2009-04-09 11:29:20
A Terrance Bay man has been fined 2 thousand dollars for having undersized lobsters aboard his vessel last November. Forty-eight year old Kevin George Slaunwhite pled guilty saying it was not intentional, but rather his son was not properly measuring the crustaceans. Fishery Officers boarded Slaunwhite's vessel in Terrance Bay last November 29th and found 14 undersized lobsters in three crates. The Crown agreed the smaller lobsters were not segregated and it was more a case of inaccurate measuring than a deliberate attempt to violate the fishery regulations. Two of the undersized lobsters seized as evidence were forfeited to the Crown.