April 3, 2019
Port Hardy, BC - In November 2018, in Port Hardy Provincial Court, the Honourable Judge Brian Hutcheson found fishing vessel master Ricky Sadler guilty to two violations of the Fisheries Act dating back to 2015 and 2016. Justice Hutcheson ordered Mr. Sadler to pay a total fine of $30,000 with $19,000 going toward fisheries conservation, education and stewardship in the Haida Gwaii area, and $9,500 for similar West Coast Vancouver Island projects.
The sentence relates to: failing to provide assistance to a dock-side observer in Port Hardy by dumping Lingcod overboard prior to validation; setting gear and fishing in the closed Estevan Point Rockfish Conservation area and additionally failing to submit log books seven days after landing.
