A Nova Scotia fisherman has been fined more than $76,000 for fishing in a closed area and lying about where he was.<\/p>\n
Grant William Cameron was sentenced last week in provincial court in Port Hawkesbury.<\/p>\n
A news release from Fisheries and Oceans Canada said that between Sept. 7-8, 2022, Cameron was authorized by DFO to conduct a test fishery in a defined area to determine the presence of species not fished there commercially, such as Atlantic cod.<\/p>\n
Instead, Cameron was found to be fishing for Atlantic halibut 120 kilometres away from the test area in a place closed at the time to groundfish fishing. When an at-sea observer asked for his vessel co-ordinates, Cameron provided the location of where he was supposed to be, rather than where he was actually fishing.<\/p>\n
Judge Alain B\u00e9gin sentenced Cameron to $40,000 in fines for setting fishing gear during a closed time and failing to provide the correct position of a fishing vessel at the request of an at-sea observer.<\/p>\n
The court imposed an additional fine of $36,561.35, which is the equivalent of the gross profits from the sale of 1,990 kilograms of Atlantic halibut.<\/p>\n
Cameron, who pleaded guilty during a previous court appearance, was also banned from fishing groundfish in two fishing areas for a year and must use a vessel monitoring system on his boat for one year.<\/p>\n
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