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 and Place of Residence | Charge Information (Section & Description) | Species | Penalties, Forfeitures, Prohibitions or Orders | Dates of Conviction |
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Bruce Clifford Nickerson Shag Harbour, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s59(3) No person shall buy, sell or have in their possession any female lobster with eggs attached. |
Lobster |
$3,500.00 fine plus forfeiture of seized seeded lobster. |
2023-05-18 |
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. |
Lobster
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$1,000.00 fine plus forfeiture of seized undersized lobster. |
2023-05-18 |
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Devin Homer Jeddry Calgary, Alta. |
Fisheries Act, s33 No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations. |
Eel |
$2,500.00 fine |
2023-05-15 |
Bernard Fraser New Victoria, N.S. |
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. |
Lobster |
$10,000.00 fine |
2023-05-11 |
Fisheries Act, s33 No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations. |
Lobster |
Forfeiture of seized lobster (valued at $15,059.00) and 10 lobster traps plus suspension of lobster fishing licence for one day. |
2023-05-11 |
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Steven Popovich Georges River, N.S. |
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. |
Halibut |
$2,000.00 fine plus forfeiture of seized fish. |
2023-04-26 |
Kevin Christopher Green Eastern Passage, N.S. |
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. |
Scallop |
$200.00 fine plus forfeiture of seized fishing gear. |
2023-04-25 |
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. |
Scallop |
$200.00 fine plus forfeiture of seized scallops. |
2023-04-25 |
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Garret Truckair Glace Bay, N.S. |
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. |
Lobster |
$2,000.00 fine |
2023-04-24 |
David Wilson Skrypnick |
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. |
Lobster |
$2,500.00 fine plus forfeiture of seized lobster valued at $13,434.00. |
2023-04-05 |
Logan Dennis Spencer O’Connell Oak Park, N.S. |
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. |
Groundfish |
$2,000.00 fine plus forfeiture of seized fish. |
2023-03-23 |
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. |
Groundfish |
$1,500.00 fine |
2023-03-23 |
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Keith Scott Nickerson Centreville, N.S. |
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. |
Groundfish | $2,000.00 fine |
2023-03-23 |
Gary Lee Nickerson Centreville, N.S. |
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. |
Lobster | $2,000.00 fine |
2023-03-23 |
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. |
Lobster | $2,000.00 fine |
2023-03-23 | |
Colby Garth Goodwin Glenwood, N.S. |
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. |
Lobster | $750.00 fine plus forfeiture of four lobster traps and eight undersized Jonah crabs |
2023-03-13 |
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. |
Lobster | $2,000.00 fine plus forfeiture of 23 Jonah crabs |
2023-03-13 | |
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. |
Lobster | $250.00 fine plus forfeiture of one lobster trap |
2023-03-13 | |
Matthew David Horne Albert Bridge, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s115.2 No person shall leave fishing gear unattended in the water for more than 72 consecutive hours. |
Groundfish | $2,500.00 fine |
2023-03-09 |
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Steven John Dewolfe Porters Lake, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s33 No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations. |
Halibut | $10,000.00 fine | 2023-02-28 |
Stephen Ross Mitchell Porters Lake, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s33 No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations. |
Halibut | $20,000.00 fine | 2023-02-28 |
Jason Patrick Keating Lake Echo, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s13.1(1)(b) 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 the use of the vessel to fish for that species of fish is authorized by a licence. |
Halibut | $30,000.00 fine Plus forfeiture of vehicle, fishing gear, and proceeds from seized fish (valued at $73,922.40) Plus a one-year prohibition from participating in groundfish fishery, offloads, or being onboard a groundfish fishing vessel |
2023-02-28 |
Kempton George Goodwin Barrington Passage, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s9.2 Every person or holder to whom a fisheries management order applies shall comply with it. |
Eel | $2,500.00 fine Plus forfeiture of fishing gear and elvers |
2023-02-27 |
Kaleb S Harvie Upper Rawdon, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s33 No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations. |
Striped Bass | $352.00 fine | 2023-02-27 |
Gordon Brett Kendell Yarmouth, N.S. |
Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, s33 No person shall catch and retain more than the recreational daily quota of clams |
Clams | $1,000.00 fine Plus a one-year prohibition from harvesting clams |
2023-02-21 |
Fisheries Act, s63(3) No person shall produce for examination or copying by an inspector, a fishery officer, a fishery guardian or any authority designated by a fishery officer or a fishery guardian any records, books of account or other documents that contain false or misleading information. |
Clams | $500.00 fine | 2023-02-21 | |
Causeway Seafood Market Inc. Aulds Cove, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s61(4) A person referred to in subsection (1) shall, on the request of any fishery officer or fishery guardian, provide the officer or guardian, or any authority designated by the officer or guardian, with any information relating to a matter mentioned in subsection (2) that the officer or guardian may request. |
Snow Crab | $1,000.00 fine | 2023-02-03 |
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Norman Joseph Babin Ste. Anne du Ruisseau, N.S. |
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. |
Gaspereau | $4,000.00 Fine | 2023-01-30 |
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John Randolph Acker Sandy Point, N.S. |
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. |
Lobster | $3,000.00 Fine | 2023-01-26 |
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Bryce David Robinson Hubbards, N.S. |
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. |
Halibut |
$2,500.00 Fine plus forfeiture of seized fish valued at $772.00 |
2023-01-25 |
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Captain Little Seafoods Ltd. Port Mouton, N.S. |
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. |
Lobster | $1,500.00 Fine | 2023-01-25 |
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Cory Michael Francis Yarmouth, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s9.2 Every person to whom a fisheries management order applies shall comply with it. |
Eel |
$1,500.00 Fine plus forfeiture of fyke nets, concrete blocks and rebar. |
2023-01-25 |
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Fisheries Act, s9.2 Every person to whom a fisheries management order applies shall comply with it. |
Eel |
$1,500.00 Fine plus forfeiture of dip nets and buckets. |
2023-01-25 | |
Justin Charles Brannen Port la Tour, N.S. |
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. |
Groundfish | $2,500.00 fine Plus forfeiture of seized fish valued at $6,107.40 |
2023-01-23 |
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