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Commercial Crab Harvester Fined $20,000 for Fishing Illegally

Surrey Resident Stan Steer Found Guilty for Offences on Haida Gwaii

March 17, 2014 – Masset, British Columbia

British Columbia – On December 11, 2013, in Masset Provincial Court, Stan William Steer was found guilty of violations of the Fisheries Act. Justice H.J. Seidemann III fined the commercial harvester, and owner of the vessel STEER CLEAR, $20,000 for setting crab traps in McIntyre Bay during a period that was closed for all crab fishing. (more…)