A court case involving illegal halibut landings in Nova Scotia ended this week with fines handed down in a Halifax courtroom. Multiple prosecutions followed a 24-month investigation that featured secret offloads and a dramatic 2020 bust by fisheries officers.
A court case involving illegal halibut landings in Nova Scotia ended this week with fines handed down in a Halifax courtroom. Multiple prosecutions followed a 24-month investigation that featured secret offloads and a dramatic 2020 bust by fisheries officers.
In a Nova Scotia provincial court decision released Thursday, Judge Elizabeth Buckle found Capt. Casey Henneberry guilty of five counts of failing to observe licence conditions.
A Sambro, N.S., captain, a fish buyer and two related companies are accused of failing to follow licence conditions in several instances, including three trips where halibut catches were unloaded without a dockside monitor present.