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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
Pacific region convictions under the Fisheries Act
Name and Place of Residence Charge Information (Section & Description) Species Penalties, Forfeitures, Prohibitions or Orders Dates of Conviction
Darcy Maier
Kitimat, British Columbia
Fisheries Act, s43
No person shall fish for salmon of a species set out in column I of an item of Schedule VI, in any Subarea, lake or stream, during the close time set out in column V of that item.
Chinook Salmon $575.00 2022-11-18
Bao Lam Nguyen
Edmonton, Alberta 
Fisheries Act s33
No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations.

British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations s18(1)(a)
(1) No person shall (a) fish unless the person holds a licence;       
Rockfish / Lingcod - Receational $3000.00 and $1000.00 court-ordered fine 2022-11-03
Adrian Kern
Campbell River, British Columbia
Fisheries Act s25(1)
Subject to the regulations, no person shall place or set any fishing gear or apparatus in any water, along any beach or within any fishery during a close time.
Pacific Halibut - Commercial $49,704.68 fine and an 8 month fishing prohibition  2022-10-31
James Shaw
Heriot Bay, British Columbia
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.
Bivalve $500.00 in court-ordered fines 2022-10-24
Mario Grahammer
Terrace, British Columbia
Fisheries Act, s44
No person shall catch and retain in a day more salmon of a species set out in column I of an item of Schedule VI, of an overall length set out in column III of that item, in any Subarea, lake or stream, than the daily quota set out in column IV of that item.
Sockeye Salmon $288.00 and forfeiture of 1 Sockeye salmon 2022-10-21
Paul Mundle
Kitimat, British Columbia
Fisheries Act, s49
No person shall fish for salmon by a method or with a type of gear or bait set out in column I of an item of the table to this section in any Subarea, lake or stream during the close time set out in column II of that item.                                                                                           
Coho Salmon $575.00 2022-10-18
Mariya Mamchur
Terrace, British Columbia
Fisheries Act, s44
No person shall catch and retain in a day more salmon of a species set out in column I of an item of Schedule VI, of an overall length set out in column III of that item, in any Subarea, lake or stream, than the daily quota set out in column IV of that item.
Pink Salmon $345.00 and forfeiture of 2 Pink salmon 2022-10-04
Jiaming Wang
Hazelton, British Columbia 
British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations s44
No person shall catch and retain in a day more salmon of a species set out in column I of an item of Schedule VI, of an overall length set out in column III of that item, in any Subarea, lake or stream, than the daily quota set out in column IV of that item.
Salmon - Receational $288.00 Ticket 2022-10-03
Richard Crosson
Kitimat, British Columbia 
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.

British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations s49
No person shall fish for salmon by a method or with a type of gear or bait set out in column I of an item of the table to this section in any Subarea, lake or stream during the close time set out in column II of that item.
Salmon - Receational $1000.00 and $1500.00 court-ordered fine 2022-09-22
Osamu Horii
Prince Rupert, British Columbia
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.
Sockeye Salmon $863.00 2022-09-22
Samuel Douglas Philps
Red Deer, Alberta
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.
Salmon - Recreational $4,000.00 fine and one year fishing prohibition 2022-09-14
Van Hien Nguyen
Prince Rupert, British Columbia 
Fisheries Act s33
No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations.

British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations s18(1)(a)
(1) No person shall (a) fish unless the person holds a licence;       
Rockfish / Lingcod - Receational $4000.00 and $1000.00 court-ordered fine 2022-09-07
Angel Emparanza
San Sebastian, Spain   
British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations s49
No person shall fish for salmon by a method or with a type of gear or bait set out in column I of an item of the table to this section in any Subarea, lake or stream during the close time set out in column II of that item.
Coho Salmon - Recreational $575.00 Ticket 2022-08-24
Ry Huynh
Nanaimo, British Columbia
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.
Bivalve $1,726.00 in court-ordered fines 2022-08-10
Steven Fast 
Gibsons, British Columbia
British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations s18
(1) No person shall (a) fish unless the person holds a licence.
Recreational - Prawn  $575.00 federal contraventions ticket 2022-08-10
Wei Tan
Vancouver, British Columbia
British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations 24
(1) No person shall fish for fish of a species set out in column I of an item of Schedule IV, in any Subarea, with a type of gear or by a method set out in column III of that item during the close time set out in column IV of that item.

(2) The close time set out in column IV of item 21 of Schedule IV is considered to be fixed separately and individually for each species of fish set out in column I.
Recreational - Rockfish and Lingcod $575.00 federal contraventions ticket 2022-08-03
Guo Liang
Vancouver, British Columbia
British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations
(1) No person shall fish for fish of a species set out in column I of an item of Schedule IV, in any Subarea, with a type of gear or by a method set out in column III of that item during the close time set out in column IV of that item.

(2) The close time set out in column IV of item 21 of Schedule IV is considered to be fixed separately and individually for each species of fish set out in column I.
Recreational - Rockfish and Lingcod $575.00 federal contraventions ticket 2022-08-03
Jian Zhang
Richmond, British Columbia
British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations
(1) No person shall fish for fish of a species set out in column I of an item of Schedule IV, in any Subarea, with a type of gear or by a method set out in column III of that item during the close time set out in column IV of that item.

(2) The close time set out in column IV of item 21 of Schedule IV is considered to be fixed separately and individually for each species of fish set out in column I.
Recreational - Rockfish and Lingcod $575.00 federal contraventions ticket 2022-08-02
Walter Webb
Terrace, British Columbia
Fisheries Act, s49
No person shall fish for salmon by a method or with a type of gear or bait set out in column I of an item of the table to this section in any Subarea, lake or stream during the close time set out in column II of that item.
Sockeye Salmon $575.00 2022-07-29
Gerry Rollie
Kitimat, British Columbia
Fisheries Act, s48
No person shall catch and retain a salmon of a species set out in column I of Schedule VI, in any Subarea, lake or stream, the overall length of which is less than the minimum overall length set out in column II.
Chinook Salmon $288.00 and forfeiture of 1 undersized Chinook salmon 2022-07-29
Richard Parker
Vanderhoof, British Columbia 
British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations s44
No person shall catch and retain in a day more salmon of a species set out in column I of an item of Schedule VI, of an overall length set out in column III of that item, in any Subarea, lake or stream, than the daily quota set out in column IV of that item.
Chinook Salmon - Recreational $288.00 Ticket 2022-07-28
Bryce Knechtel
Kitimat, British Columbia
Fisheries Act, s49
No person shall fish for salmon by a method or with a type of gear or bait set out in column I of an item of the table to this section in any Subarea, lake or stream during the close time set out in column II of that item.
Chinook Salmon $575.00 2022-07-27
Haoba Chi
Burnaby, British Columbia
British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations s24
(1) No person shall fish for fish of a species set out in column I of an item of Schedule IV, in any Subarea, with a type of gear or by a method set out in column III of that item during the close time set out in column IV of that item.

(2) The close time set out in column IV of item 21 of Schedule IV is considered to be fixed separately and individually for each species of fish set out in column I.
Recreational - Rockfish and Lingcod $575.00 federal contraventions ticket 2022-07-25
Michele Fisher
Fort Nelson, British Columbia
British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations s43
No person shall fish for salmon of a species set out in column I of an item of Schedule VI, in any Subarea, lake or stream, during the close time set out in column V of that item.
Chinook Salmon - Recreational $575.00 Ticket 2022-07-22
Bradley Kendell
Fort Nelson, British Columbia
British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations s25(1)
No person shall catch and retain in a day more fish of a species set out in column I of Schedule IV, in any Subarea, than the daily quota set out in column II.
Halibut - Recreational   $288.00 Ticket 2022-07-22
Piotr Skokowski
Kitimat, British Columbia
Fisheries Act, s49
No person shall fish for salmon by a method or with a type of gear or bait set out in column I of an item of the table to this section in any Subarea, lake or stream during the close time set out in column II of that item.                                                                                              
Chinook Salmon $575.00 2022-07-21
Shane Goretzky
Vanderhoof, British Columbia 
British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations s37(1)(b)
No person shall catch and retain (b) a Dungeness crab that measures less than 165 mm in a straight line through the greatest breadth of the carapace.
Dungeness Crab - Recreational  $345.00 Ticket 2022-07-16
Eric Goretzky
Lumsden, Saskawatchewan 
British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations s37(1)(b)
No person shall catch and retain (b) a Dungeness crab that measures less than 165 mm in a straight line through the greatest breadth of the carapace.
Dungeness Crab - Recreational  $345.00 Ticket 2022-07-16
Duane Goretzky
Peachland, British Columbia
British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations s37(1)(b)
No person shall catch and retain (b) a Dungeness crab that measures less than 165 mm in a straight line through the greatest breadth of the carapace.
Dungeness Crab - Recreational  $345.00 Ticket 2022-07-16
Janet Plummer
Kitimat, British Columbia
Fisheries Act, s25(1)
No person shall catch and retain in a day more fish of a species set out in column I of Schedule IV, in any Subarea, than the daily quota set out in column II.
Yelloweye Rockfish $288.00 and forfeiture of 1 Yelloweye Rockfish 2022-07-12
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