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| Release Date: |
August 15, 2006 |
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| Offence Date: |
May 31, 2006 |
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| Item: |
Overlimits of goldeye |
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| Description: |
Public complaints regarding gross
overlimits of goldeye being removed
from the Red River during the evening
led officers to conduct surveillance
of the subject area.
At approximately 1600 hours on May 31,
2006 officers began surveillance of 4
male subjects fishing from the east
bank of the Red River. Suspicious
activity was immediately observed as
one subject was observed taking
goldeyes out of white pails, placing
them in a white plastic bag and then
hiding it behind some bushes.
The officers took note of this
activity and began counting and
recording all goldeyes caught and kept
by these 4 subjects. One subject was
also observed speaking into a cell
phone shortly after the officers began
surveillance.
At approximately 1645 a vehicle was
observed attending the fishing
location. One subject was observed
taking possession of the white bag of
goldeyes and heading up towards the
new vehicle.
Two Officers attended and secured the
area until backup officers could
arrive. There were approximately 9
subjects in the area at this time.
Fish were scattered about in bushes,
under vehicles and inside vehicles.
A total of 137 goldeyes were counted.
Each of the 4 anglers was given the
benefit of possessing a limit of 10.
This put the quartet over quota by
97. All the fish and the anglers rods
and reels were seized as evidence.
The four original subjects were all
charged with possessing more fish than
their possession quota.
Convicted of being over quota were
Hoang Van PHAN and Van Sau TRAN of
Winnipeg. They each received fines of
$702 plus forfeiture of all seizures.
Disposition of the charges against the
other two accused is pending at this
time.
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