4 Alberta men lose 80 pounds of halibut and crab, fined $4,500 after violations: B.C. conservation officers

[wildmanyeah]

4 Alberta men lose 80 pounds of halibut and crab, fined $4,500 after violations: B.C. conservation officers

Four men from Alberta were collectively fined thousands of dollars and lost a significant haul of halibut after they were caught violating several regulations in B.C. this week.

bc.ctvnews.ca

 

[banger17]

4 Alberta men lose 80 pounds of halibut and crab, fined $4,500 after violations: B.C. conservation officers

Four men from Alberta were collectively fined thousands of dollars and lost a significant haul of halibut after they were caught violating several regulations in B.C. this week.

bc.ctvnews.ca

Read it this morning. Thankful for the bust, and shaking my head yet again. Can’t help but think of the amount of folks that get away with this behaviour.

 

[SpringFever552]

Ouch, great to be busting people,
20lbs of hali plus some crab x4 =1125$ fine x4
Gotta be more to story

 

[SpringVelocity]

Yep and just wait an NGO group will use that as an example unfortunately.

 

[tightlines]

This sounds like it was a processing/packaging issue--the rules surrounding fish processing/possession/transport etc are overly onerous and impractical. Meanwhile you can print 13 licenses a year if you want and circumvent the law with almost no chance of being caught. Sounds like they were being made an example of. 80 lbs of halibut, could be 2 fish. Government agencies should focus on changing the archaic licensing practices, move to a digital, immutable annual ledger, instead of wasting time and resources on this BS, IMHO

 

[kaelc]

Sounds pretty heavy handed, unless the crab possession limit was clearly broken? Good argument for a great cooler and salt ice and a bait freezer at home.

I took a video of our one of our halibut being measured, hope that was proof enough, when my buddy didn’t want to take the carcass home.

Basically we need to keep all salmon, Hali, and crab whole? I got pretty into the Hali rules I know you can take the head off at least.