It is said that in July 2007, fishery officers from the Marystown detachment of Fisheries and Oceans Canada conducted an inspection of the fishing vessel Fishin’ Addiction when it landed at St. Lawrence. Initial probe revealed that the skipper on board the vessel was Stephane Jacquard of Torbay, NL who was fishing the enterprise of Carl Rose Butler of Lower Wedgeport, NS.
After going through much investigation it was found that Jacquard had left his whelk pots unattended for more than 72 hours, in contravention of his licence conditions, and that Jacquard was not listed as a designated operator on Mr. Rose’s fishing enterprise. Both men were subsequently charged under the Fisheries Act.
In June this year the provincial court at Grand Bank has convicted Jacquard of fishing without having a designation in place and Butler was convicted of allowing another person to use his fishing enterprise without a designation, for which they were each fined $750. Both men were also convicted of leaving whelk pots unattended for more than 72 consecutive hours and each was fined $1,000.
In another case of noncompliance with fishing observer requirement a man from Woodfords has been convicted under the Fisheries Act for failure to take an at-sea observer on a fishing trip. In June 2006, Darryl Slaney, the designated operator of the fishing vessel Roger Venture, was informed by fishery officers of Fisheries and Oceans Canada that he was required to take an at-sea observer on his next fishing trip.
