Quebec region

Guillaume Duguay
(Newport)

Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to complete his electronic logbook and ensure that the data is complete and closed prior to landing his lobster catches.

Lobster

$1,050

2024-02-22

Failing to comply with mackerel licence conditions by not forwarding combined forms to Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Mackerel

$1,250

Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to make a sea call prior to docking.

Atlantic rock crab

$750

Failing to comply with Atlantic rock crab licence conditions by not forwarding combined forms to Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

$1,600

Steeve Duguay
(Chandler)

Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to complete his electronic logbook and ensure that the data is complete and closed prior to landing his herring catches.

Herring

$2,500

2024-02-21

Andrew Stewart
(Miscou)

Failing to comply with licence conditions by carrying a net with a mesh size of less than 66.7 mm.

Herring

$750 and forfeiture of seized items

2024-02-21

Cédrick Lessard
(St-Augustin)

Having fished for snow crab without a licence or authorization.

Snow crab

$1,000

2024-02-14

Ryan Lavallée  (St-Augustin)

Having fished for lobster without valid license conditions.

Lobster

$500

2024-02-14

Geneviève Chiasson (Gallix)

Being in possession of fish that were caught in contravention of the Fisheries Act.

Snow crab

$500

2024-02-13

Bernard Gauthier (Gallix)

Having fished for snow crab during the closed season.

Snow crab

$750

2024-02-13

Having fished for snow crab without having a licence authorizing fishing for this species of fish.

$750

Being in possession of fish that were caught in contravention of the Fisheries Act.

$500

Having fished for snow crab during the closed season.

$750

Having fished for snow crab without having a licence authorizing fishing for this species of fish.

$750 and forfeiture of seized items

Jesse Gauthier (Rivière-Pentecôte)

Having a crab trap on board a vessel during the closed season for snow crab fishing.

Snow crab

$750

2024-02-13

Marcel Gauthier (Rivière-Pentecôte)

Having a crab trap on board a vessel during the closed season for snow crab fishing.

Snow crab

$750

2024-02-13

Having fished for snow crab during the closed season.

$750

Having fished for snow crab without having a licence authorizing fishing for this species of fish.

$750

Being in possession of fish that were caught in contravention of the Fisheries Act.

$500 and forfeiture of seized items

Garry Etheridge  (Brador Bay)

Having refused the presence of an observer at sea.

Snow crab

$500

2024-02-12

2973-1288 Québec inc.
Grande-Rivière

Having placed fishing gear in the water and failed to remove it as soon as it is no longer in use.

Snow crab

$1,000

2024-01-31

Christian Allard
(Carleton-sur-Mer)

While recreational fishing, possessing fish processed to the point where it is difficult to determine the size.

Scallop

$750

2024-01-25

Mathieu Baudouin
(Nouvelle)

Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization.

Lobster

$4,500 and forfeiture of seized items

2024-01-25

Being in possession of lobster under the legal size.

$1,550

Being in possession of female lobsters carrying eggs.

$750

Mathieu Boudreau
(Carleton-sur-Mer)

Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization.

Lobster

$1,550

2024-01-25

Being in possession of female lobsters carrying eggs.

$750

Being in possession of lobster parts (claws and tails) separated from the thorax of the lobster shell.

$500

Yannick Duguay
(Gascons)

Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to complete his electronic logbook and ensure that the data is complete and closed prior to landing his lobster catches.

Lobster

$2,500

2024-01-25

Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to carry a complete and up-to-date record of his fishing gear tags.

$500

Failing to comply with licence conditions by illegally using traps without valid tags.

$2,500 and forfeiture of seized traps

Failing to comply with licence conditions by not identifying the rope used to attach the traps to a buoy by means of coloured strands.

$500

Stéphane Grenier
(Hope Town)

Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to carry a complete and up-to-date record of his fishing gear tags.

Lobster

$1,200

2024-01-23

Failing to remove lobster traps when no longer in use and before the beginning of the prohibition period.

$750

Failing to comply with licence conditions by not declaring the loss of lobster traps.

$500

Cynthia Martel
(New Richmond)

Being in possession of soft-shell clams that are less than 51 mm long.

Soft-shell clam

$233

2024-01-23

Raymond Cyr
(Chandler)

Having offered for sale fish caught and kept during recreational fishing.

Capelin

$250

2024-01-18

Norbert Duguay
(Saint-François de Pabos)

Failing to comply with licence conditions by carrying a net with a mesh size of less than 66.7 mm.

Herring

$750

2023-12-21

Failing to comply with license conditions by not completing his logbook (data complete and closed) prior to landing.

$1,000

Éric Langlois
(Cap d'Espoir)

Being in possession of snow crab that are less than 95 mm long.  

Snow crab

$7,400

2023-12-21

Vincent Robitaille
(St-Laurent Île d'Orléans)

Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization.

Lobster

$1,500 and forfeiture of seized equipment

2023-12-21

Having fished for lobster during the closed season.

$500

Having fished for lobster other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap.

$750

Bertrand Desbois
(Sainte-Thérèse)

Failing to comply with license conditions by having fishing gear without a valid tag on board the vessel.

Lobster

$1,000

2023-12-20

Failing to comply with the conditions of its transport permits by failing to ensure that, when transporting fish, a plastic tag is attached to each container of fresh fish, making it possible to identify who caught the fish.

$1,000

Failing to comply with licence conditions by not keeping a register of all crew members.

$500

Having a lobster trap on board his fishing boat of which the exit panel was fastened with stainless steel wire.

$500

Stewart George Newel
(Tusket)

Being in possession of snow crab that are less than 95 mm long. 

Snow crab

$3,900

2023-12-20

Luc Turbide
(Cap d'Espoir)

Failing to comply with licence conditions by not immediately tagging any bluefin tuna caught with a valid tag.

Bluefin tuna

$750

2023-12-18

Michel Losier   (Port-Cartier)

Having fished 56 lobsters without a licence or authorization and being in possession of a lobster under the legal size.

Lobster

$6,700

2023-12-12

Bertrand Moreau
(Québec)

Having fished lobster without a licence or authorization and other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap.

Lobster

$1,500

2023-12-12

Marcel Young
(Sainte-Thérèse)

While recreational fishing, possessing fish processed to the point where it is difficult to determine the size.

Mackerel

$200

2023-12-12

Yvon Roussy
(Gascons)

Being in possession of an incidental catch of striped bass during an Atlantic halibut fishing expedition.

Atlantic Halibut

$750

2023-12-06

Rodrigue Larocque
(Gesgapegiag)

Being in possession of lobster under the legal size.

Lobster

$2,150

2023-11-23

André Roy
(Cascapédia St-Jules)

Being in possession of soft-shell clams that are less than 51 mm long.

Soft-shell clam

$268

2023-11-23

Serge Aubut
(Saint-Godefroi)

Having obstructed Fishery officers in the execution of their duties.

Mackerel

$800

2023-11-22

Richard Cloutier
(Sainte-Anne-des-Monts)

Failing to comply with licence conditions by landing snow crab without the authorization and presence of a dockside observer.

Snow crab

$4,000 and forfeiture of seized items and proceeds of sale in the amount of $568.35.

2023-11-22

Roxanne Durette
(Saint-Quentin)

Having fished for clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination.

Soft-shell clam

$1,000 and forfeiture of seized items. Order under section 79.2 of the Fisheries Act prohibiting Ms. Durette from being in any place where shellfish fishing may take place, whether the area is open or closed to fishing, for a period of 3 years.

2023-11-22

Being in possession of soft-shell clams that are less than 51 mm long.

$400

Having obstructed Fishery Officers in the execution of their duties.

$500

Jocelyn Parent
(Saint-Quentin)

Having fished for clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination.

Soft-shell clam

$400 and forfeiture of seized items

2023-11-22

Being in possession of soft-shell clams that are less than 51 mm long.

$300

Marc-André Robichaud
(Pointe-à-la-Garde)

Having fished for blue mussel in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination.

Blue mussel

$300

2023-11-22

Claude Stéphane Francoeur
(Brampton)

Having fished for clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination.

Soft-shell clam

$600 and forfeiture of seized items

2023-11-22

Being in possession of soft-shell clams that are less than 51 mm long.

$300

Travis Vautier
(Paspébiac)

Failing to comply with license conditions by not completing his logbook (data complete and closed) prior to landing his lobster catch.

Lobster

$1,000

2023-11-22

Claude Durette
(Carleton-sur-Mer)

Having fished for clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination.

Soft-shell clam

$300 and forfeiture of seized items

2023-11-14

Albanie Maltais
(Nouvelle)

Having fished for clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination.

Soft-shell clam

$300 and forfeiture of seized items

2023-11-14

Sylvain Porlier
(Carleton-sur-Mer)

Having fished for Atlantic razor clam in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination.

Atlantic razor clam

$200

2023-11-14

Being in possession of soft-shell clams that are less than 51 mm long.

Soft-shell clam

$477

Florent Savoie
(Campbellton)

Having fished for clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination.

Soft-shell clam

$300

2023-11-14

Wilton Burke
(Grosse-Île)

Having used fishing gear without a valid tag bearing a unique identification number securely attached to the trap frame.

Lobster

$500

2023-11-08

Failing to identify the rope used to attach the trap to a buoy with coloured strands in accordance with its licence conditions.

$500

Paul W. Chevarie
(Fatima)

Being in possession of 9 lobsters that are less than 83 mm long.

Lobster

$2,500

2023-11-08

Denis Cyr (A)
(Grande-Entrée)

Failing to comply with licence conditions by not immediately putting any Atlantic halibut that are less than 85 cm long back in the water.

Atlantic Halibut

$750

2023-11-08

Failing to comply with licence conditions by not ensuring that all fish caught were landed and weighed in full and without interruption.

$1,000

Failing to comply with licence conditions by not keeping a truthful record of his fishing activities and catches in his logbook.

Groundfish

$750

Being in possession of fish that were caught in contravention of the Fisheries Act.

$500

Failing to comply with licence conditions by not immediately putting any yellowtail flounder that are less than 23 cm long back to the water.

Yellowtail flounder

$500

Failing to comply with licence conditions by not immediately putting any yellowtail flounder that are less than 23 cm long back to the water.

$500

Failing to comply with licence conditions by not immediately returning any winter flounder that are less than 25 cm long back to the water.

Winter Flounder

$500

Failing to comply with licence conditions by not immediately returning any winter flounder that are less than 25 cm long back to the water.

$500

Failing to immediately put a fish caught by accident back to the water.

Atlantic rock crab

$750

Being in possession of claws separated from the thorax or shell of a lobster.

Lobster

$500

Émile Eloquin
(Havre-aux-Maisons)

Having fished for the species indicated in his licence without having on hand additional conditions with regards to Atlantic halibut.

Atlantic halibut

$1,500

2023-11-08

Gabriel Eloquin
(Grande-Entrée)

Failing to comply with licence conditions by not declaring the loss of fishing gear prior to arrival in port at the end of the fishing trip.

Lobster

$750

2023-11-08

Having used for fishing wooden lobster traps that are not equipped with two adjacent softwood slats, untreated with an antiputrid agent, in one of the outer walls of each parlor.

$500

Christian Huard
(Saint-Godefroi)

Failing to comply with licence conditions by possessing a female lobster with mutilations and/or "V" notches on their uropods adjacent to the telson.

Lobster

$750

2023-11-08

Gilles Langlais
(Grande-Rivière)

Failing to comply with permit conditions by not completing the logbook in accordance with the instructions specified in the Combined Forms booklet.

Atlantic Halibut

$750

2023-11-08

Jean-Yves Lapierre
(LaSalle)

While recreational fishing, possessing fish processed to the point where it is difficult to determine the size.

Mackerel

$200

2023-11-08

Be in possession of more than 20 mackerels on a single day during recreational fishing.

$300

Fernand Martinet
(Havre-Aubert)

While recreational fishing, possessing fish processed to the point where it is difficult to determine the size.

Mackerel

$200

2023-11-08

While recreational fishing, possessing 17 mackerels less the 26,8 cm in length.

$300

Marco Turbide
(Havre-aux-Maisons)

Failing to comply with licence conditions by not sending his logbook entries within  the 72-hour delay maximum of each fishing trip.

Lobster

$1,000

2023-11-08