QUÉBEC CITY, QUÉBEC--(Marketwired - Dec. 17, 2014) - Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, has released a list of fishers fined in recent months for offences under the Fisheries Act.
The fines imposed on the offenders total $21,795. The offenders are:
| Name and place of residence | Offence | Species | Fine | Date of conviction | ||||
| Léopold Coulombe(Pointe-au-Père) | Possession of undersized clams. | clam | $300 | 2014-11-25 | ||||
| Pierre English(L'Anse-au-Griffon) | Greenland halibut fishing in a closed area. | Greenland halibut | $2,000 | 2014-11-21 | ||||
| Jacques Huet(Cloridorme) | Failure to hail out. Failure to allow an at sea observer to board fishing vessel to perform duties. |
shrimp | $2,000 | 2014-11-21 | ||||
| Dean Boyle(Barachois) | Fishing for lobster without a licence. | lobster | $750 | 2014-11-20 | ||||
| Serge Cloutier(Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé) | Possession of a mutilated/V-notched female lobster. | lobster | $750 | 2014-11-17 | ||||
| René Dubé(Grande-Rivière) | Landing unweighed snow crab. Keeping cod bycatch while fishing for snow crab. |
snow crab and cod | $1,500 + confiscation of seized fish. |
2014-11-17 | ||||
| Gérard Élement(Saint-Maurice-de-l'Échourie) | Exceeding authorized quota for recreational cod fishery. | cod | $855 | 2014-11-17 | ||||
| Rémi Lelièvre(Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé) | Landing unweighed snow crab. Possession of any crab part or meat separated from the carapace. Keeping cod bycatch while fishing for snow crab. |
snow crab and cod | $2,000 + confiscation of seized fish. |
2014-11-17 | ||||
| Gilles Méthot(Grande-Rivière) | Landing unweighed snow crab. Possession of any crab part or meat separated from the carapace. Keeping cod bycatch while fishing for snow crab. |
snow crab and cod | $2,000 + confiscation of seized fish. |
2014-11-17 | ||||
| Lina Dumont(Sainte-Anne des Monts) | Exceeding authorized quota for recreational cod fishery. | cod | $710 + prohibited from being less than 200 m from the Sainte-Anne-des-Monts dock for a period of one year. |
2014-11-12 | ||||
| Jocelyne Kenney(Sainte-Anne des Monts) | Exceeding authorized quota for recreational cod fishery. | cod | $420 | 2014-11-12 | ||||
| Billy Labrie(Sainte-Anne des Monts) | Landing snow crab without the supervision of a dockside observer. | snow crab | $500 | 2014-11-12 | ||||
| David Labrie(Sainte-Anne des Monts) | Failure to comply with licence conditions for whelk fishery by failing to contact a dockside monitoring company. Landing snow crab without the supervision of a dockside observer. |
whelk and snow crab | $1,000 | 2014-11-12 | ||||
| Jacquelin Laflamme(Sainte-Anne des Monts) | Exceeding authorized quota for recreational cod fishery. | cod | $740 + + prohibited from being less than 200 m from the Sainte-Anne-des-Monts dock for a period of one year. |
2014-11-12 | ||||
| Yvan Lemieux(Sainte-Anne des Monts) | Exceeding authorized quota for recreational cod fishery. | cod | $1,150 | 2014-11-12 | ||||
| Daniel Levesque(Sainte-Anne des Monts) | Exceeding authorized quota for recreational cod fishery. | cod | $480 | 2014-11-12 | ||||
| Lucia Ross(Cap-Chat) | Exceeding authorized quota for recreational cod fishery. | cod | $540 | 2014-11-12 | ||||
| Kevin Vallée(Sainte-Anne des Monts) | Landing snow crab without the supervision of a dockside observer. | snow crab | $500 | 2014-11-12 | ||||
| Fernand Delarosbil(Paspébiac) | Groundfish fishing without licence condition. | groundfish | $1,000 | 2014-10-31 | ||||
| Maurice Delarosbil(Saint-Bruno) | Exceeding the recreational groundfish fishery quota. | groundfish | $300 + confiscation of seized fish. | 2014-10-31 | ||||
| Frédéric Henry(Carleton) | Being in possession of a female lobster with eggs attached. | lobster | $2,000 | 2014-10-30 | ||||
| Carol Gaudreault(Rimouski) | Possession of undersized clams. | clam | $300 + confiscation of seized fish. | 2014-10-28 | ||||
Fisheries and Oceans Canada encourages the public to report poaching incidents by using the online form or calling 1-800-463-9057. All reports are confidential.
The Government of Canada is committed to safeguarding the long-term health and productivity of Canada's fisheries resources, and the habitat that supports them, for generations to come. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has a mandate to protect and conserve marine resources and to prosecute offenders under the Fisheries Act. It ensures and promotes compliance with the Act and other laws and regulations through a combination of land, air, and sea patrols, as well education and awareness activities.
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