Transport Canada (TC) Office of Boating Safety (OBS) wants to hear from stakeholders, especially those with a particular interest in pleasure craft, on the changes under consideration to the Pleasure Craft Licensing Program and the Pleasure Craft Operator Competency Program.
TC is inviting members of the boating community to provide feedback on the proposed changes to the Pleasure Craft Licensing... read more
Nearly 200 bass caught from the Saint Lawrence River near Gananoque, Ont. were found discarded in a dumpster following the B1 Fishing tournament.© Submitted by Bruce Tufts Nearly 200 bass caught from the Saint Lawrence River near Gananoque, Ont. were found discarded in a dumpster following the B1 Fishing tournament.
A fishing tournament organizer and TV personality has brought his business to New Brunswick after being fined $9,000 and losing his Ontario fishing licence for not reporting the nearly 200 dead bass he threw into a dumpster.
Ben Woo was convicted of failing to abide by the terms and conditions of the licence allowing tournament organizers to transport fish to be weighed and measured before they were returned live to the water.
See the CBC.ca article here