A commercial fisherman—a repeat offender under the Fisheries Act of Canada—was given a lifetime fishing ban and was prohibited from ever being onboard a fishing vessel ever again, the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver ruled.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada on Monday announced the sentencing of Scott Stanley Matthew Steer, who had been convicted multiple times for fishing illegally over the last decade, the latest conviction coming May 14, 2021 in Vancouver Provincial Court.
Steer and two accomplices were arrested in the early morning hours of March 2, 2020. They were discovered by fisheries officers illegally fishing for crab in Vancouver Harbor, according to the “reasons for sentence” by the Honorable Peter H. Edelmann.
The fishermen led the officers on a high-speed chase through the harbor before stopping and being arrested on the vessel with approximately 250 live crabs, which were later released.
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