Man charged with poaching after nets, salmon seized

Salmon seized after an illegal poaching operation was dismantled and a man charged in South Brook, Green Bay, earlier this month. — provincial government photo

Published on July 23, 2012; Published on July 23, 2012

Topics :: Department of Justice , Department of Fisheries and Oceans , South Brook , Green Bay

A 51-year-old man from South Brook, Green Bay, is facing charges after being arrested July 9 for illegally netting salmon in coastal waters.

The arrest came following a joint operation involving provincial fish and wildlife officers with the Department of Justice, and federal fisheries guardians with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The investigation, which was in response to complaints of poaching activity, spanned several weeks and involved a team of officers conducting surveillance operations. An illegal netting operation was dismantled and the accused charged.

He faces a number of charges under the federal Fisheries Act.

Officers seized a 12-foot aluminium boat, an illegal gill net and 19 salmon. Only two of the salmon were under the legal retention size of 63 centimetres. The other salmon averaged about eight pounds with some exceeding 12 pounds.

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David

- July 23, 2012 at 14:03:20

Oh. You can't use nets then, can you, officer? Oh well, my mistake. You see, I'm a Newfoundlander, soo you can understand that I want...no, I need ....to take every last fish out of this river and fill my freezer. You see, 5 generations ago, my family was apparently poor and did this quite regualrly.....so it's just second nature for me to keep up the family tradition, so to speak. The best, most eficient way of trapping and killing them all is this net thing I use...dynamite is too darn loud, you know? So anyway, I pretty much got it all done by the time you walked along. Court is a nuisance, but you caught me...I'll just try again next year. Maybe I'll bring my son along, so he can learn what wonderful Newfoundland is all about.

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OhMy

- July 23, 2012 at 12:25:22

Not again! Such efforts over recent years to bring back salmon so we can all have a chance to hook a few and this keeps happening. How many times is this repeated throughout our province? It is no wonder some of the rivers were nearly wiped out and will remain that way. At least government DFO appear to responding.

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