99north
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Upon returning from the Hornby Island trip with the Edge I drove by Porteau Cove on Sunday night only to notice two Crab trap buoys about 10-20 feet outside the Park Marine Buoys. I called DOF right away to report it and was told an officer would look into it Monday AM.
On my trip to Van on Monday morning, to my dismay there were now Three Crab trap ( or prawns) buoys,,,so I stopped in and found a park attendant who assured me he would find out who it was and remove the traps. On my way back up the highway on Monday night, there were still the three Buoys there again,,,I called DFO again and got the Squamish branch and told them the scenario now...they said they would contact a DFO officer and have him go have a look. Tuesday morning on my way down they were still there!!!!!!!!!!!! So I stopped in again and found another park attendant who was more eager to remove them than the first guy,,,he showed me the boundary and although the buoys ( traps) were outside the line by 20 feet, he felt that this was a fine line for poaching and said he would call DFO<<<LOL!
SO to my amazement today ( Wednesday) on the way down, the traps buoys were gone,,,apparently DFO did show up and catch this dude in action! He was staying at the campsite and had a small zodiac to set the empty the traps. I was told by the attendant from Tuesday that he told DFO that a "diver friend" told him that it would be a great place to catch crabs and prawns...Whether or not DFO took his truck camper and boat is unclear,,,but I hope they fined his ass big time.
He was very apologetic and humble I was told and promised to never do that again...( what else would he say facing losing everything he had there at the campground), Thank goodness they took the traps and saved some DIVERS hehehe, the trouble of hunting down the trap and making it disappear for good.
I want to know WHO is his DIVER FRIEND?????????????? , if in fact a diver friend even existed.
Keep your eyes out on dive sites...this isn't the first time I have seen people poaching marine life there....anything suspicious report it to DFO right away.
Thanks
99north
On my trip to Van on Monday morning, to my dismay there were now Three Crab trap ( or prawns) buoys,,,so I stopped in and found a park attendant who assured me he would find out who it was and remove the traps. On my way back up the highway on Monday night, there were still the three Buoys there again,,,I called DFO again and got the Squamish branch and told them the scenario now...they said they would contact a DFO officer and have him go have a look. Tuesday morning on my way down they were still there!!!!!!!!!!!! So I stopped in again and found another park attendant who was more eager to remove them than the first guy,,,he showed me the boundary and although the buoys ( traps) were outside the line by 20 feet, he felt that this was a fine line for poaching and said he would call DFO<<<LOL!
SO to my amazement today ( Wednesday) on the way down, the traps buoys were gone,,,apparently DFO did show up and catch this dude in action! He was staying at the campsite and had a small zodiac to set the empty the traps. I was told by the attendant from Tuesday that he told DFO that a "diver friend" told him that it would be a great place to catch crabs and prawns...Whether or not DFO took his truck camper and boat is unclear,,,but I hope they fined his ass big time.
He was very apologetic and humble I was told and promised to never do that again...( what else would he say facing losing everything he had there at the campground), Thank goodness they took the traps and saved some DIVERS hehehe, the trouble of hunting down the trap and making it disappear for good.
I want to know WHO is his DIVER FRIEND?????????????? , if in fact a diver friend even existed.
Keep your eyes out on dive sites...this isn't the first time I have seen people poaching marine life there....anything suspicious report it to DFO right away.
Thanks
99north
