A recent three day enforcement blitz along Highway 105 between Ear Falls and Vermilion Bay resulted in 25-charges and 52-warnings.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry checked 26 resident anglers and 659 non-resident anglers.
Charges were issued for fishing without a licence, having an over-limit of fish, keeping fish of a prohibited size, fishing in a sanctuary during closed season and abandoning fish suitable for food.
Warnings were handed out for skinning fish so the species couldn’t be identified, packaging fish so the number couldn’t be identified and providing false information to a conservation officer.
Charges were also laid for having open alcohol and operating a boat without the proper safety equipment.
