Several People Fined & Convicted for Illegal Hunting and Fishing

Investigations conducted by the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture’s Resource Enforcement Division have resulted in convictions for illegal hunting and fishing activities.

Vincent Hawkins of Cape Broyle, was convicted of killing a moose of the wrong gender for the licence issued, as well as discharging a firearm within 1,000 metres of a playground. He was fined $2,000 and prohibited from applying for a big game licence for five years.

Nicholas Power of Trepassey, was also convicted of illegally possessing a net near inland waters, and fined $500. He is also prohibited from fishing inland waters for one year.

Donald Carey of Witless Bay, was convicted of operating a snowmobile in the Avalon Wilderness Reserve without a permit, and using more than three lines while ice fishing. He was fined $900.

Curtis Critch of Gaskiers and Mitchell St. Croix of St. Mary’s, were convicted of illegally hunting moose, failing to produce wildlife when required to do so by a wildlife officer and operating all-terrain vehicles within the Avalon Wilderness Reserve without permits. The men were each fined $1,200, and are prohibited from applying for a big game licence for five years.