RCMP busted four View Royal residents with 125 crab

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Source:
http://victoriabuzz.com/2016/07/sooke-rcmp-bust-four-view-royal-residents-with-125-crab/

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Thanks to a vigilant Sooke RCMP officer, 125 crabs will get to live another day and four View Royal residents have been charged with fisheries offenses.

An officer was patrolling the Sooke Rotary pier area around 1:15 AM on Canada Day, when he spotted lights in the park area. When the suspects saw the officer, they attempted to flee, and threw crabbing gear into the bushes before being located a short distance away.

Three males were still in possession of buckets of live crab. The group had 124 undersized crabs, of which 110 were female. The crabs were found in their buckets and in a nearby vehicle, where police found a female, the wife of one the men.

Three males from View Royal ages 43, 66 and 69 are charged with various fisheries offences, and one female, age 43 also from View Royal is also charged. Their names have not been released.

All four will make their first court appearance on October 13th. The crabs were released back into the ocean

 

[Reelin In The Years]

Hang em High

 

[trophy fisher]

Make an example out of them. Undersized and female. They should get a hefty fine and seizure of traps and vehicle.

 

[aheny]

Definitely seize every boat/vehicle/house involved in transporting/storing

 

[Ryan A]

Hopefully their faces are shown

 

[TheBigGuy]

Absolutely, seize all boats and vehicles involved.

 

[Franko Manini]

Just publish the names and photos and we can deal out the justice ourselves.

 

[tinboatrobb]

I bet they get a slap on the wrist and no one ever finds out who they are. Good old Canadian justice....

 

[wolf]

Or it was the way they were raised and they are so sorry....wonder why they needed soo much crab??? hhhmmm i wonder..???

 

[MadJigga]

I usually only keep way oversized, small crab really aren't worth the cleaning/cracking in my opinion. I only know this as red rocks you can keep smaller( i have) and then felt they weren't worth the trouble.

 

[CVmike]

Wonder if it was only their own traps they were pulling... And MadJigga, 125 undersized females turns into a hefty profit when you turn them into calofornia rolls..

 

[MadJigga]

Wonder if it was only their own traps they were pulling... And MadJigga, 125 undersized females turns into a hefty profit when you turn them into calofornia rolls..

I've never thought of selling them through the backdoor of a restaurant I guess, but fair enough. Dirtbags none the less!

 

[CVmike]

Amen to that.