The fishers received fines totalling $5,800. The offenders are:
| Offender and home |
Offence |
Fine |
Jacques Beaudoin
(Blanc-Sablon)
Robert Fequet
(Vieux-Fort) |
Fishing for cod during a close time. |
$500 (J. B.)
$250 (R. B.) |
Michael Driscoll
(Saint-Augustin) |
Possessing lobster less than the minimum size. |
$500 |
Roy Griffin
(Rivière-Saint-Paul) |
Failing to comply with the conditions of his cod licence for the 2008 season by fishing with more nets than permitted. |
$500 |
Jack Jones
Brian Shattler
(Sept-Îles) |
Possessing and landing incidental catches of unweighed fish in the groundfish fishery. |
$1,000 (J. J.)
$1,750 (B. S.) |
Clarence Lavallée
(Blanc-Sablon) |
Crab fishing in Area 12C without a licence. |
$500 |
Stevenson Shattler
(Sept-Îles) |
Failing to comply with the conditions of his bait licence for the 2008 season by setting his nets less than one fathom below the surface. |
$300 |
Howard Wellman
(Vieux-Fort) |
Exceeding the daily quota for cod in the recreational fishery. |
$500 |
The Department has a mandate to protect and conserve fishery resources and is ever vigilant in its efforts to prevent poaching of marine resources.