Gulf region convictions under the Fisheries Act
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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 |
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Ryan Daigle |
Fisheries Act 25 (2) - Subject to the regulations and subsection (3), any person who places or sets any fishing gear or apparatus in any water, along any beach or within any fishery shall remove it when the gear or apparatus is not being tended and prior to the commencement of a close time. |
Summerside, PEI |
Lobster |
$3,250.00 fine |
2025-04-22 |
Leo Dorgan |
Fisheries Act 33 - Possess fish caught in contravention of regulations. |
Summerside, PEI |
Lobster |
$8,000.00 fine |
2025-04-22 |
Matthew MacKenzie |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations 57(1)(a) Fishing for lobster in a LFA during the close time set out in Schedule XIV. |
Amherst, Nova Scotia |
Lobster |
$15,080 and seizure and forfeiture of lobster traps electronic monitoring for 2 years |
2025-04-07 |
Donna Gavin |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. |
Summerside, PEI |
Lobster |
$5,000.00 fine, plus 22 traps forfeited |
2025-04-01 |
Cody Gaudet |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations Act 53 (b) - Possessing snow crab less than the minimum width. |
Summerside, PEI |
Snow Crab |
$4,800.00 fine |
2025-04-01 |
Michael Cormier, NB |
Fisheries Act 62 - No person shall obstruct or hinder a fishery officer, a fishery guardian or an inspector who is carrying out duties or functions under this Act. |
Moncton, NB |
Eel |
$1,000.00 fine + $300.00 fine |
2025-03-26 |
Maritime Provinces Fisheries Regulations 37 (1) - Engaging in recreational fishing for eels from specified waters during specified close time. |
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Normand Gallant |
Fisheries Act 62 - No person shall obstruct or hinder a fishery officer, a fishery guardian or an inspector who is carrying out duties or functions under this Act. |
Moncton, NB |
Eel |
$1,000.00 fine + $300.00 fine |
2025-03-26 |
Maritime Provinces Fisheries Regulations 37 (1) - Engaging in recreational fishing for eels from specified waters during specified close time. |
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Marcel Lebreton |
Fisheries Act 62 - No person shall obstruct or hinder a fishery officer, a fishery guardian or an inspector who is carrying out duties or functions under this Act. |
Bathurst, NB |
Oysters |
$500.00 fine |
2025-03-20 |
Marcel Guignard |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. |
Bathurst, NB |
Snow Crab |
$5,000.00 fine |
2025-03-19 |
Linden Harry Stewart |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (1) (a) - Fishing lobster during close time in specified waters. |
Georgetown, PEI |
Lobster |
$5,000.00 fine, plus 120 hours licence suspension of the 2025 LFA 26 season |
2025-03-10 |
Corey Buote |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 14 (1) (b) - Fishing without a licence. |
Summerside, PEI |
Lobster |
$2,000.00 fine |
2025-03-04 |
Pam Deagle |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 19 (2) - The activities authorized under the licence must be carried out personally by the licence holder, the operator named in the licence or a person authorized in accordance with subsection 23(2) of the Fishery (General) Regulations. |
Summerside, PEI |
Lobster |
$2,500.00 fine, plus forfeiture catch valued at $3118.50 |
2025-03-04 |
Adam Pitre |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 14 (1) (b) - Fishing without a licence. |
Summerside, PEI |
Lobster |
$2,000.00 fine |
2025-03-04 |
Rosealie Gavin |
Fisheries Act 63 (1) - Making a false statement or misleading statement, whether orally or in writing to an inspector,a fishery officer, a fishery guardian, any authority designated by a fishery officer or a fishery guardian or any authority prescribed under this Act. |
Summerside, PEI |
Lobster |
$500.00 fine + $ 1500.00 fine + $ 19,771.00 fine, plus forfeiture catch valued at $7,152.75 |
2025-03-04 |
Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) - Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. |
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Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 19 (2) - The activities authorized under the licence must be carried out personally by the licence holder, the operator named in the licence or a person authorized in accordance with subsection 23(2) of the Fishery (General) Regulations. |
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| Gary Clair | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) – Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Was in possession of 101 undersized lobsters |
Moncton, NB | Lobster | $7,500.00 fine | 2025-02-26 |
| Mitchell Gavin | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) – Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Off loaded a catch without a monitor |
Summerside, PEI | Rock Crab | $5,250.00 fine and forfeiture of rock crab catch valued at $4,315.45 | 2025-02-04 |
| Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) – Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Was in possession of 173 undersized crabs. |
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| Brandon Lewis | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) – Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. No proper logbook aboard vessel |
Summerside, PEI | Halibut | $2,750.00 fine | 2025-02-04 |
| Fisheries Act 87(1) – Fishing for groundfish during close time | |||||
| Robert Todd Gaudet | Fisheries Act 23 - No one may fish, use fishing gear, or harm a fishery in any licensed area without authorization. | Summerside, PEI | Herring | $3,500 and forfeiture of herring gillnets | 2025-01-27 |
| Marcel Chiasson | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57(1)(a) – Fishing lobster during close time in specified waters. | Bathurst, NB | Lobster | $4,500.00 fine | 2025-01-27 |
| Dean David | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57(1)(a) – Fishing lobster during close time in specified waters. | Bathurst, NB | Lobster | $4,000.00 fine | 2025-01-27 |
| Noel Denny | Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 57 (2) – Possessing lobster shorter than the minimum size in a lobster fishing area. | Moncton, NB | Lobster | $4,200.00 fine | 2025-01-16 |
| Atlantic Fisheries Regulations 14 (1) (b) – Fishing without a licence | |||||
| Lance Francis | Fisheries Act 43.4 (1) – Failure to comply with any terms and conditions of a permission, lease or licence. Was in possession of 217 undersized lobsters. Tag registry not filled. |
Moncton, NB | Lobster | $10,904.50 fine | 2025-01-07 |
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