August 2009 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 13.
Canadian Commercial Fishing News
The Government of Canada Releases its Defence and Minister for the Atlantic vessel, Nancy & Boys, in Burin. The $700 for failing to offload his entire crab catch
Action Plan in Response to Reports on Gateway. “The action plan is a symbol of this inspection revealed the illegal catch held in in the presence of a dockside monitor. On
the Rescue of L’Acadien II commitment to excellence within the containers onboard the vessel after the July 26, 2007, the dockside monitor
14 July Canadian Forces and the Canadian Coast offloading. The officers found 25 undersized discovered an additional 530 pounds of crab
OTTAWA – The Government of Canada Guard.” Atlantic halibut, 182 pounds of cod fillets, 99 that was not monitored onboard Mr.
released its integrated action plan to Following the capsizing of L’ ACADIEN pounds of redfish fillets, 45 pounds of cod Morgan’s boat, the Michael Mariner III.
respond to several federal reports following II, Retired Rear Admiral Roger Girouard was heads and 20 pounds of cod tongues.
the 2008 capsizing of L’ACADIEN II. appointed by the then-Minister of Fisheries In provincial court at Grand Falls on
“The tragic events following the of Oceans to lead an independent April 6, 2009 Wesley Snook of Harbour
sinking of L’ ACADIEN II near Cape Breton investigation into the events and Breton was fined $750 and his catch was
were felt by all Canadians. Since that time, circumstances of the incident. At the request forfeited by the court for possession of
our government has pledged to take all of the Canadian Coast Guard, the oversized salmon and making a false or
appropriate steps to prevent such incidents Department of National Defence also misleading statement to a fishery guardian.
in the future,” said the Honourable Gail Shea, reviewed the command, control and On July 6, 2008, while on patrol in Head
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. “Today, coordination of the search and rescue Bay d’Espoir, fishery guardians from the
we are releasing a concrete action plan that operation. Finally, the Transportation Harbour Breton detachment observed Mr.
I am confident responds to the issues raised Safety Board undertook an independent Snook with oversized salmon while angling.
through several reviews and demonstrates investigation to determine the cause of the Mr. Snook left the scene when approached
that we have learned from that experience.” incident and any factors that may have and when apprehended provided a false and
The commitments in the Action Plan contributed to it. misleading statement.
address a number of issues ranging from The Integrated Action Plan released On April 28, 2009 in provincial court at
vessel safety and the Canadian Coast Guard today is the result of a dedicated, Port de Grave, Edward Morgan was fined
towing policy to procedures for search and interdepartmental team established in
rescue. Among major improvements December, 2008 by Minister Shea. It outlines
initiated: CCG has initiated the development what steps have already been taken, and
of an “Assistance to Disabled Vessels what remains to be done in the short and
policy”; CCG attended pre-seal hunt longer term to ensure safety in Government
meetings with sealers to discuss Canadian of Canada operations and to fully respond to
Coast Guard operations during the hunt and all the recommendations in the three reports.
what levels of service sealers could expect.
This included the 2009 Annual Atlantic Seal Over $11,000 in Fines
Hunt Advisory Committee Meeting and for Fishery Violations
regional consultations held in 14 July
Newfoundland and Labrador, Québec and NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR –
Atlantic regions; and Transport Canada is Three fish harvesters have been convicted
developing new Fishing Vessel Safety of violating federal fishery regulations
Regulations that include revised provisions following investigations by Fisheries and
for vessels that may navigate ice-covered Oceans Canada.
waters. In provincial court at Grand Bank on
“We are moving forward with a plan that May 4, 2009 Lester Fudge of Burin was
ensures fishers and their vessels are kept as convicted of possession of undersized
safe as possible,” said the Honourable John Atlantic halibut, failure to accurately record
Baird, Canada’s Minister of Transport. “It is catch information, failure to have all catch
a plan that allows government partners and weighed by a dockside observer and
the fishing industry to work together possession of processed fish that could not
DownEast Lobstermen's
effectively to be preventative and be accurately weighed. He was fined $10,000
prepared.” and his catch was forfeited by the court.
Association
“One of the reasons Canada has one of On July 18, 2008, fishery officers from
the finest search and rescue systems in the the Marystown detachment were
world is because of the efforts we make to conducting an inspection of Mr. Fudge’s
"By the Fishermen - for the Fishermen"
gather lessons learned from past incidents
with a view to making all possible
improvements,” said the Honourable Peter
Gordon MacKay, Minister of National
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