November 16, 2009
QUÉBEC – Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, has released a list of Magdalen Islands Area fishers fined by Judge Jean-Paul Décoste on October 21, 2009, for various violationsof the Fisheries Act.
The total amount of the fines imposed on the fishers is $7,450, plus licence suspended and banned from sealing areas during the 2010 season. The offenders are:
The Department has a mandate to protect and conserve fishery resources and is ever vigilant in its efforts to prevent poaching of marine resources.
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For more information:
Martin Bourget
Communications Officer
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Québec, Quebec
418-648-7893
NR-QR-09-52E
