Convictions under the Fisheries Act, Magdalen Islands

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QUÉBEC ‑ Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, has released a list of Magdalen Islands fishers fined in January 2018 for violations of the Fisheries Act.

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 as education and awareness activities.

The fines imposed on the offenders total $19,300. The offenders are:

Offender Offence Species Fine Date of conviction
Yvon Boudreau Presence of two lobster traps without valid tags on the vessel. Lobster $500 2018-01-31
Dany Bourgeois Seal hunting without a licence. Seal $500 2018-01-31
Clint Clarke Use of lobster traps without valid tags. Use of lobster traps with non-compliant escape panels. Failure to complete his tag logbook. Lobster $2,750 2018-01-31
Rémi Clarke Possession of snow crab under the legal size limit. Snow crab $400 2018-01-31
Ghislain Cyr
(Trois-Rivières)
Possession of softshell clams smaller than the minimum legal size. Softshell $200 2018-01-31
Roger Cyr Failure to complete his tag logbook. Lobster $1,000 2018-01-31
Luc Deveau Possession of rock crab under the legal size limit. Rock crab $1,000 2018-01-31
Donald Deraspe Failure to complete logbook correctly. Failure to submit logbook by the deadline. Failure to hail a dockside monitoring company for mackerel landings. Mackerel $6,100 2018-01-31
Justin Déraspe Failure to complete his tag logbook. Lobster $1,000 2018-01-31
Dillan Martinet Use of lobster traps without valid tags. Failure to complete his tag logbook. Lobster $2,500 2018-01-31
Frédéric Maugourd
(Québec)
Possession of Atlantic surf clams under the legal size limit. Atlantic surf clams $300 2018-01-31
Pierre Luc Gaudet Monnier Possession of a lobster under the legal size limit. Possession of Atlantic surf clams under the legal size limit. Equipment confiscation. Atlantic surf clams $500 2018-01-31
Steeve Poirier Possession of a lobster under the legal size limit. Possession of Atlantic surf clams under the legal size limit. Equipment confiscation. Lobster and Atlantic surf clams $1,250 2018-01-31
Jean Michel Vigneau Use of a lobster trap with a non-compliant escape mechanism. Possession of whelks under the minimum legal size. Lobster and whelk $800 2018-01-31
Jonathan Vigneau Seal hunting without a licence. Seal $500 2018-01-31

Contacts

Regional Communications Branch
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Quebec Region
media.qc@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
418-648-5474

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