Maritimes Region

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

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.

$1,000.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of gear.

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.

$1,000.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of gear.

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.

$13,500.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of 33 traps and associated seized gear.

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.

Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s59(3)

No person shall buy, sell or have in their possession any female lobster with eggs attached.

Possession and Export of Elvers Regulations, s3(1)

Subject to subsection (2), it is prohibited for any person to be in possession of elvers except under the authority of a licence to possess elvers issued under these Regulations.

$5,000.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of kayak, kayak paddle, dip net, live well and 13.5 grams of elvers.

Possession and Export of Elvers Regulations, s3(1)

Subject to subsection (2), it is prohibited for any person to be in possession of elvers except under the authority of a licence to possess elvers issued under these Regulations.

$5,000.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of live well, bucket, cooler, air compressor and 2.95 kilograms of elvers.

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.

$2,000.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of dipnets, laundry tub, bucket and 2 elvers.

Fisheries Act, s33

No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations.

$5,000.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of 3.448 kg of elvers, dip nets, fyke net and other seized fishing gear.

Fisheries Act, s33

No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations.

$6,500.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of fyke net, dip nets, waders and all elver fishing and storage equipment.

Cole Moriarty

Fisheries Act, s33

No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations.

Saint John, N.B.

Elver

$1,500.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of seized fishing gear, and a prohibition from fishing for elvers for a period of one (1) year.

2025-07-31

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.

Saint John, N.B.

Elver

$500.00 Fine

2025-07-31

Mandi Lei

Fisheries Act, s18(1)

No one shall maintain a pound or enclosure in which lobsters, legally caught during the open season, are retained for sale during the close season at a place where the pound or enclosure is located, or for export therefrom, except under a licence from the Minister, and no lobsters shall be taken from any such pound or enclosure and disposed of during the close season at the place where it is located, except under a certificate from a fishery officer or fishery guardian, setting out the pound or enclosure from which the lobsters were taken and that they had been legally caught during the open season.

Barrington, N.S.

Lobster

$2,500.00 Fine

2025-07-24

Rejean 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.

Halibut

$4,000.00 Fine

2025-07-22

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.

Halibut

$1,000.00 Fine

2025-07-22

Christopher James Melanson

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.

Digby, N.S.

Soft Shell Clams

$1,500.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of clam bags.

2025-07-21

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.

Digby, N.S.

Soft Shell Clams

$500.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of clam bags.

2025-07-21

John Roland Melanson

Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, s33

No person engaged in recreational fishing for clams by hand or with hand-held tools shall catch and retain more than the recreational daily quota of clams.

Digby, N.S.

Soft Shell Clams

$1,000.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of a bucket and clam hack.

2025-07-21

Fisheries Act, s9.2

Every person or holder to whom a fisheries management order applies shall comply with it.

$2,000.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of fyke net, dip net, seized catch and miscellaneous elver fishing gear.

Steven Mark 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.

Digby, N.S.

Halibut/Flounder

$15,000.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of seized catch in the amount of $34,248.05, and forfeiture of seized fishing gear.

2025-07-09

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.

Digby, N.S.

Halibut/Flounder

$2,500.00 Fine

2025-07-09

Wreyford Goodwin

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.

Shortfin Mako Shark

$3,000.00 Fine

2025-07-03

Terry Elmer Surette

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

$10,000.00 Fine

2025-06-23

Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s59(3)

No person shall buy, sell or have in their possession any female lobster with eggs attached.

Yarmouth, N.S.

Lobster

$1,500.00 Fine

2025-06-23

Ross Armand Comeau

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.

Groundfish

$3,500.00 Fine

2025-06-19

Donald Paul

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.

Elver

$1,500.00 Fine

2025-06-09

Fisheries Act, s33

No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations.

Saint John, N.B.

Elver

$1,500.00 Fine

2025-06-09

Fishery (General) Regulations, s27(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.

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.

$1,000.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of 44 lobster traps.

Dylan Christie

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.

Bridgewater, N.S.

Groundfish

$3,500.00 Fine

2025-05-22

Daniel Ray Maas

Fisheries Act, s9.2

Every person or holder to whom a fisheries management order applies shall comply with it.

Digby, N.S.

Elver

30 day prison sentence consecutive to other federal offences

Plus forfeiture of one dip net, one holding net and one head lamp.

2025-05-22

Lyndon Kelly Peters

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.

Swordfish

$2,500.00 Fine

2025-05-22

Scott Dean Ritchie

Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s115.2

No person shall leave fishing gear unattended in the water for more than 72 consecutive hours.

Annapolis Royal, N.S.

Lobster

$2,500.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of 12 lobster traps, rope, 2 anchors, and buoys.

2025-05-13

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.

Annapolis Royal, N.S.

Lobster

$2,500.00 Fine

2025-05-13

Bryton 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.

Elver

$1,000.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of seized fishing gear.

2025-05-09

Fisheries Act, s33

No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations.

Saint John, N.B.

Elver

$500.00 Fine

Plus forfeiture of seized fishing gear.

2025-05-09