$20K fine issued for destroying fish habitat in the Bay of Quinte

$20K fine issued for destroying fish habitat in the Bay of Quinte

Source: Global News

2/15/2024

Credit: Alex Mazur / Global Kingston

Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has issued a $20,000 fine after officials say an infill project permanently destroyed a fish habitat along the shores of the Bay of Quinte.

The offending work was done in the spring of 2018 and saw infilling of an area roughly 22 metres wide along the shore and 18 metres out in the Bay of Quinte, adjacent to the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
5576	Why the Amazon River Can't Be Crossed By Bridge	cntraveler	2018-04-09	BR
5577	23 Percent of Southern California Fish is Mislabeled	7SAN DIEGO	2019-03-09	US
5578	Fishing for black crappie a Holland River shell game	Yorkregion	2019-03-11	CA
5579	A Look at the Rainbow Trout of Kamloops	Kamloops	2019-03-01	CA
5580	Six new species of tentacle-faced fish discovered in Amazon	The Independent	2019-03-07	US
5581	British mackerel has sustainable status stripped after years of overfishing	independent	2019-03-06	UK

223 of [223 - pages.]