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Northern BC fishing resort fined $47,500
« on: June 05, 2018, 11:41:16 AM »
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Re: Northern BC fishing resort fined $47,500
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2018, 12:41:25 PM »
If my math is correct it took 2 1/2 years fore this matter to get to court.  Sad that it takes so long to get a resolution in these cases.
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Re: Northern BC fishing resort fined $47,500
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2018, 01:22:35 PM »
Interesting. Doesn't say if the halibut were caught by non-guided or guided anglers, but suppose for a moment that they were non guided, the courts are placing the responsibility for compliance, and the liability for non-compliance, on the lodge, not the angler.

Mind you, the lodge would be culpable for packaging an oversize fish.         
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Re: Northern BC fishing resort fined $47,500
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2018, 01:59:55 PM »
Quote from: clarki on June 05, 2018, 01:22:35 PM
Interesting. Doesn't say if the halibut were caught by non-guided or guided anglers
The article seems to says a guide was involved and fined $1000, so apparently one was involved.

$50K seems a hefty fine. Hopefully a warning to other unethical guides and businesses looking to play loose with the rules.
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Re: Northern BC fishing resort fined $47,500
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2018, 03:43:32 PM »
Quote from: DanL on June 05, 2018, 01:59:55 PM
The article seems to says a guide was involved and fined $1000, so apparently one was involved.

$50K seems a hefty fine. Hopefully a warning to other unethical guides and businesses looking to play loose with the rules.
I'm still not seeing that, however upon a second reading I see that the lodge's culpability also extends to falsifying records.
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Re: Northern BC fishing resort fined $47,500
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2018, 04:01:56 PM »
FWIW-That particular lodge is notorious.
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Re: Northern BC fishing resort fined $47,500
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2018, 06:14:52 PM »
Sounds like they got caught on more than one occasion which help to justify the larger, second fine.  It looks like, at least, one of the infractions involved a guide who plead guilty before trial.

The high value of the fine ought to make people give a second thought over a few centimeters. 
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Re: Northern BC fishing resort fined $47,500
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2018, 11:27:27 PM »
--for some, including clients, it is just a cost of doing business.
--the cost also get passed on to legit businesses in the form of increased self-regulation paperwork.
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Re: Northern BC fishing resort fined $47,500
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2018, 09:33:27 AM »
Quote from: skaha on June 11, 2018, 11:27:27 PM
--for some, including clients, it is just a cost of doing business.
--the cost also get passed on to legit businesses in the form of increased self-regulation paperwork.

Good points!
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