Several convictions related to off-road vehicles use in unapproved areas and big game infractions in Clarenville area

Operations conducted by the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture’s Resource Enforcement Division, Clarenville Detachment, resulted in several convictions related to off-road vehicles use in unapproved areas and big game infractions.

Back in October officers from the Clarenville and Winterland detachments conducted an aerial patrol targeting off-road vehicle use in unapproved areas on the Burin Peninsula. The investigation resulted in six individuals being charged with the Off-Road Vehicles Act for operating off-road vehicles in unapproved areas. Each received a $500 summary offence ticket for the violation.

At Provincial Court in Clarenville on January 30, Travis Hiscock of Trinity pleaded guilty to charges under the Wildlife Act including hunting in a management area not named on his big game license and illegal possession of a big game animal. He was convicted and fined $2,000 for both offences, received a five-year big game hunting prohibition, and forfeited the moose and firearm to the Crown.

At Provincial Court in Clarenville on February 20, Gordon Mackey of Catalina pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm from a highway. He was fined $1,000, received a five-year big game hunting prohibition, and forfeited the moose he shot.