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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerald Libby Jr. |
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. |
Saint John, N.B. |
Clams |
$1,200.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of bucket, clam sacks and clam hack. |
2025-04-30 |
Braden Seeley |
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. |
Saint John, N.B. |
Clams |
$600.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of bucket, clam sacks and clam hack. |
2025-04-30 |
Julian Ross Donaldson |
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. |
Groundfish |
$3,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of seized catch. |
2025-04-28 |
Bryson Bernard |
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. |
Saint John, N.B. |
Eel (elver) |
$1,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of seized fishing gear. |
2025-04-22 |
Jordan Matthew Smith |
Fishery (General) Regulations, s36(2) No person who catches and retains a fish under the authority of a licence issued for the purpose of commercial fishing shall have the fish in possession if the fish is skinned, cut, packed or otherwise dealt with in such a manner that (a) the species cannot be readily identified; (b) the number of fish cannot be readily determined; (c) the weight of the fish cannot be readily determined; and (d) where size limits are applicable, the size of the fish cannot be readily determined. |
Antigonish, N.S. |
Groundfish |
$1,500.00 Fine |
2025-04-16 |
Species at Risk Act, s32(1) No person shall kill, harm, harass, capture or take an individual of a wildlife species that is listed as an extirpated species, an endangered species or a threatened species. |
Antigonish, N.S. |
Groundfish |
$2,500.00 Fine |
2025-04-16 |
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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. |
Antigonish, N.S. |
Groundfish |
$1,500.00 Fine |
2025-04-16 |
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Scott Phillip Corporon |
Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, s38.1(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall catch and retain any eel from the waters set out in column I of the table to subsection 37(1) the length of which is less than the minimum length set out in column IV. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Eel (elver) |
$5,000.00 Fine |
2025-04-14 |
Devin Andrew Markowski |
Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, s38.1(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall catch and retain any eel from the waters set out in column I of the table to subsection 37(1) the length of which is less than the minimum length set out in column IV. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Eel (elver) |
$5,000.00 Fine |
2025-04-14 |
Jordan Matthew Smith |
Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, s38.1(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall catch and retain any eel from the waters set out in column I of the table to subsection 37(1) the length of which is less than the minimum length set out in column IV. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Eel (elver) |
$5,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of fishing equipment. |
2025-04-14 |
Joseph Douglas Martin |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s57(1)(a) No person shall, in a Lobster Fishing Area set out in column I of an item of Schedule XIV, during the close time set out in column II of that item, fish for lobster. |
Dartmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$1,800.00 Fine |
2025-04-07 |
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. |
Dartmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$1,500.00 Fine |
2025-04-07 |
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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. |
Dartmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$1,500.00 Fine |
2025-04-07 |
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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. |
Dartmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$1,000.00 Fine |
2025-04-07 |
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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. |
Dartmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$1,000.00 Fine |
2025-04-07 |
|
David Gerald Comeau |
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. |
Clams |
$600.00 Fine |
2025-04-07 |
James Chester Andrews |
Fisheries Act, s63(1) No person shall make a false 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 paragraph 38(9)(a) or (b) who is carrying out duties or functions under this Act. |
Digby, N.S. |
Eel (elver) |
$500.00 Fine |
2025-04-02 |
Lee d’Entremont |
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. |
Groundfish |
$1,500.00 Fine
|
2025-04-01 |
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. |
Groundfish |
$500.00 Fine
|
2025-04-01 |
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Lance Bernard D’Eon |
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 |
$1,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of 3 female lobsters.
|
2025-04-01 |
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. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of 10 undersized lobsters. |
2025-04-01 |
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Steven George Hardy |
Fisheries Act, s33 No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Eel (elver) |
$5,000.00 Fine |
2025-03-31 |
Todd Henneberry |
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. |
Dartmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$7,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of 18 lobster traps (and gear). |
2025-03-28 |
Steven Lawrence Corkum |
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 |
$7,500.00 Fine Plus mandatory VMS monitoring for any fishing vessel he is on for a period of three years. |
2025-03-25 |
Edward Paul Huntley |
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). |
Kentville, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,000.00 Fine |
2025-03-24 |
Frederick Earl Huntley |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s14(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. |
Kentville, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,500.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of seized lobster ($1,986.40). |
2025-03-24 |
Devin Leigh-Alexander Nickerson |
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. |
Shelburne, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,000.00 Fine |
2025-03-20 |
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. |
Shelburne, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,000.00 Fine |
2025-03-20 |
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Matthew Bond |
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 |
$1,500.00 Fine |
2025-03-19 |
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 |
$1,500.00 Fine |
2025-03-19 |
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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. |
Antigonish, N.S. |
Groundfish |
$1,500.00 Fine |
2025-03-19 |
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Jordan MacKenzie |
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. |
Dartmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$12,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of 30 lobster traps (and gear). |
2025-03-18 |
Justin Spencer Mann |
Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, s38.1(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall catch and retain any eel from the waters set out in column I of the table to subsection 37(1) the length of which is less than the minimum length set out in column IV. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Eel (elver) |
$5,000.00 Fine |
2025-03-17 |
Robert Joseph Ferguson |
Fisheries Act, s9.2 Every person or holder to whom a fisheries management order applies shall comply with it. |
Dartmouth, N.S. |
Eel (elver) |
$1,000.00 Fine Plus an 18 month prohibition from being within 1500 metres upstream of the shoreline of any river or watercourse, unless travelling over a bridge, during the periods from March 15 – June 15. |
2025-03-17 |
Michael Sinclair |
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. |
Sydney, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,000.00 Fine |
2025-03-12 |
Fisheries Act, s33 No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations. |
Sydney, N.S. |
Lobster |
$500.00 Fine |
2025-03-12 |
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Joshua Roy Banks |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s14(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. |
Kentville, N.S. |
Lobster |
$2,500.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of 10 lobster traps. |
2025-03-11 |
Fisheries Act, s33 No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations. |
Kentville, N.S. |
Lobster |
$1,000.00 Fine |
2025-03-11 |
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Andrew Earl Oliver |
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. |
Annapolis Royal, N.S. |
Soft Shell Clams |
$500.00 Fine |
2025-03-04 |
Robin Simon Denny |
Fisheries Act, s9.2 Every person or holder to whom a fisheries management order applies shall comply with it. |
Digby, N.S. |
Eel (elver) |
$5,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of all fishing related equipment. |
2025-02-25 |
Jaymes Elias Reese Bignell |
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 |
$3,000.00 Fine |
2025-02-25 |
Ezekiel Miller |
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 |
$3,000.00 Fine |
2025-02-25 |
Michael Patrick Sack Jr. |
Fisheries Act, s33 No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations. |
Bridgewater, N.S. |
Eel (elver) |
$1,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of dip nets, buckets and elvers. |
2025-02-12 |
Craig Hartlen |
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. |
Dartmouth, N.S. |
Lobster |
$10,500.00 Fine |
2025-01-27 |
Frederick Henry Comeau |
Fisheries Act, s62 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. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Eel (elver) |
$1,500.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of dip net and bucket. |
2025-01-21 |
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. |
Yarmouth, N.S. |
Eel (elver) |
$5,000.00 Fine |
2025-01-21 |
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Earl Delbert James Long |
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. |
Bar Clam |
$600.00 Fine |
2025-01-20 |
James Darren Sweeney |
Fisheries Act, s35(1) No person shall carry on any work, undertaking or activity that results in the harmful alteration, disruption or destruction of fish habitat. |
Sydney, N.S. |
N/A |
$10,000.00 Fine |
2025-01-13 |
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). |
Sydney, N.S. |
N/A |
$5,000.00 Fine |
2025-01-13 |
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Kelly Francis Ernst |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s49.01(b) A person engaged in recreational fishing for mackerel in Mackerel Fishing Areas 1 to 21 shall not have in their possession any mackerel that is less than 26.8 cm in length. |
Bridgewater, N.S. |
Mackerel |
$250.00 Fine |
2025-01-09 |
Steven Shepherd |
Fisheries Act, s35(1) No person shall carry on any work, undertaking or activity that results in the harmful alteration, disruption or destruction of fish habitat. |
Sydney, N.S. |
N/A |
$10,000.00 Fine Plus a Restoration Order. |
2025-01-06 |
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