CrankbaitJon Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Hi all, I've been finding game fish for sale at certain Chinese supermarkets in the past few years. Species I saw are Northern Pike, Walleye, Crappie, Rockbass and Bluegills. I just saw a tank full of Rockbass last week and some were smaller than palm sized. Being a catch and release guy this naturally disgusted me. I called the OMNR every time I come across this but since these finds pops up time and time again I wonder if anyone else actually call and report. The kicker is, there's a sign on the tank that says "Wild Caught". CBJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 The walleye and pike in almost every supermarket are wild fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike01 Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 (edited) Not something we see up here(North Bay), but I would imagine it's actually quite prevalent down South. I would certainly be calling the MNR anytime I see something like that, every tip helps. Although, I'm guessing it would be hard to determine if they were legally caught/purchased Edited May 8, 2011 by Mike01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 You can get pike fillets at Sobey's from Manitoba. Fresh, live fish are brought in from outside the province all the time. Some are farm raised, some are netted. Some are poached. With tank loads of live fish it is not uncommon to have a tank of stripers with a few crappie and lm bass as bicatch from south of the border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhickey Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 As far as I understand it is only Native Americans that can catch and sell native fish within Canadian borders? Without a comercial licence . And Rockbass /pike/and fresh water bass are not on the list of comercial fish. ???? If I am wrong let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cram Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 would be really surprised if you could sell live ones in a tank. Call the MNR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 would be really surprised if you could sell live ones in a tank. Call the MNR. Special licences are required, but there are numerous fish markets with live tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Why do we do this twice a month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 hahahaha I know Wayne....just gets to be funny after a while. Funny retarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankbaitJon Posted May 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Yea, I've called every time I saw something like that. I think native Americans can sell them but I doubt they do business with these supermarkets. I don't go to these supermarkets often so I can't really tell if the OMNR has actually visited them or not. I'm 99% sure they are wild caught game fish. The pike tend to be there in numbers no greater than 5 and the pan fish are in large numbers. The supermarkets are in Toronto and Markham region. I can confirm that selling them is illegal as that's what the OMNR officer told me. CBJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitespinnerbait Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Why do we do this twice a month? Theres a lot of Jealous Fishermen in life....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Please do a search here and read the last 4 or 5 times this has come up since Christmas. They do indeed give out licences to catch Crappie, to sell in local supermarkets.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cram Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Please do a search here and read the last 4 or 5 times this has come up since Christmas. They do indeed give out licences to catch Crappie, to sell in local supermarkets.. and largies and pike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 A quick google gives me this.. It is legal to raise and sellmost game and baitfish indigenous to Ontario, in addition to tilapia and crayfish (Table 1). The culture of a specific fish species is subject to licence approval by the local OMNR District office. Licences to culture and sell fish, stock fish in Ontario waters and collect fish and/or their gametes are issued by OMNR. An Aquaculture Licence permits the holder to culture, purchase, sell and transport the species specified in the licence. The granting of an Aquaculture Licence depends upon recommendations by OMNR specialists who assess the potential ecological impacts of the proposed fish farm.The licence is valid for five years. An Aquaculture Licence is renewable or transferable, providing the licence conditions are complied with. The cage culture of fish on public lands (i.e. lakes) requires the monitoring and maintenance of water quality as specified on the particular licence. The implementation of this specific condition is currently under review by all the involved parties. Fee-for-fishing operations, formerly licenced as fishing preserves, now require an Aquaculture Licence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmeh Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Those guys who take 300 fish from the kawartha lakes have to sell them somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandbag Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Why do we do this twice a month? I suspect there are alot of people that only come on the site twice a month. I know that I don't research every topic in the archives before I post or comment on them. Give the guys some slack. Cheers Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Some of us old dudes get right snarky after being out on the water, in the sun, fishing all day in the fresh air. I know i do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhickey Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Are we done yet? This dosent haved to turn into another locked topic. let it go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 SPECIES ELIGIBLE FOR CULTURE IN ONTARIO Lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Brown trout Salmo trutta Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis Lake trout Salvelinus namaycush Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus Splake The hybrid of Salvelinus fontinalis and Salvelinus namaycush Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch Pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis Lake herring (cisco) Coregonus artedi Muskellunge Esox masquinongy Northern Pike Esox lucius Creek chub Semotilus atromaculatus White sucker Catostomus commersoni Bluntnose minnow Pimephales notatus Fathead minnow Pimephales promelas Northern redbelly dace Phoxinus eos Finescale dace Phoxinus neogaeus Common shiner Luxilus cornutus Golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas Emerald shiner Notropis atherinoides Common carp Cyprinus carpio Goldfish Carassius auratus Brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus American eel Anguilla rostrata Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides Smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus Black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus Walleye Sander vitreus Sauger Sander canadensis Yellow perch Perca flavescens Tilapia of the genera Oreochromis, Sarotherodon, Tilapia Calico Crayfish Orconectes immunis Virile Crayfish O. virilis Northern clearwater crayfish O. propinquus Robust Crayfish Cambarus robustus Appalachian Brook Crayfish C. bartonii Marsh Pondsnail or Melantho Snail Stagnicola elodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cram Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 I really doubt someone is farming northern pike and selling them to supermarkets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 (edited) Well sorry I can't please you tonight Cram.. run right down there and stand there until the MNR show up, after calling a CO. Want one of their personal cell numbers?.. I have at least 5 in my phone. Edited May 9, 2011 by irishfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookinforwalleye Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Why are so many people always looking to attack the Chinese This past weekend at my lake there were people fishing for crappie and there were numerous buckets and pails full of fish many fish over the limit and all these people were wasp`s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 I really doubt someone is farming northern pike and selling them to supermarkets. I was at Seafood Depot in Woodbridge a week ago and they had lots of pike in there for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Why are so many people always looking to attack the Chinese This past weekend at my lake there were people fishing for crappie and there were numerous buckets and pails full of fish many fish over the limit and all these people were wasp`s. It's media hype and stereotyping.Ever watch "Wild Justce" They always show them harassing chinese fishmarkets and such.Its a bloody shame and i dont even bother watching the show anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Get your fresh caught crappies here.......only $8.99/lb. I'm not even kidding. I've seen it too. I'm not sure of the legalities of it all, but I know they can do it somehow. How they prove they were actually purchased from a licensed dealer is beyond me though.......What kind of fish farm raises 5" crappie and rockbass for sale??? S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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