Check out the Scott Steer rap sheet --- glad they got him
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kevind
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Man jailed six months for selling fish without a licence
BEN INGRAM / Nanaimo Daily News
November 26, 2013 10:32 PM
Scott Stanley Matthew Steer, 36, has been sentenced to six months in jail after being convicted by eight federal fisheries charges for offences throughout the province.
A man convicted of eight federal fisheries charges for offences throughout the province has been sentenced to six months in jail.
Scott Stanley Matthew Steer, 36, appeared in a Nanaimo courtroom on Tuesday to be sentenced for eight charges under the federal Fisheries Act. The locations of his offences centred on Vancouver Island, with charges that originated in Nanaimo, Ucluelet, Gold River and Port Hardy. Steer was also convicted of attempting to deal fish without a licence in Dawson Creek.
He was found guilty of two counts of selling fish without a licence, two counts of failing to maintain the monitoring system of a vessel under his charge and three counts of landing groundfish (halibut and sablefish) without validation.
He had previously pleaded guilty to failing to maintain harvest logs.
Steer had been employed as fishing master of Pacific Titan, a 50-foot vessel authorized to harvest tuna in American waters and sablefish in Canada.
The court found that Steer had used the vessel to illegally harvest fish “under cover of darkness and without validation,” which he later sold under the alias John Renton.
The Crown had sought a summary conviction and a fine of $250,000 paired with 10 months in prison.
“It is not possible to estimate with any accuracy what weight or value of fish were landed by Mr. Steer without validation,” Justice Ted Gouge wrote in his reasons for judgment.
Gouge concluded that three catches landed without validation each weighed “thousands of pounds.”
“It is clear that the three occasions … were not the only occasions when Mr. Steer committed this crime,” he wrote.
Steer was given a six-month jail sentence for each charge, to be served concurrently. He was ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution for the lost wages of a crew member. Steer was given a 10-year fishing prohibition.
Gouge opted not to impose a fine as Steer would likely struggle to pay and his family might suffer as a result. Despite this, he wrote that “a fine of less than $100,000 would be entirely inadequate” as a deterrence for the crimes.
“Mr. Steer’s skills and experience would enable him to make a valuable contribution to society if he could be trusted to fish in compliance,” Gouge wrote.
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BEN INGRAM / Nanaimo Daily News
November 26, 2013 10:32 PM
Scott Stanley Matthew Steer, 36, has been sentenced to six months in jail after being convicted by eight federal fisheries charges for offences throughout the province.
A man convicted of eight federal fisheries charges for offences throughout the province has been sentenced to six months in jail.
Scott Stanley Matthew Steer, 36, appeared in a Nanaimo courtroom on Tuesday to be sentenced for eight charges under the federal Fisheries Act. The locations of his offences centred on Vancouver Island, with charges that originated in Nanaimo, Ucluelet, Gold River and Port Hardy. Steer was also convicted of attempting to deal fish without a licence in Dawson Creek.
He was found guilty of two counts of selling fish without a licence, two counts of failing to maintain the monitoring system of a vessel under his charge and three counts of landing groundfish (halibut and sablefish) without validation.
He had previously pleaded guilty to failing to maintain harvest logs.
Steer had been employed as fishing master of Pacific Titan, a 50-foot vessel authorized to harvest tuna in American waters and sablefish in Canada.
The court found that Steer had used the vessel to illegally harvest fish “under cover of darkness and without validation,” which he later sold under the alias John Renton.
The Crown had sought a summary conviction and a fine of $250,000 paired with 10 months in prison.
“It is not possible to estimate with any accuracy what weight or value of fish were landed by Mr. Steer without validation,” Justice Ted Gouge wrote in his reasons for judgment.
Gouge concluded that three catches landed without validation each weighed “thousands of pounds.”
“It is clear that the three occasions … were not the only occasions when Mr. Steer committed this crime,” he wrote.
Steer was given a six-month jail sentence for each charge, to be served concurrently. He was ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution for the lost wages of a crew member. Steer was given a 10-year fishing prohibition.
Gouge opted not to impose a fine as Steer would likely struggle to pay and his family might suffer as a result. Despite this, he wrote that “a fine of less than $100,000 would be entirely inadequate” as a deterrence for the crimes.
“Mr. Steer’s skills and experience would enable him to make a valuable contribution to society if he could be trusted to fish in compliance,” Gouge wrote.
© Copyright Times Colonist
kevind
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Man wanted on 10 warrants possibly residing on Gabriola or in Nanaimo
Sounder News Tuesday, April 28 2015
Scott Steer, whom Nanaimo RCMP say is, "a big player in the Fisheries world with illegal crabbing and tuna fishing," is believed to be residing on Gabriola.
According to Cst. Gary O’Brien of the Nanaimo RCMP, Steer is wanted on a Federal warrant of committal (which means when he is located he goes directly to jail) for eight (8) counts of Fisheries Act violations.
Additionally, he is also wanted for 2 Breach of Recognizances.
In total, there are 10 warrants for his arrest.
Steer was sentenced to 6 months jail last year on various Fisheries Act violations. After serving 3 months he filed an appeal and was released pending a review of the appeal.
He did not comply with the appeal process and Crown eventually made an application for a warrant to have him returned to jail.
He is believed to be residing either on Gab or Nanaimo and is associated to a blue Dodge 4x4 pickup truck (unknown license plate) and a 1999 green Mercedes ML320.
He is known to change his identity and often wears a toque skull cap.
Steer is a white male, 6 ft tall, weighing 215 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes.
Sounder News Tuesday, April 28 2015
According to Cst. Gary O’Brien of the Nanaimo RCMP, Steer is wanted on a Federal warrant of committal (which means when he is located he goes directly to jail) for eight (8) counts of Fisheries Act violations.
Additionally, he is also wanted for 2 Breach of Recognizances.
In total, there are 10 warrants for his arrest.
Steer was sentenced to 6 months jail last year on various Fisheries Act violations. After serving 3 months he filed an appeal and was released pending a review of the appeal.
He did not comply with the appeal process and Crown eventually made an application for a warrant to have him returned to jail.
He is believed to be residing either on Gab or Nanaimo and is associated to a blue Dodge 4x4 pickup truck (unknown license plate) and a 1999 green Mercedes ML320.
He is known to change his identity and often wears a toque skull cap.
Steer is a white male, 6 ft tall, weighing 215 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes.
Cuba Libre
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Got him again-- this time he lost his boat! xcellent! http://fisherynation.com/archives/50588
scott craven
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Wow, if nothing else the guy has balls !
scott craven
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Amen to that Aqua !
scott craven
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That guy gives Scott's a bad name !!!
hey Pips ??
hey Pips ??
Pippen
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I am gonna bring it up at the next meeting and start the process of revoking his membership card.
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