3 year DFO crackdown nets charges against 70 Newfoundland harvesters, 7 observers, 1 dock monitor
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS - April 10, 2014
In the past year or so the courts in this province have dealt out some of the highest fines ever given to people convicted of fisheries-related offences — in particular to fish harvesters misreporting catches and logbook information in the snow crab and northern shrimp fisheries, said Lloyd Slaney, a DFO enforecment offices.
The charges were the result of a major investigation known as Operation Gearshift conducted by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).
The investigation began in April 2009 and concluded in March 2012, with individual cases making their way through the courts ever since.
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