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Campbell River resident fined $5,000 for illegal shellfish harvesting

November 27, 2025 at 10:15 am  Federal, Politics

November 27, 2025

Campbell River, British Columbia – Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)’s fishery officers support the Department’s ongoing efforts to protect and sustain Canada’s precious marine resources. Fishery officers conduct regular patrols of Canada’s coastal inland waters, and investigate and lay charges against those alleged to have violated the Fisheries Act and its regulations.

On November 12, 2025, in Campbell River Provincial Court, Albert Joseph Thomas Blaney was convicted of two offences under Canada’s Fisheries Act and found guilty of illegal possession and fishing without a licence. He was ordered to pay a total fine of $5,000.

The convictions stem from an incident on January 11, 2023, during a routine inspection at the Heriot Bay B.C. Ferries terminal on Quadra Island near Campbell River, B.C. Officers observed sacks of clams in a vehicle as it departed the ferry and subsequently found approximately 1,750 pounds of clams in 22 sacks, none of which bore tags indicating lawful harvest under a commercial shellfish licence or aquaculture lease. At the time, there was no commercial harvest open.

DFO protects and conserves marine resources, and enforces the Fisheries Act. As part of DFO’s work to disrupt and prevent illegal activity, the Department asks the public for information on activities of this nature or any contravention of the Fisheries Act and regulations. Anyone with information can call DFO Pacific Region’s toll-free violation reporting line at 1-800-465-4336, or email the details to [email protected].

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