本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛September 11, 2003

FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFENDERS FINED $4,825 IN RED LAKE COURT

RED LAKE - Seventeen people have been fined a total of $4,825 for fish and wildlife offences after being charged by Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) Red Lake District Conservation Officers.

Gary Pecaskie, 39, of Vermillion Bay, Ontario, has been fined $500 after pleading guilty to possessing illegally taken wildlife. Also, one quarter of a bull moose has been forfeited to the Crown. On December 12, 2002, Pecaskie had been guiding a group of non-resident hunters who are alleged to have shot the moose after the closure of the non-resident moose season.

Lyman and Mary Hein, both 73, of Rochester, Minnesota, have each been fined $500 and suspended from fishing for one year for having two walleye in the prohibited slot size and three walleye over the legal limit. They had been fishing on Lac Seul on May 19, 2003.

Thomas Bond, 56, of Omaha, Nebraska, has been fined $600 for having six walleye over the limit. He had been fishing on Camping Lake on June 18, 2003.

Calvin Kaufman, 79, and Carolyn Kaufman, 74, of Bonita Springs, Florida, have each been fined $350 and suspended from fishing for one year for having two fish over the limit and two in the prohibited slot size. They had been fishing at Goldpines on Lac Seul on June 11, 2003.

Brian Dandy, 29, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Samuel Hannon, 31, of Springdale, Arkansas, have each been fined $150 for each having one walleye over the limit while angling with Conservation Licences. Jarrett McLelland, 28, of Springdale, Arkansas, and Kenneth Schweer, 30, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, have each been fined $500 for having an over limit of fish of prohibited length. They had been angling on Birch Lake on June 2, 2003.

Brian Boyd, 50, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been fined $300 after pleading guilty to fishing in a sanctuary. He had been angling on Hoyles Bay in Red Lake on May 31, 2003.

James Stancel, 32, of Naperville, Illinois, has been fined $500 for having three oversize walleye. He had been checked by a Conservation Officer on aircraft patrol on Warrington Lake on July 23, 2003.

Steven Osterkamp, 53, of Northfield, Minnesota, has been fined $200 for having two walleye over the limit. He had been checked by Conservation Officers conducting an aircraft patrol on Larus Lake on July 25, 2003.

Marcel Jean, 50, of Thunder Bay, has been fined $75 for packing fish so the numbers could not be readily counted. He was stopped at a road check near Red Lake on August 3, 2003.

Three men have each been fined $50 for angling with more than one line:
· Donald Bender, 67, of Baraboo, Wisconsin, had been fishing at Nungessor Lake on June 12, 2003.
· James Evans, 29, of Gray Lake, Illinois, had been fishing at Gullrock Lake on July 1, 2003.
· Rodger Moore, 49, of Naperville, Illinois, had been fishing at Genessee Lake on July 8, 2003.

All the fish have been seized and forfeited to the Crown.

Justice of the Peace Marg Pasloski heard the cases in the Ontario Court of Justice in Red Lake on September 5, 2003.

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本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Dear Mr. Marco Smits,

I am very concerned about what happened recently between some barbaric local residents and possibly illegal Asian Canadian fishmen.

Canada is governed by law, and that might be the reason I came here.

I am very surprise that someone from your town pushed a fishman off a bridge into the water. If I were the victim, I am a dead man now because I can not swim. We heard scary stories about someone was pushed down to the subway before the train coming, and I can not believe similar terrible things happened in your town. From all I know about the police report, they were fishing at a place where it is legal. I would say even if their fishing were illegal, do they deserved to be pushed out of Bridger and killed? It's a murder attempt.

If I were the one who find someone fish at illegal place, I would call police. We pay tax to support police office and it is their duty to deal with illegal actions, not you nor me.

It seems that you asked a question about why do they fish at night. I would say that is a freedom, one can fish anytime if he wants, I can not find regulations that specify you must fish during certain time. Can you?

And you also asked question about delayed police report. If I were the one who were pushed into water, maybe I never expect such terrible thing could happen to me and totally in shock, or my cell phone is wet. If what was reported is true, does it really matter?

We have a tradition of respect elder people in our community. Eventfully everyone will become old one day if you don't die incidentally. Confucius (551BC - 496BC) said, "love your old parents so you can also love other old people, and love your little kids so you can love other kids too." It is very hard for us to understand a 73 years old man was beaten that bad.

If the environment preserve is what you really care, I think this could be done through your local MPP to the Ministry of National Resources, to expect a change of the fishing law or increase the fishing license fee. Not through death threaten and violent actions.

We believe the golden rule: "What one does not want for oneself, one ought not to do to anyone else", can you imagine yourself being thrown into water?更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net