Boat, 26 chinook salmon seized amid allegations of overfishing off B.C. coast 
By Sean Boynton CA Source: Global News 9/13/2019
Sean Boynton
Police off the coast of Vancouver Island have seized a nine-metre fishing boat and more than two dozen chinook salmon over allegations of “significant overfishing.”

Nootka Sound RCMP said Friday they received a report two days earlier of possible violations under the Fisheries Act by those aboard the vessel on the west side of the main island.

Police quickly located the suspect vessel and launched an inspection, which uncovered evidence of “multiple violations” that prompted RCMP to partner with conservation and protection officers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).
 

A news release says police and DFO officers found 26 chinook salmon, 10 bags of salmon roe weighing roughly 24 kilograms, 18 rock fish filets and eight ling cod filets.

All the fish were seized along with the boat, fishing gear and equipment.

Chinook populations are on the decline and the fisheries department has limited recreational fishing to an allowable catch of two chinook per day in the area.

 
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