Truly sickening. If you or I got caught at this imagine the charges ......... But not for the special group.
Cameras should be operational else no fishing , BY catch goes to allocation , but penalised at dock . That way accidental by catch is not rewarded.. as with Alaska crab etc.The commercial boats have cameras to monitor catch to keep bycatch it has to be proven. Same thing should happen here. Instal boats with fisheye-lens go-pro on a pole. DFO should allow bycatch as proven with recordings.