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Posted 7:00am April 21, 2010
ILLEGAL CATCH COSTLY
A Shanty Bay resident has been fined $2,000 for catching 12 lake herring from Lake Simcoe, an activity which has been prohibited for almost a decade.
Ihor Lutsyk pleaded guilty last week in a Barrie courtroom.
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, the lake herring population has "dramatically declined" since 1970. Regulations changed in 1995, including lowering the catch limit. The lake herring fishery closed in 2001, and there is no open season on Lake Simcoe.
Court heard that Lutsyk was checked by conservation officers during an enforcement blitz on Feb. 27. Authorities found the fish inside a garbage bag in his cooler.