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"Prawns safe; Navy displays colours"
Prawn fishers in Nanoose Bay are breathing a little easier this week after a joint RCMP and Canadian Coast Guard operation nabbed a suspected prawn poacher in the Nanoose Bay area.
Oceanside RCMP Corporal Greg Cox says a resident of the area got suspicious while observing a boat prowling around prawn traps and called the police. The witness called police and then kept an eye on the blue and white private vessel from shore.
Cpl. Garry Cox says the complainant called in to say the suspect boat was headed offshore.
“The guys went down there and one stayed on shore and called the Coast Guard, who tracked the boat down and boarded it,” Cox says.
The Coast Guard personnel found some allegedly stolen prawn traps on the boat and arrested two suspects, who now face charges of theft, mischief and possession of stolen property.
Coastal Watch programs are in effect for the summer and Cox says all available resources will be used to track and prosecute any illegal activity that occurs at sea.
Anyone who sees anything suspicious on the water is asked to contact the Oceanside RCMP at 248-6111 or call Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
• The HMCS Ottawa was decked out in full colours on Friday in Esquimalt to celebrate the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.
In accordance with Navy ceremony, operational ships of the Canadian Navy do what is called dressing overall with the national flag at the masthead from 8 a.m. to sunset. The ships were decorated with signal flags over the mast from bow to stern, with the national flag at the masthead.
Do you have a nautical story to tell?
Contact Shipping News at 248-2545 ext. 219.
http://web.bcnewsgroup.com/portals-code/list.cgi?cat=23&paper=50&id=638136
"Prawns safe; Navy displays colours"
Prawn fishers in Nanoose Bay are breathing a little easier this week after a joint RCMP and Canadian Coast Guard operation nabbed a suspected prawn poacher in the Nanoose Bay area.
Oceanside RCMP Corporal Greg Cox says a resident of the area got suspicious while observing a boat prowling around prawn traps and called the police. The witness called police and then kept an eye on the blue and white private vessel from shore.
Cpl. Garry Cox says the complainant called in to say the suspect boat was headed offshore.
“The guys went down there and one stayed on shore and called the Coast Guard, who tracked the boat down and boarded it,” Cox says.
The Coast Guard personnel found some allegedly stolen prawn traps on the boat and arrested two suspects, who now face charges of theft, mischief and possession of stolen property.
Coastal Watch programs are in effect for the summer and Cox says all available resources will be used to track and prosecute any illegal activity that occurs at sea.
Anyone who sees anything suspicious on the water is asked to contact the Oceanside RCMP at 248-6111 or call Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
• The HMCS Ottawa was decked out in full colours on Friday in Esquimalt to celebrate the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.
In accordance with Navy ceremony, operational ships of the Canadian Navy do what is called dressing overall with the national flag at the masthead from 8 a.m. to sunset. The ships were decorated with signal flags over the mast from bow to stern, with the national flag at the masthead.
Do you have a nautical story to tell?
Contact Shipping News at 248-2545 ext. 219.
