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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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Marcel Henry |
Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. |
New Carlisle |
Lobster |
$2,600 |
2025-02-20 |
Having fished for lobster other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap. |
$750 |
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Being in possession of lobsters whose length is less than 83 mm. |
$900 |
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Christian Johnson |
Being in possession of female lobsters carrying eggs. |
New Carlisle |
Lobster |
$2,500 |
2025-02-20 |
Being in possession of lobsters whose length is less than 83 mm. |
$950 |
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René Cyr |
Having fished in an area closed to Atlantic halibut. |
Percé |
Atlantic halibut |
$2,000 and forfeiture of an amount of $1,483.50 for the sale of seized fish |
2025-02-18 |
Failing to comply with its licence conditions by not identifying any vertical ropes by means of coloured strands or embedded coloured threads. |
$750 |
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Having anchored fishing gear without the vessel registration number (NAR) being legible on the buoy attached to the gear. |
$750 |
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Guylain Deraspe |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to complete his electronic logbook and ensure that the data is complete and closed prior to landing his lobster catches. |
Percé |
Herring |
$1,500 |
2025-02-18 |
Norbert Duguay |
Having fished in an area closed to Atlantic halibut. |
Percé |
Atlantic halibut |
$2,000 and forfeiture of an amount of $14,406.21 for the sale of seized fish |
2025-02-18 |
Rick Jeannotte-Giasson |
Being in possession of snow crabs less than 95 mm wide. |
Percé |
Snow crab |
$10,500 |
2025-02-18 |
Maxime Racine |
Being in possession of more than 5 redfish on a single day while recreational fishing. |
Chicoutimi |
Redfish |
$550 |
2025-01-28 |
David Tremblay |
Being in possession of more than 5 redfish on a single day while recreational fishing. |
Chicoutimi |
Redfish |
$550 |
2025-01-28 |
Rémi Althot |
Being in possession of crab parts or crab meat separated from the carapace of a crab. |
Baie-Comeau |
Snow crab |
$1000 |
2025-01-24 |
Larry Boucher |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions. |
Baie-Comeau |
Snow crab |
$1500 |
2025-01-24 |
Being in possession of crab parts or crab meat separated from the carapace of a crab. |
$1000 |
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Having dumped from a vessel fish caught in accordance with the Act and the regulations made thereunder. |
$1000 |
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Joël Therrien |
Being in possession of crab parts or crab meat separated from the carapace of a crab. |
Baie-Comeau |
Snow crab |
$1000 |
2025-01-24 |
Les Pêcheries Rosajustin inc. |
Failing to comply with their licence conditions. |
Baie-Comeau |
Snow crab |
$1500 |
2025-01-24 |
Being in possession of crab parts or crab meat separated from the carapace of a crab. |
$1000 |
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Having dumped from a vessel fish caught in accordance with the Act and the regulations made thereunder. |
$1000 |
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Alain Deraspe |
Having offered fish for sale without it being caught and retained under a licence issued for the purpose of commercial fishing. |
Havre-Aubert |
Atlantic surf clam and Atlantic razor clam |
$1000 |
2025-01-22 |
Marco Turbide |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by not completing electronic logbooks. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$3500 |
2025-01-22 |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by not carrying a complete and up-to-date record of fishing gear tags. |
$750 |
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Denis Éloquin |
Having used a vessel to fish for Atlantic halibut without his name appearing on the licence authorizing the vessel to fish for that species. |
Havre-Aubert |
Atlantic halibut |
$500 |
2025-01-21 |
Félicien Leblanc |
Having unlawfully destroyed or unjustifiably damaged legally set fishing gear. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$3000 |
2025-01-21 |
Pêcheries Carl Richard inc. |
Having allowed their vessel to be used to fish for Atlantic halibut without the names of the persons using the vessel appearing on the licence to fish for that species. |
Havre-Aubert |
Atlantic halibut |
$500 |
2025-01-21 |
Justin Richard |
Being in possession of eighty-five (85) lobsters that are less than 83 mm in length. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$15000 and licence suspension for the first 5 days of the 2025 season |
2025-01-21 |
Being in possession of a female lobster carrying eggs. |
$1000 |
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Failing to comply with licence conditions by not completing electronic logbooks. |
$2500 |
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Failing to comply with his licence conditions by having traps on board his vessel without a valid tag. |
$750 |
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Failing to comply with his licence conditions by having lobster traps on board his vessel not equipped with a compliant exit panel. |
$750 |
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Thomas Poirier |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by not contacting the hail-out system before 7 p.m. the day before each fishing trip. |
Havre-Aubert |
Yellowtail flounder |
$1000 |
2025-01-20 |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by not making arrangements to take the observer to sea on the date, time and place specified in the application. |
$750 |
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Failing to comply with his licence conditions by fishing in an area closed by licence conditions. |
$1000 |
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Failing to comply with his licence conditions by not ensuring that the vessel monitoring system transmits information to DFO at least every 15 minutes for the duration of the fishing trip. |
$750 |
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Failing to comply with his licence conditions by not maintaining a truthful record of fishing activities and catches in the Logbook section. |
$750 |
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Failing to hold his vessel, including any mobile gear attached to it, at least half a nautical mile away from any fishing gear that is already set. |
$750 |
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Failing to immediately return a fish accidentally caught to the water in which it was caught and in a manner that causes the least harm. |
$750 |
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Failing to comply with his licence conditions by not immediately releasing any yellowtail flounder that is less than 23 cm in length and any winter flounder that is less than 25 cm in length into the water from which they were caught. |
Yellowtail flounder and winter flounder |
$750 |
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Have fished for scallop in a scallop fishing area during a closed period. |
Scallop |
$2000 |
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Georges Bourgaize |
Having wasted fish suitable for human consumption while fishing recreationally. |
New Carlisle |
Mackerel |
$300 |
2024-12-06 |
Pêcheries Parisé inc. |
Failing to comply with their licence conditions by using fishing gear that does not have a valid tag attached to the trap frame. |
New Carlisle |
Lobster |
$2000 and forfeiture of the traps |
2024-12-06 |
Yves Bénard |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by not contacting the hail-out system before 7 p.m. the day before each fishing trip. |
New Carlisle |
Winter flounder |
$500 |
2024-12-05 |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by not maintaining a truthful record of fishing activities and catches in the Logbook section. |
$500 |
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Denis Ferlatte |
Having harvested soft-shell clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting for contamination reasons. |
New Carlisle |
Soft-shell clams |
$600 |
2024-12-05 |
Stéphane Henry |
Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. |
New Carlisle |
Lobster |
$1900 and forfeiture of seized items |
2024-12-05 |
Having fished for lobster other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap. |
$750 |
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Hugues Roussy |
Failing to remove fishing gear from the water before the start of the prohibition period. |
New Carlisle |
Lobster |
$750 |
2024-12-05 |
9374-1015 Québec inc. |
Failing to comply with their fishing licence by fishing for snow crab without having the additional conditions attached to it. |
Percé |
Snow crab |
$1500 |
2024-12-04 |
Jean-François Aucoin |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by not completing electronic logbooks. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$3500 |
2024-12-04 |
Justin Déraspe |
Having unlawfully destroyed or unjustifiably damaged legally set fishing gear. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$3000 |
2024-12-04 |
Blair Goodwin |
Having used lobster traps not equipped with a compliant exit panel. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$2000 |
2024-12-04 |
Mark Goodwin |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by retaining unauthorized bycatch. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$750 and forfeiture of seized items |
2024-12-04 |
Daniel Miousse |
Having transported lobster traps during the period where the fishery is closed, without a transport authorization. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$500 |
2024-12-04 |
Maxime Poirier |
Failing to comply with licence conditions by using non-compliant lobster traps for fishing. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$1250 and forfeiture of seized items |
2024-12-04 |
Steven Richard Clark |
Being in possession of snow crab under the regulation size. |
Havre-Aubert |
Snow crab |
$3100 |
2024-12-04 |
Anthony Dubé |
Being in possession of lobsters whose length is less than 83 mm. |
Percé |
Lobster |
$2500 |
2024-12-03 |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by having traps on board his vessel that do not bear a valid tag. |
$750 |
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Failing to comply with his licence conditions by using fishing gear that does not have a valid tag attached to the trap frame. |
$750 |
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Pierre-Luc Collin |
Being in possession of snow crab less than 95 mm wide. |
Percé |
Snow crab |
$7700 |
2024-12-02 |
Being in possession of female snow crabs. |
$1000 |
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Maxim Chabot |
Being in possession of fish caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations. |
Sept-Îles |
Lobster |
$900 |
2024-11-26 |
Louis Derasp |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by retaining waved whelks that are less than 85 mm in length. |
Havre-Saint-Pierre |
Waved whelk |
$750 |
2024-11-26 |
Guy Martin |
Having fished for Stimpson's surfclam without a licence or authorization. |
Havre-Saint-Pierre |
Stimpson’s surfclam |
$520 |
2024-11-26 |
Jimmy Martin |
Having fished for Stimpson's surfclam without a licence or authorization. |
Havre-Saint-Pierre |
Stimpson’s surfclam |
$512 |
2024-11-26 |
Dany Richard |
Having fished for Stimpson's surfclam without a licence or authorization. |
Havre-Saint-Pierre |
Stimpson’s surfclam |
$750 |
2024-11-26 |
Delinda Yela Rodriguez |
Being in possession of a female lobster carrying eggs. |
Havre-Saint-Pierre |
Lobster |
$1500 |
2024-11-26 |
Being in possession of 2 lobster claws, as well as lobster flesh. |
$1000 |
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Louis Vaillancourt |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by not immediately returning any ray to the water from which they were caught. |
Havre-Saint-Pierre |
Ray |
$1400 |
2024-11-26 |
Being in possession of fish that has been cut or otherwise processed to the point where it is difficult to determine its size in the commercial fishery. |
Atlantic halibut |
$650 |
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Sarah Conor |
Having wasted soft-shell clams suitable for human consumption while fishing recreationally. |
Carleton |
Soft-shell clams |
$100 |
2024-11-19 |
Olivier Vallière |
Having harvested soft-shell clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting for contamination reasons. |
Carleton |
Soft-shell clams |
$300 |
2024-11-19 |
Being in possession of soft-shell clams that are less than 51 mm in length. |
$339 |
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Marco Forest |
Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. |
Sept-Îles |
Lobster |
$900 and forfeiture of seized items |
2024-11-26 |
Having fished for lobster other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap. |
$750 |
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Having fished for lobster in a lobster fishing area during the close time. |
$750 |
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Gilbert Imbeault |
Having harvested soft-shell clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting for contamination reasons. |
Baie-Comeau |
Soft-shell clams |
$1050 |
2024-11-22 |
Sylvain Imbeault |
Having harvested soft-shell clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting for contamination reasons. |
Baie-Comeau |
Soft-shell clams |
$1050 |
2024-11-22 |
Steve Malouin |
Having harvested soft-shell clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting for contamination reasons. |
Baie-Comeau |
Soft-shell clams |
$1050 |
2024-11-22 |
Roland Marin |
Having harvested soft-shell clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting for contamination reasons. |
Baie-Comeau |
Soft-shell clams |
$1050 |
2024-11-22 |
Vincent Brière |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by fishing with a trap that was not equipped with a biodegradable exit mechanism. |
Baie-Comeau |
Waved whelk |
$1000 |
2024-10-24 |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by using fishing gear without a single valid tag with a unique identification number securely attached to the trap frame. |
$750 |
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Marc Olivier Chiasson |
Being in possession of snow crab under the regulation size. |
Havre-Aubert |
Snow crab |
$3400 |
2024-10-23 |
Ronald Clarke |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by failing to carry a complete and up-to-date record of fishing gear tags. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$750 |
2024-10-23 |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by fishing without a copy of his fishing licence conditions. |
$750 |
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Having fished without a copy of his fishing licence. |
$750 |
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Failing to comply with his licence conditions by having a lobster trap on his vessel without a valid tag. |
$500 |
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Pierre-Olivier Cyr |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by having a lobster trap on his vessel without a valid tag. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$500 |
2024-10-23 |
Richard Keating |
Having placed fishing gear in the waters, on the shore or in a fishery, during a prohibition period. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$750 |
2024-10-23 |
Sébastien Miousse |
Being in possession of lobsters whose length is less than 83 mm. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$1500 |
2024-10-23 |
Tyler Morisson Dickson |
Having fished for lobster using a lobster trap not equipped with a compliant exit panel. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$500 |
2024-10-23 |
Jean-Gabriel Turbide |
Being in possession of a female lobster carrying eggs. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$1000 |
2024-10-23 |
Marco Turbide |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by not reporting lost fishing gear. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$750 |
2024-10-23 |
Charles-Édouard Vigneau |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by not completing electronic logbooks. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$1700 |
2024-10-23 |
Dominic Vigneault |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by having a lobster trap on his vessel without a valid tag. |
Havre-Aubert |
Lobster |
$1000 |
2024-10-23 |
Nicolas Renouf |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by being in possession of a female lobster marked with a v-notch. |
New Carlisle |
Lobster |
$750 |
2024-10-02 |
Lionel Arsenault |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by leaving the gear in the water for more than 72 hours between the release and the lifting of the traps. |
Sept-Îles |
Snow crab |
$1500 |
2024-09-30 |
Gilles Blanchard |
Being in possession of fish caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations. |
Sept-Îles |
Lobster |
$500 and forfeiture of seized items |
2024-09-30 |
Steve Francoeur |
Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. |
Sept-Îles |
Lobster |
$750 |
2024-09-30 |
Having fished for lobster other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap. |
$750 |
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Having fished for lobster in a lobster fishing area during the close time. |
$750 |
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Jérôme Pinel |
Failing to comply with his licence conditions by being in possession of female lobsters marked with a v-notch. |
Percé |
Lobster |
$750 |
2024-09-28 |
| Roger Arsenault | Harvesting soft-shell clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting for contamination reasons. | New Carlisle | Soft-shell clams | $300 | 2024-09-27 |
| Aristide Blais | Failing to comply with licence conditions by using traps with exhaust vents below the regulatory limit of 47 mm in the lobster fishery. | New Carlisle | Lobster | $2000 and forfeiture of the traps | 2024-09-27 |
| Guylain Deraspe | Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to send electronic logbooks to Fisheries and Oceans Canada within 72 hours of each mackerel fishing trip. | New Carlisle | Mackerel | $500 | 2024-09-27 |
| Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to send their combined forms to Fisheries and Oceans within 7 days of landing. | $500 and suspension of the 2025 fall herring licence | ||||
| Making a false or misleading statement orally to a fishery officer. | $500 | ||||
| Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to make an inward call to a dockside monitoring company prior to arrival at the port. | $500 | ||||
| Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to complete the Logbook section of their combined form in accordance with the instructions specified in their booklet. | $500 | ||||
| Micheline Leblanc | Harvesting soft-shell clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting for contamination reasons. | New Carlisle | Soft-shell clam | $300 | 2024-09-27 |
| Hugues Roy | While recreational fishing, possessing mackerel that is skinned, cut or otherwise processed to the point where it is difficult to determine the size. | New Carlisle | Mackerel | $800 and forfeiture of seized fish fillets | 2024-09-27 |
| Travis Vautier | Having fished for the species specified in the licence without having the additional conditions pertaining to it. | New Carlisle | Winter Flounder | $750 | 2024-09-27 |
| Alban Hautcoeur | Failing to comply with licence conditions by failing to immediately apply a valid tag to a bluefin tuna caught and brought on board the vessel. | Percé | Bluefin Tuna | $750 | 2024-09-25 |
| Guylain Deraspe | Failing to comply with licence conditions by having a gill net with a mesh size of less than 66.7 mm on board the fishing vessel. | Percé | Herring | $750 and forfeiture of fishing gear | 2024-09-25 |
| Roger Desjardins | Having fished for lobster without a licence or authorization. | Percé | Lobster | $500 | 2024-09-25 |
| Having fished for lobster other than from a vessel and with a lobster trap. | $500 | ||||
| François Jean | Fishing for seal in a prohibited area. | Percé | Seal | $1000 and forfeiture of seized seal parts | 2024-09-25 |
| Failing to comply with licence conditions by fishing for a species of seal that is not authorized by their licence. | $1000 | ||||
| Yu Xing | Harvesting soft-shell clams in an area closed to shellfish harvesting for contamination reasons. | Percé | Soft-shell clam | $300 and forfeiture of seized items | 2024-09-25 |
| Being in possession of soft-shell clams that are less than 51 mm long. | $408 | ||||
Simon Lévesque |
Being in possession of more than 5 redfish on a single day while recreational fishing. |
Chicoutimi |
Redfish |
$500 and forfeiture of seized fish |
2024-09-10 |
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