Commercial Fishing Fines - $89K

[Pippen]

Just saw this in the news this morning. For some reason his name sounds familiar from past violations?

Salmon harvester fined $89K, banned from commercial fishing over 12 violations: DFO

Fisheries and Oceans Canada says a commercial salmon harvester faces fines and penalties of nearly $89,000 after pleading guilty to 12 Fisheries Act violations.

bc.ctvnews.ca

Salmon harvester fined $89K, banned from commercial fishing over 12 violations: DFO​

Fisheries and Oceans Canada says a commercial salmon harvester faces fines and penalties of nearly $89,000 after pleading guilty to 12 Fisheries Act violations.

A statement from DFO says Gary Stoner was sentenced earlier this year in provincial court in Terrace for violations that happened between September 2017 and August 2018 north of Haida Gwaii.

He was also prohibited from commercial salmon fishing for 18 months.


Charges were laid after fisheries officers boarded Stoner's vessel during a commercial salmon fishery in 2017 and found various offences, including overfishing of his chinook salmon quota -- and a further investigation was done in 2018 after reports of continued offences.​

 

[Klob]

Thats quite a handle.

 

[Dogbreath]

For some reason his name sounds familiar from past violations?

Yes that name does sound familiar-must have been quite an egregious bunch of offences to get a fine like that.

 

[RiverBoy]

Former NHL ‘er Clayton Stoner was charged for killing that grizzly bear about ten years ago. that what y’all thinking about?

 

[fishin solo]

Think it’s this guy

Province wants cash, house from banned commercial fisherman for alleged illegal fishing

VANCOUVER — The B.C. government is asking to seize a Gabriola Island home and more than $1.3 million in cash from a commercial fisherman who is banned from fishing until 2038. In a petition filed on June 28 in B.C. Supreme Court, the B.C.

www.timescolonist.com

 

[Islandson31]

That’s Steer. Don’t think he even knows how to fish legally.