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Canada wraps up three-year illegal halibut fishing investigation with more convictions

While DFO did not detail penalties involved in its latest convictions, it said individuals and companies convicted in all four trials were ordered to pay more than CAD 260,000

By Barb Dean-Simmons | Feb. 7, 2024 16:52 GMT
Undersized halibut seized by Canadian fisheries officials in 2021. Photo from Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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Three years after Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) initially charged eight individuals and five companies with the illegal possession and sale of Atlantic halibut, the last of four trials has wrapped up [...]

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