B.C. court levies $4K fine, year-long ban for illegal fishing

B.C. court levies $4K fine, year-long ban for illegal fishing

Source: ctvnews

11/26/2024

A British Columbia man was handed a $4,000 fine and a one-year fishing ban after he was caught using a gillnet to illegally catch salmon.

Cody Matthew Florence admitted to charges of unlawfully setting fishing gear, fishing without a licence and possessing illegally caught salmon, and was found guilty in a B.C. provincial courtroom last month.

The charges arose after an eyewitness photographed Florence fishing from a boat in the Fraser River near Maple Ridge in August 2022 and reported the incident to authorities at Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Florence's fishing gear and vessel were seized by Fisheries officers pending his hearing.

Fraser River

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