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Triton man fined $5,000 for fishing cod out of season
Springdale… Hubert Roberts and Toby Vincent, of Triton, NL, pled guilty in provincial court in Springdale on December 1, 2005, to fishing cod during a closed time and possession of fish taken illegally.
Mr. Roberts, head of the fishing enterprise, was fined $5,000 and Mr. Vincent was fined $2,000.
Seized at the scene and forfeited to the Crown were 19 codfish and a fish tray. The seized cod had been taken illegally using groundfish gillnets.
Fishery officers from the Springdale Detachment conducted a stakeout and apprehended Mr. Roberts and Mr. Vincent on November 16, 2005, at Head’s Harbour, near Pilley’s Island, following complaints of cod poaching activity in the Triton and Brighton area.
Grand Falls-Windsor
Two crab fishers were convicted in Grand Falls-Windsor Provincial Court on December 22, 2005, of exceeding their individual quotas.
Scott Roberts, of Triton, was fined $1,000 for exceeding his 2004 crab quota by 1,643 lbs and was ordered to pay back $722.63, his benefit from the value of the quota overrun.
Gerald Fudge, of Miles Cove, was fined $1,000 for the same offence and ordered to pay an additional $684.34, which was his benefit from the value of the crab overrun.
For more information:
Sam Whiffen
Communications Officer
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(709) 772-7631
Kim Penney
Communications Officer
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(709) 772-7629
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