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Must be a slow day in the Peterborough office as I received a pair of MNR news releases....
Anglers Fined $3,100 for Large Over-Limit of Walleye
NEWS September 26, 2012
Two Windsor men have been fined a total of $3,100 for having 31 more walleye than their sport fishing licences allowed.
John Willner and Michael Paul Landry were each charged with one count of possessing more than the sport fishing licence quota of fish and one count of possessing fish that have been skinned so the species cannot be easily identified. The men pleaded guilty to both charges. They were each fined $1,550 and banned from angling in Ontario for two years.
The court heard that on June 16, 2012, Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers and Peterborough County Ontario Provincial Police officers stopped several vehicles leaving Rice Lake. The people in the vehicles had been staying at local fishing lodges. Willner and Landry’s vehicle was found to contain a large cooler of fish that had been frozen in bags. At the time of the inspection, the men admitted to officers that they had caught and kept a large number of walleye.
Justice of the Peace Stephen Lancaster heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Peterborough, on September 13, 2012.
The legal catch and possession limit for walleye in Fisheries Management Zone 17 for holders of a sport fishing licence is four, each measuring between 35 and 50 centimetres (13.8 and 19.7 inches) long. Any fish transported by anglers must be packaged so the fish can be easily counted and the species identified.
For further information on fishing regulations, please consult the 2012 Recreational Fishing Regulations Summary, available at ServiceOntario/Government Information Centres, from licence issuers and at ontario.ca/fishing.
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).
Illegal Winter Deer Hunt Results In $2,250 Fine
NEWS September 26, 2012
Two Peterborough men have been fined a total of $2,250 for a number of deer hunting offences.
Corby Dewitt pleaded guilty to the charges of hunting deer during the closed season, hunting deer without a licence, trespassing for the purpose of hunting, and using a rim- fire rifle to hunt big game. He was fined $2,000 for hunting without a licence and received a suspended sentence on the other three charges. Bon Parnell pleaded guilty to trespassing for the purpose of hunting and was fined $250.
The court heard that between January 31 and February 2, 2012, in the vicinity of Hull’s Road, in the Township of North Kawartha, Peterborough County, Dewitt and Parnell trespassed to hunt deer. Dewitt used a .22 calibre, rim-fire rifle and shot at a deer, hitting it in the leg and jamming the gun. The men returned to a home, where Dewitt cleared the jam from the rifle and then continued hunting by himself. Using a blood trail to track the animal, Dewitt located a deer, which he shot and wounded with the .22 rifle, eventually killing the animal by shooting it multiple times. Dewitt never recovered the carcass.
Justice of the Peace Stephen Lancaster heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, in Peterborough, on September 13, 2012.
For further information on hunting regulations, please consult the 2012 Hunting Regulations Summary, available at ServiceOntario/Government Information Centres, licence issuers and 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).
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