Found this on the DFO site, there's more to the article but this is the gist:
Vessels Confiscated and Licences Cancelled for Illegal High Seas Driftnet Use in North Pacific Ocean
February 22, 2008
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VANCOUVER – The Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today said that action has been taken against six Chinese fishing vessels that were sighted using illegal high seas driftnets in the North Pacific Ocean during Canada’s Operation Driftnet aerial patrols last September.
"Operation Driftnet patrols play a key role in shutting down destructive illegal fishing activities on the high seas in the North Pacific," said Minister Hearn. "Canadians can be proud of our contribution to this important multinational effort."
Each year, more than four million square kilometres of the North Pacific are scanned beyond our 200-mile limit by Canadian fishery officers and their U.S. counterparts from the National Marine Fisheries Service for Operation Driftnet. During the September 2007 patrol, six Chinese vessels were sighted using illegal driftnets. After Canadian and U.S. fishery officers reported the violations to the U.S. Coast Guard, all six were apprehended.
As a result, China confiscated each vessel and five of the six have since been sold. The owners of the vessels had their international fishing licences cancelled and were fined at least $7,000 each.
Licence cancellations apply to a vessel owner’s entire fleet, so this is a substantial penalty. One owner did not have an international licence, so his fine was doubled to $14,000. The captains of the vessels were also punished with licence suspensions.
Vessels Confiscated and Licences Cancelled for Illegal High Seas Driftnet Use in North Pacific Ocean
February 22, 2008
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VANCOUVER – The Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today said that action has been taken against six Chinese fishing vessels that were sighted using illegal high seas driftnets in the North Pacific Ocean during Canada’s Operation Driftnet aerial patrols last September.
"Operation Driftnet patrols play a key role in shutting down destructive illegal fishing activities on the high seas in the North Pacific," said Minister Hearn. "Canadians can be proud of our contribution to this important multinational effort."
Each year, more than four million square kilometres of the North Pacific are scanned beyond our 200-mile limit by Canadian fishery officers and their U.S. counterparts from the National Marine Fisheries Service for Operation Driftnet. During the September 2007 patrol, six Chinese vessels were sighted using illegal driftnets. After Canadian and U.S. fishery officers reported the violations to the U.S. Coast Guard, all six were apprehended.
As a result, China confiscated each vessel and five of the six have since been sold. The owners of the vessels had their international fishing licences cancelled and were fined at least $7,000 each.
Licence cancellations apply to a vessel owner’s entire fleet, so this is a substantial penalty. One owner did not have an international licence, so his fine was doubled to $14,000. The captains of the vessels were also punished with licence suspensions.
