JOINT PATROL ON CREDIT RIVER RESULTS IN CHARGES

Spiel · December 12, 2008

JOINT PATROL ON CREDIT RIVER RESULTS IN CHARGES

December 2, 2008

Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers and the Peel Regional police marine unit issued tickets for about $6,500 in fines and made one arrest during joint patrols of the Credit River in Mississauga, Brampton and Streetsville late November.

Officers checked approximately 700 anglers during the 2008 fall salmon migration. Officers found violations of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, as well as the Ontario Fishery Regulations.

The following charges were laid:

- Fishing during a specified closed time in a fish sanctuary

- Fishing other than by angling without the appropriate licence

- Angling without the appropriate licence

- Fishing without possessing the licence for verification of an officer

- Making a false statement to a conservation officer

- Transporting fish unlawfully taken or possessed

- Failing to produce a licence for a conservation officer

For more information on hunting regulations, please consult the Hunting Regulations Summary 2008-2009 available from licence issuers, ServiceOntario/Government Information Centres and on the ministry’s website at ontario.ca/hunting.

To report a natural resources violation, call 1-877-TIPS-MNR (847-7667) toll-free any time or contact your local ministry office during regular business hours. You can also call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

www.ocoa.ca

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