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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) | Place of judgment | Species | Penalties, Forfeitures, Prohibitions or Orders | Dates of Conviction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Desbois | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with licence conditions by not communicating the required information to a dockside monitoring company designated by Fisheries and Oceans Canada at least one hour before the scheduled time of arrival at port and during the company’s service hours. | Percé | Snow crab | $250 | 2025-12-16 |
| Avram Dumitru | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 14 (1) b) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. | Percé | Lobster | $1,500 | 2025-12-16 |
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 61 (1) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap. | $750 | ||||
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 57 (1) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster during a closed period. | $750 | ||||
| Jean-Guy Cassivi | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with licence conditions by not completing his electronic logbook and ensuring that the data is complete and closed prior to landing his lobster catches. | Percé | Lobster | $750 | 2025-12-15 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with their licence conditions by not identifying each primary buoy with a sequential number allowing each fishing gear to be individually identified. | $500 | ||||
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with their licence conditions by having on board their fishing vessel a complete, legible and up-to-date record of fishing gear tags, including the required information. | $750 | ||||
| Germain Cyr | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) - Failing to comply with their licence conditions by illegally hauling their lobster traps during the period between 9:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. from June 8 to June 9, 2022. | Percé | Lobster | $750 | 2025-12-15 |
| Tommy Hautcoeur | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) - Failing to comply with their licence conditions by not maintaining an accurate and up‑to‑date record of their fishing activities and catches in the logbook section. | Percé | Snow crab | $2,500 | 2025-12-15 |
| Tyler Robertson | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) - Failing to comply with their licence conditions by using four fishing gears bearing more than one tag. | Percé | Lobster | $750 | 2025-12-15 |
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 61.1 and Fisheries Act 78(a) - Having used non‑compliant traps for lobster fishing. | $500 | ||||
| Donald Marin | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 14 (1) b) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts | Lobster | $4,000 and forfeiture of seized items | 2025-12-10 |
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 61 (1) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap. | $750 | ||||
| Marco St-Laurent | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 14 (1) b) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts | Lobster | $1,700 and forfeiture of seized items | 2025-12-10 |
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 61 (1) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap. | $750 | ||||
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 57 (1) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster during a closed period. | $1,000 | ||||
| Stéphane Thorn | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) – Failing to comply with their licence conditions by fishing without a vessel monitoring system unit transmitting the required information to Fisheries and Oceans Canada. | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts | Greenland Halibut | $3,000 | 2025-12-10 |
| Daniel Beaudin | Contaminated Fishery Regulations 3(2) – Illegally fishing for, or taking and retaining, mussels in an area closed due to contamination. | Blanc-Sablon | Soft-shell clams | $750 and forfeiture of seized items | 2025-12-09 |
| Fisheries Act 62 - Having obstructed fishery officers in the performance of their duties. | $1,000 | ||||
| Janny Villeneuve | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 14 (1) b) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. | Blanc-Sablon | Lobster | $1,000 and forfeiture of seized items | 2025-12-09 |
| Sébastien Arseneau | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 57 (2) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Being in possession of lobsters that are less than 83 mm in length. | Havre-Aubert | Lobster | $1,000 | 2025-12-03 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with their licence conditions by having on board their fishing vessel a complete, legible and up-to-date record of fishing gear tags, including the required information. | $600 | ||||
| Israël Boudreau | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 57 (2) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Being in possession of lobsters (61) that are less than 83 mm in length. | Havre-Aubert | Lobster | $11,000 and suspension of the commercial lobster fishing licence for the first four days of the 2026 lobster fishing season, and prohibition from hauling their traps on the day they are set. | 2025-12-03 |
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 59 (3) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Being in possession of a female lobster carrying eggs. | $1,000 | ||||
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with their licence conditions by having on board their fishing vessel a complete, legible and up-to-date record of fishing gear tags, including the required information. | $750 | ||||
| Fishery (General) Regulations 11 – Failing to have their fishing licence on their person and to present it upon request to a fishery officer. | $750 | ||||
| Barry Arnold Clarke | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) – Failing to comply with their licence conditions by using, possessing, or having on board the fishing vessel, during the same fishing trip, more than 700 hooks for fishing while their quota was less than 1,185 kg. | Havre-Aubert | Atlantic Halibut | $1,000 | 2025-12-03 |
| Dale Clarke | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) – Failing to comply with their licence conditions by not immediately return their incidental bycatch of fish to the water in which they were caught. | Havre-Aubert | Lobster | $1,500 | 2025-12-03 |
| Ronald Clarke | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with licence conditions by not completing his electronic logbook and ensuring that the data is complete and closed prior to landing his lobster catches. | Havre-Aubert | Lobster | $750 | 2025-12-03 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with their licence conditions by having on board their fishing vessel a complete, legible and up-to-date record of fishing gear tags, including the required information. | $1,000 | ||||
| Joël Cyr | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with their licence conditions by having on board their fishing vessel a complete, legible and up-to-date record of fishing gear tags, including the required information. | Havre-Aubert | Lobster | $750 | 2025-12-03 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) – Failing to comply with their licence conditions by having on board the fishing vessel a fishing gear without a valid tag bearing a unique identification number securely affixed to the trap frame, in accordance with the manufacturer’s mechanism, and in such a way that it is clearly visible when the fishing gear is out of the water. | $500 | ||||
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with licence conditions by not completing and submitting their electronic logbooks to Fisheries and Oceans Canada within 72 hours following each fishing expedition. | $2,500 | ||||
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with licence conditions by not completing his electronic logbook and ensuring that the data is complete and closed prior to landing his lobster catches. | $300 | ||||
| Fishery (General) Regulations 11 and Fisheries Act 78(a) – Engaging in lobster fishing without having their fishing licence on their person. | $1,000 | ||||
| Evan Turnbull | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 53 b) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Being in possession of snow crabs that are less than 95 mm in width. | Havre-Aubert | Snow crab | $6,500 | 2025-12-03 |
| Marius Doucet | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) – Failing to comply with their licence conditions by not immediately return their incidental bycatch of fish to the water in which they were caught. | Rimouski | Snow crab | $750 | 2025-11-27 |
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 53(a) and Fisheries Act 78(a) – Been in possession of female crabs. | $1,000 | ||||
| Olivier Doucet | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) – Failing to comply with their licence conditions by not identifying the rope used to attach a trap to a buoy by means of coloured strands | Rimouski | Snow crab | $750 | 2025-11-27 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) – Failing to comply with their licence conditions by not having a vessel monitoring system unit transmitting the required information to Fisheries and Oceans Canada during their fishing trip. | $2,000 | ||||
| Donald Syvrais | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 57 (2) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Being in possession of lobsters that are less than 83 mm in length. | Rimouski | Lobster | $2,950 | 2025-11-27 |
| Angello Dupuis | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) – Failing to comply with their licence conditions by fishing for whelk without having in their possession the additional conditions attached to the said licence. | Matane | Whelk | $2,500 and forfeiture of seized items | 2025-11-19 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) – Failing to comply with their licence conditions by failing to submit their combined forms, completed truthfully and accurately, to the Fisheries and Oceans Canada office for their area within seven (7) days following landing. | $500 | ||||
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) – Failing to comply with their licence conditions by not maintaining a record listing all crew members on board the vessel for this fishing trip. | $250 | ||||
| Luc Labrie | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 53 b) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Being in possession of snow crabs that are less than 95 mm in width. | Matane | Snow crab | $4,500 | 2025-11-19 |
| Denis Emond | Species at Risk Act 32(1) – Having harmed or harassed a group of belugas. | Rivière-du-Loup | Beluga | $5,000 | 2025-11-06 |
| Steve Cyr | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 61.1(b) and Fisheries Act 78(a) – Having used non-compliant lobster traps for fishing. | Havre-Aubert | Lobster | $1,750 and forfeiture of seized items | 2025-11-05 |
| Justin Deraspe | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with licence conditions by not completing and submitting their electronic logbooks to Fisheries and Oceans Canada within 72 hours following each fishing expedition. | Havre-Aubert | Lobster | $1,000 | 2025-11-05 |
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 53(c) and Fisheries Act 78(a) – Been in possession of crab parts or meat separated from the shell. | Rock crab | $550 | |||
| Jean-Raoul Sébastien Ferron | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 14 (1) b) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. | Sept-Îles | Lobster | $1,700 and forfeiture of seized items | 2025-11-05 |
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 61 (1) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap. | $750 | ||||
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 57 (1) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster during a closed period. | $750 | ||||
| Fisheries Act 62 - Having obstructed fishery officers in the performance of their duties. | $1,500 | ||||
| Marcus Goodwin | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 61.1 and Fisheries Act 78(a) – Having illegally used lobster traps that were not equipped, on one of the exterior walls of each chamber, with an escape panel which, once removed, provides access to an unobstructed opening with a height and width of at least 89 mm and 152 mm respectively. | Havre-Aubert | Lobster | $1,750 and forfeiture of seized items | 2025-11-05 |
| Glenn McKinnon | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 14 (1) b) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. | Blanc-Sablon | Lobster | $750 | 2025-11-05 |
| Christian Pinel | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 53 b) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Being in possession of snow crabs that are less than 95 mm in width. | Havre-Aubert | Snow crab | $10,000 | 2025-11-05 |
| Daniel Therriault | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 14 (1) b) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. | Sept-Îles | Lobster | $1,700 | 2025-11-05 |
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 61 (1) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap. | $1,000 | ||||
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 57 (1) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster during a closed period. | $750 | ||||
| Jeffrey Weeks | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) – Failing to comply with their licence conditions by fishing for mackerel without having in their possession the additional conditions attached to their licence. | Havre-Aubert | Mackerel | $1,000 | 2025-11-05 |
| Ihor Pukhalevych | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 49.01(b) and Fisheries Act 78(a) – Been in possession of mackerel measuring less than 26.8 cm in length. | New Carlisle | Mackerel | $365 | 2025-11-04 |
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 49.01(a) and Fisheries Act 78(a) – Been in possession, during the same day, of more than twenty (20) mackerel. | $435 | ||||
| Tommy St-Onge | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with licence conditions by not completing his electronic logbook and ensuring that the data is complete and closed prior to landing his lobster catches. | New Carlisle | Lobster | $2,450 | 2025-11-04 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with licence conditions by not completing his electronic logbook and ensuring that the data is complete and closed prior to landing his lobster catches. | $1,350 | ||||
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3) b) - Failing to comply with licence conditions by not completing and submitting their electronic logbooks to Fisheries and Oceans Canada within 72 hours following each fishing expedition. | $750 | ||||
| Alexandre Zouev | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 49.01(b) and Fisheries Act 78(a) – Been in possession of mackerel measuring less than 26.8 cm in length. | New Carlisle | Mackerel | $245 | 2025-11-04 |
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57(3) and Fisheries Act 78(a) – Been in possession of lobster claws separated from the thorax or shell. | Lobster | $500 | |||
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 53(c) and Fisheries Act 78(a) – Been in possession of a part (claw) separated from the shell of a rock crab. | Rock crab | $300 | |||
| Nicole Bernard | Contaminated Fishery Regulations 3(2) – Illegally fishing for, or taking and retaining, mussels in an area closed due to contamination. | New Carlisle | Blue Mussel | $300 | 2025-11-03 |
| Stéphane Grenier | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 57 (2) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Being in possession of lobsters that are less than 83 mm in length. | New Carlisle | Lobster | $950 | 2025-11-03 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) and 43.4 (3)(b) – Failing to comply with their licence conditions by being in possession of a female lobster marked with a V-notch or bearing a mutilation on each uropod located immediately on either side of the telson. | $500 | ||||
| Mathieu Langevin | Atlantic Fishery Regulations 14 (1) b) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. | Blanc-Sablon | Lobster | $2,600 and forfeiture of seized items | 2025-10-21 |
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 61 (1) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap. | $750 | ||||
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 57 (2) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Being in possession of lobsters that are less than 83 mm in length. | $1,000 | ||||
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 59 (3) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Being in possession of a female lobster carrying eggs. | $500 | ||||
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 14 (1) b) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. | $5,900 and forfeiture of seized items | ||||
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 61 (1) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Having fished for lobster other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap. | $750 | ||||
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 57 (2) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Being in possession of lobsters that are less than 83 mm in length. | $6,000 | ||||
| Atlantic Fishery Regulations 59 (3) and Fisheries Act 78 a) - Being in possession of a female lobster carrying eggs. | $1,100 |
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