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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 and Place of Residence | Charge Information (Section & Description) | Species | Penalties, Forfeitures, Prohibitions or Orders | Dates of Conviction |
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Christopher Todd Hiltz Martins Point, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s57(1)(a) Fishing for Lobster during a closed time. |
Lobster | $2,500.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of 2 lobster traps. |
2024-01-24 |
Robert Roy Gabriel Rafuse Mahone Bay, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s57(1)(a) Fishing for Lobster during a closed time. |
Lobster | $2,500.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of 2 lobster traps. |
2024-01-24 |
Eugene Duane Sawler Martins Point, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s57(1)(a) Fishing for Lobster during a closed time. |
Lobster | $2,500.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of 2 lobster traps. |
2024-01-24 |
Howard Keith Goodwin Argyle Head, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(1) Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act. |
Groundfish |
$3,000.00 Fine |
2024-01-23 |
Jeremy James Comeau Digby, N.S. |
Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, s4(1)(a)(i) Subject to subsections (2) to (5), no person shall fish for or catch and retain any fish unless the person is authorized to do so under the authority of a licence issued under these Regulations, the Fishery (General) Regulations or the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations. |
Eel |
$5,000.00 Fine |
2024-01-18 |
Angie Michelle Handspiker Digby, N.S. |
Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, s4(1)(a)(i) Subject to subsections (2) to (5), no person shall fish for or catch and retain any fish unless the person is authorized to do so under the authority of a licence issued under these Regulations, the Fishery (General) Regulations or the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations. |
Eel |
$5,000.00 Fine |
2024-01-18 |
Jeffrey Boudreau Lower Wedgeport, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(1) Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act. |
Lobster | $904.50 Fine |
2024-01-10 |
Kyle Stuart Small St. Andrews, N.B. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s14(1)(a) Fishing for a species of fish set out in Schedule 1 without a fisher's registration card. |
Scallop | $600.00 Fine | 2023-12-20 |
Fisheries Act, s63(1) No person shall make a false 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 paragraph 38(9)(a) or (b) who is carrying out duties or functions under this Act. |
Scallop | $1,500.00 Fine | 2023-12-20 | |
Royden Joseph D'eon Middle West Pubnico, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(1) Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act. |
Groundfish | $2,500.00 Fine | 2023-12-19 |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(1) Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act. |
Groundfish |
$15,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of cod end, and catch valued at $8,100.29. |
2023-12-19 | |
Milton James D'eon Middle West Pubnico, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(1) Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act. |
Groundfish |
$10,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of cod end, and catch valued at $26,835.25. |
2023-12-11 |
Dennis McCarthy Mount Pearl, N.L. |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(1) Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act. |
Halibut |
$5,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of seized halibut valued at $23,739.95. |
2023-12-04 |
Karen Bain-Muise Yarmouth, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s9.2 Every person or holder to whom a fisheries management order applies shall comply with it. |
Eel | $2,500.00 Fine | 2023-11-27 |
Fisheries Act, s33 No person shall purchase, sell or possess any fish that has been caught in contravention of this Act or the regulations. |
Eel |
$5,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of seized items (dip net and bucket). |
2023-11-27 | |
Fisheries Act, s34.3(4)(e) No person shall fish in any manner within 23 m downstream from the lower entrance to any fishway, obstruction or leap. |
Eel | $500.00 Fine | 2023-11-27 | |
Aaron Tinker Wilsons Beach, Campobello Island, N.B. |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(1) Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act. |
Lobster | $15,000.00 Fine Plus an Order under s79.2 of the Fisheries Act that Mr. Tinker install a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) with a 5 minute ping for two years. |
2023-11-24 |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(1) Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act. |
Lobster | $1,250.00 Fine |
2023-11-24 | |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(1) Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act. |
Lobster | $1,250.00 Fine |
2023-11-24 | |
East Coast Ocean Products Boudreau Ouest, N.B. |
Fishery (General) Regulations, s35(2) Selling of fish not caught under a commercial licence. |
Lobster | $50,000.00 Fine Plus a 2 year probation and monthly reporting requirements. |
2023-11-23 |
Christopher Douglas Crowell Gavelton, N.S. |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, s3(2) Notwithstanding any other regulations made under the Fisheries Act, where a Regional Director General issues an order under subsection (1) in respect of an area, no person shall, in that area, fish for or catch and retain any species of fish specified in the order unless: (a) the person is the holder of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying that licence; or (b) the person is named in a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying a copy of that licence. |
Quahaugs |
$300.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of the seized quahaugs. |
2023-11-22 |
Evan Thomas Cyril Swim Glenwood, N.S. |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, s3(2) Notwithstanding any other regulations made under the Fisheries Act, where a Regional Director General issues an order under subsection (1) in respect of an area, no person shall, in that area, fish for or catch and retain any species of fish specified in the order unless: (a) the person is the holder of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying that licence; or (b) the person is named in a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying a copy of that licence. |
Quahaugs |
$300.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of the seized quahaugs. |
2023-11-22 |
Tyler Herbert Atwood Clarks Harbour, N.S. |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, s3(2) Notwithstanding any other regulations made under the Fisheries Act, where a Regional Director General issues an order under subsection (1) in respect of an area, no person shall, in that area, fish for or catch and retain any species of fish specified in the order unless: (a) the person is the holder of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying that licence; or (b) the person is named in a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying a copy of that licence. |
Quahaugs |
$300.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of the seized quahaugs. |
2023-11-22 |
Kyle Timothy Maas Digby, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s14(1)(a) Fishing for a species of fish set out in Schedule 1 without a fisher's registration card. |
Clams | $750.00 Fine | 2023-11-09 |
Fishery (General) Regulations, s35(2) Selling of fish not caught under a commercial licence. |
Clams |
$750.00 Fine Plus one year prohibition of fishing (commercially or recreationally) for clams commencing November 9, 2023 to November 9, 2024. |
2023-11-09 | |
Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, s4(1)(a)(i) Subject to subsections (2) to (5), no person shall fish for or catch and retain any fish unless the person is authorized to do so under the authority of a licence issued under these Regulations, the Fishery (General) Regulations or the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations. |
Clams | $500.00 Fine | 2023-11-09 | |
Jody M. Allison Port Mouton, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s49.01(a) A person engaged in recreational fishing for mackerel in Mackerel Fishing Areas 1 to 21 shall not in any one day, have in their possession more than 20 mackerel. |
Mackerel | $400.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of seized items (31 mackerel and white plastic bucket). |
2023-11-08 |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s49.01(b) A person engaged in recreational fishing for mackerel in Mackerel Fishing Areas 1 to 21 shall not have in their possession any mackerel that is less than 26.8 cm in length. |
Mackerel | $600.00 Fine |
2023-11-08 | |
Garth Steven Nickerson Lower East Pubnico, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s57(1)(a) Fishing for Lobster during a closed time. |
Lobster | $3,000.00 Fine | 2023-11-06 |
Darren Keith Dixon Lower East Pubnico, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s57(1)(a) Fishing for Lobster during a closed time. |
Lobster | $1,500.00 Fine |
2023-11-02 |
James Russell MacEvoy Dingwall, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s57(1)(c) Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during the close time set out in Schedule XIV. |
Lobster | $4,000.00 Fine | 2023-11-01 |
Joseph Avery Rambeau Dingwall, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s57(1)(c) Having a lobster trap on board a vessel during the close time set out in Schedule XIV. |
Lobster | $3,000.00 Fine | 2023-11-01 |
Kyle Anthony Lewis Alder Point, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(1) Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act. |
Lobster | $3,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of seized lobster traps, rope and buoys. |
2023-11-01 |
Thomas Boutilier Big Bras d'Or, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s57(2) Possession of undersized lobster in a Lobster Fishing Area. |
Lobster | $7,500.00 Fine Plus a 2 day prohibition. |
2023-11-01 |
Shawn Mitchell Doucette North Range, N.S. |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, s3(2) Notwithstanding any other regulations made under the Fisheries Act, where a Regional Director General issues an order under subsection (1) in respect of an area, no person shall, in that area, fish for or catch and retain any species of fish specified in the order unless: (a) the person is the holder of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying that licence; or (b) the person is named in a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying a copy of that licence. |
Bar Clams | $600.00 Fine | 2023-10-30 |
Jarrid Arnold Manzer Ashmore, N.S. |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, s3(2) Notwithstanding any other regulations made under the Fisheries Act, where a Regional Director General issues an order under subsection (1) in respect of an area, no person shall, in that area, fish for or catch and retain any species of fish specified in the order unless: (a) the person is the holder of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying that licence; or (b) the person is named in a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying a copy of that licence. |
Bar Clams | $600.00 Fine | 2023-10-30 |
Chad Lyle Marr St. Bernard, N.S. |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, s3(2) Notwithstanding any other regulations made under the Fisheries Act, where a Regional Director General issues an order under subsection (1) in respect of an area, no person shall, in that area, fish for or catch and retain any species of fish specified in the order unless: (a) the person is the holder of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying that licence; or (b) the person is named in a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying a copy of that licence. |
Bar Clams | $600.00 Fine | 2023-10-30 |
Gordon Bonang West Chezzetcook, N.S. |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, s3(2) Notwithstanding any other regulations made under the Fisheries Act, where a Regional Director General issues an order under subsection (1) in respect of an area, no person shall, in that area, fish for or catch and retain any species of fish specified in the order unless: (a) the person is the holder of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying that licence; or (b) the person is named in a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying a copy of that licence. |
Soft shell clam | $1,000.00 Fine | 2023-10-24 |
Leonard William Little Whites Lake, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s49.01(b) A person engaged in recreational fishing for mackerel in Mackerel Fishing Areas 1 to 21 shall not have in their possession any mackerel that is less than 26.8 cm in length. |
Mackerel | $250.00 Fine |
2023-10-18 |
Atlantic Fisheries Regulations, s91(3)(a) No person engaged in recreational fishing for groundfish shall, in any day, catch and retain more than a quota of ten groundfish of all species in the aggregate, comprising a total of not more than five cod, haddock and pollock. |
Cod | $250.00 Fine | 2023-10-18 | |
Samuel Brent Burke Glace Bay, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s29(1)(b) No person shall, for the purpose of fishing, place, erect, use or maintain any seine, net, weir or other fishing gear or apparatus, or any log, rock or material of any kind that obstructs more than two thirds of the width of any river or stream or more than one third of the width of the main channel at low tide of any tidal stream. |
Gaspereau | $3,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of seized fishing equipment and fish. |
2023-10-18 |
Neil Butler MacLean Glace Bay, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s29(1)(b) No person shall, for the purpose of fishing, place, erect, use or maintain any seine, net, weir or other fishing gear or apparatus, or any log, rock or material of any kind that obstructs more than two thirds of the width of any river or stream or more than one third of the width of the main channel at low tide of any tidal stream. |
Gaspereau | $3,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of seized fishing equipment and fish. |
2023-10-18 |
Toby Brian Condo Millbrook, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s9.2 Every person or holder to whom a fisheries management order applies shall comply with it. |
Eel | $1,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of fishing gear and catch. |
2023-10-16 |
John Peter Paul Indian Brook, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s9.2 Every person or holder to whom a fisheries management order applies shall comply with it. |
Eel | $500.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of fishing gear and catch. |
2023-10-16 |
Francis Michael Timmins Hillside Boularderie, N.S. |
Fisheries Act, s43.4(1) Every person acting under the authority of a permission referred to in section 4 or a lease or licence, whether issued under this Act or provincial legislation, shall comply with any terms and conditions of the permission, lease or licence that are imposed under the authority of this Act. |
Lobster | $3,000.00 Fine Plus forfeiture of seized fishing equipment. |
2023-10-04 |
Alin Sanford Hughes Clarks Harbour, N.S. |
Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, s3(2) Notwithstanding any other regulations made under the Fisheries Act, where a Regional Director General issues an order under subsection (1) in respect of an area, no person shall, in that area, fish for or catch and retain any species of fish specified in the order unless: (a) the person is the holder of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying that licence; or (b) the person is named in a licence issued under subsection 4(1) and is carrying a copy of that licence. |
Clams | $300.00 Fine | 2023-10-04 |
Theodore Alexander Goreham Clarks Harbour, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s57(1)(a) Fishing for Lobster during a closed time. |
Lobster | $2,500.00 Fine | 2023-10-04 |
Justin Douglas Goreham Clarks Harbour, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s57(1)(a) Fishing for Lobster during a closed time. |
Lobster | $1,500.00 Fine | 2023-10-04 |
Ross W. Jones Dartmouth, N.S. |
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, s49.01(b) A person engaged in recreational fishing for mackerel in Mackerel Fishing Areas 1 to 21 shall not have in their possession any mackerel that is less than 26.8 cm in length. |
Mackerel | $500.00 Fine | 2023-10-04 |
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