January 2009 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 13.
Canadian Commercial Fishing News
Continued from Page 11.
Fishery officers from the DFO Marystown Patrick Kerfont and Tobin Barter, both
detachment conducted an inspection of Mr. of Mainland on the Port au Port Peninsula,
A resident of Carbonear was convicted Strickland’s fishing vessel in May 2008. were each fined $2,000 and prohibited from
on October 30, 2008, in St. John’s Provincial On October 1, 2008, Thomas fishing in coastal waters for three years for
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Court of fishing without a licence. Terry Hennebury of Lord’s Cove was fined $1,000 fishing halibut during a closed time. They
Emberley was fined $500. Fishery officers in provincial court at Grand Bank for appeared in provincial court at Stephenville
from the DFO Placentia detachment possession of a female v-notched lobster. on October 9, 2008. A 17 foot boat and motor
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determined that Mr. Emberley set crab pots Fishery Officers of the DFO Marystown were forfeited.
without a fishing licence. detachment conducted an inspection of a On November 17, 2008, Boyd Short of
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Daniel Albert King of Milltown was lobster holding pen belonging to Mr. Cook’s Harbour received a $200 fine for
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convicted on October 28, 2008, in provincial Hennebury and found two v-notched offloading his cod catch without a dockside
court at Bay d’Espoir of fishing salmon lobsters. monitor present. An investigation by
during a closed time. Fishery officers from V-notching is a voluntary conservation fishery officers from the DFO detachment in
the DFO Harbour Breton office observed
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program with the purpose of increasing St. Anthony with information from dockside
Mr. King fishing on Conne River, which was lobster egg production for a sustainable monitoring, determined that Mr. Short had Library
closed to angling at the time. Mr. King was fishery. Lobster harvesters cut a small v- offloaded at a private wharf. A condition of P.O. Box 710
fined $500 and forfeited his angling gear and shaped mark in the tail fan of every fourth his fishing licence required offloading at a Winterport, Maine 04496
one atlantic salmon. egg-bearing female lobster caught and dockside monitored port, such as Cook’s
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A resident of Upper Island Cove was carefully return it to the ocean. It is illegal to Harbour.
convicted of exceeding the daily limit for keep a v-notched lobster. Two residents of
capelin. Jeffery Jones was fined $500 on Blanc Sablon, Quebec
October 27, 2008 in provincial court at Salmon and Halibut Violations Result in were convicted of cod
Harbour Grace. Fishery officers of the DFO Fines, Probation, and Loss of Boats fishing violations in
Bay Roberts detachment reviewed Mr. 15 December Port au Choix Provincial
Jones’ 2007 capelin landings and NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR- Court on September 16,
determined that the authorized daily Provincial courts in Newfoundland and 2008. Riley Lavallee was
maximum amount of capelin landed was Labrador recently convicted and sentenced fined $750 for providing
exceeded by 14,441 pounds. a number of individuals for violating federal a fishing log book
Mitchell Mulrooney of O’Donnell’s fisheries regulations. containing false
was convicted in provincial court in St. In provincial court at Channel Port aux information and for
John’s on October 20, 2008, of improperly Basques on November 19, 2008, Pierce fishing cod under a
tagging Atlantic salmon. Fishery guardians Spicer of Harbour Le Cou was fined $2,000 buddy up arrangement
from the DFO Placentia detachment on and prohibited from fishing in coastal waters without his partner
patrol in the area of Little Salmonier River, for three years following his conviction for onboard. Victor
inspected Mr. Mulrooney’s catch and netting Atlantic salmon. In addition, his Letemplier was fined
determined that the salmon in his boat, motor, nets and four Atlantic salmon $250 for providing false
possession did not have properly locked were forfeited to the Crown. DFO fishery information in a fishing
tags attached. He was fined $150. In officers based in Port Aux Basques were log book. These
addition, Mr. Mulrooney’s angling licence conducting a patrol of coastal waters along charges and
was suspended for the remainder of the southwestern Newfoundland on June 17, convictions resulted
angling season and prohibited from 2008 and discovered two illegal nets. A from an investigation in
obtaining an angling licence in 2009. One surveillance of the area observed Mr. Spicer October 2007 by fishery
Atlantic salmon and angling gear were hauling nets and retrieving salmon, and he officers from the DFO
forfeited. was apprehended at the community wharf in office in Port au Choix.
Gordon Frank Strickland of Lamaline Harbour Le Cou. Subsequently, the fishery
was convicted of possession of a female v- officers returned to the location to remove
notched lobster in provincial court at Grand the illegal nets and freed seven salmon that
Bank on October 1, 2008, and fined $500. had become entangled.
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