2025-11-04 |
|
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s115.2 No person shall leave fishing gear unattended in the water for more than 72 consecutive hours. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,500.00 Fine |
2025-11-04 |
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Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s115.2 No person shall leave fishing gear unattended in the water for more than 72 consecutive hours. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,500.00 Fine |
2025-11-04 |
|
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s115.2 No person shall leave fishing gear unattended in the water for more than 72 consecutive hours. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,500.00 Fine |
2025-11-04 |
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Fisheries Act, s43.4(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. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$985.00 Fine |
2025-11-04 |
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Scott Fraser |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(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. |
Kentville, N.S. |
Groundfish |
$1,500.00 Fine |
2025-11-03 |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(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. |
Kentville, N.S. |
Groundfish |
$1,500.00 Fine |
2025-11-03 |
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Fisheries Act, s43.4(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. |
Kentville, N.S. |
Groundfish |
$1,500.00 Fine |
2025-11-03 |
|
Cregg Janney Patrick Battiste |
Fisheries Act, s9.2 Every person or holder to whom a fisheries management order applies shall comply with it. |
Dartmouth, N.S. |
Elver |
$1,000.00 Fine |
2025-10-22 |
Michael Cory Louis Ryan |
Fisheries Act, s9.2 Every person or holder to whom a fisheries management order applies shall comply with it. |
Digby, N.S. |
Elver |
$4,500.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of dip net, bucket, and 10 elvers. |
2025-10-29 |
A.E. McKay Builders Ltd. |
Fisheries Act, s40(3)(g) Every person who fails to comply with the whole or any part of a direction of an inspector or a fishery officer under subsection 38(7.1). |
Saint John, N.B. |
Multiple species |
$30,000.00 Fine |
2025-10-23 |
Noah Deveau |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(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. |
Antigonish, N.S. |
Atlantic Halibut |
$5,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of catch (valued at $76,734.88). |
2025-10-21 |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(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. |
Antigonish, N.S. |
Groundfish |
$5,000.00 Fine |
2025-10-21 |
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House of Wong Restaurant |
Fishery (General) Regulations, s35(2) Subject to subsection (3), no person shall buy, sell, trade, barter or offer to buy, sell, trade or barter any fish unless it was caught and retained under the authority of a licence issued for the purpose of commercial fishing, a licence issued under Part VII, a licence issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations in which the Minister has authorized the sale of fish or an Excess Salmon to Spawning Requirement Licence issued under the Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993. |
Digby, N.S. |
Soft Shell Clams |
$1,500.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of 140lbs of soft shell clam meat. |
2025-10-20 |
John Alexander MacDermid |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s13(1)(c) Subject to section 15 and subsection 51.1(2), no person shall use a vessel, and no owner of a vessel shall permit another person to use the vessel, in fishing for any species of fish referred to in these Regulations unless subject to subsection (2), the person who is using the vessel is named in the licence referred to in paragraph (b). |
Sydney, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,500.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of catch (valued at $6,909.50). |
2025-10-15 |
Wanda Ann MacDermid |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s13(1)(c) Subject to section 15 and subsection 51.1(2), no person shall use a vessel, and no owner of a vessel shall permit another person to use the vessel, in fishing for any species of fish referred to in these Regulations unless subject to subsection (2), the person who is using the vessel is named in the licence referred to in paragraph (b). |
Sydney, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,500.00 Fine |
2025-10-15 |
Michael Patrick Sack Jr. |
Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, s4(1)(a)(i) Subject to subsections (2) to (5), no person shall fish for or catch and retain any fish unless the person is authorized to do so under the authority of a licence issued under these Regulations, the Fishery (General) Regulations or the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations. |
Bridgewater, N.S. |
Elver |
$2,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of elver fishing gear (approximate value of $190.00). |
2025-10-15 |
Guy Joseph Lacombe |
Fisheries Act, s9.2 Every person or holder to whom a fisheries management order applies shall comply with it. |
Annapolis Royal, N.S. |
Elver |
$3,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of bucket, dipnet, elver holding net, and 12 elvers. |
2025-09-03 |
Fisheries Act, s34.3(4)(e) No person shall fish in any manner within 23 m downstream from the lower entrance to any fishway, obstruction or leap. |
Annapolis Royal, N.S. |
Elver |
$1,000.00 Fine |
2025-09-03 |
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