Twice on the water by DFO in over 50 years of ocean fishing. Once on the Oak Bay flats in the 70's and once in Sannich Inlet in the mid 80's. My understanding is they do it sometimes to show the flag, but they get a much greater bang for the buck given their limited resources, folloeing up on tip line complaints. Have been stopped once in a buddies boat off Victoria a couple of years or so back by one of the RCMP marine units, but they were only interested in Boat regs. - paper work, safty equipment etc.
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