highlights/metro-vancouver-ghost-gear-operation-nets-hundreds-of-illegal-traps

[Derby]

Sent: Friday, February 2, 2024 11:57 AM

https://www.delta-optimist.com/high...ration-nets-hundreds-of-illegal-traps-8192152

 

[spring time]

It’s not ghost gear,it’s poaching those are new traps not traps full of eel grass and barnacles, they (dfo) have to start enforcing this last year they got 326 traps the year before that 275. Dfo needs to step up it would pretty easy to do just sit on the dyke by boundary bay airport with night vision. Someone is making huge money by poaching these boundary bay crab

 

[Hardy Guy]

I have had dfo officers say that the illegal crab sales are more than the legal fishery in the area around Vancouver.

 

[Capt_Ed]

It's not Rocket science, DFO knows what group it is they just don't have enforcement resources and permission to go after them

 

[cuttlefish]

Boundary Bay commercial crab fleet investigations lead to major fines, forfeitures, and one fishing prohibition - Canada.ca

Recent investigations by fishery officers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) into the Boundary Bay commercial crab fleet have resulted in several convictions in Surrey Provincial Court. Four vessel masters received fines and forfeitures totalling over $287,000. One captain also received a...

www.canada.ca

 

[Hardy Guy]

I dont thing Capt was talking about the Asian commercial fishermen.

 

[SpringFever552]

It’s not ghost gear,it’s poaching those are new traps not traps full of eel grass and barnacles, they (dfo) have to start enforcing this last year they got 326 traps the year before that 275. Dfo needs to step up it would pretty easy to do just sit on the dyke by boundary bay airport with night vision. Someone is making huge money by poaching these boundary bay crab

I'd bet as most on this forum would that
dfo knows who owns majority of this gear, they just looking the other way as their hands are tied due to ..well you know...

 

[Capt_Ed]

I dont thing Capt was talking about the Asian commercial fishermen.

Hardy Guy, I actually was thinking about BOTH groups, and I have it on very good authority

 

[Capt_Ed]

Boundary Bay commercial crab fleet investigations lead to major fines, forfeitures, and one fishing prohibition - Canada.ca

Recent investigations by fishery officers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) into the Boundary Bay commercial crab fleet have resulted in several convictions in Surrey Provincial Court. Four vessel masters received fines and forfeitures totalling over $287,000. One captain also received a...

www.canada.ca

I had not seen this , but it is long overdue but very good to see. Now one more group to deal with and my attitude towards government involvement may soften just a bit. I'm not going to hold my hand over my butt waiting for that one though.

 

[Hardy Guy]

DfO can and do charge the commercial fleet if they catch them. One user group never gets charge approval.

 

[spring time]

DfO can and do charge the commercial fleet if they catch them. One user group never gets charge approval.

Funny how that is