Ontario Man Fined $5,500 for Harvesting 312 Oysters—300 More Than Legal Limit

A Scarborough, Ontario man has been fined $5,500 after being caught harvesting 312 oysters—26 times the legal daily limit—while unlicensed and collecting from a prohibited area on Vancouver Island in August 2024. Raul Dumelod was convicted last month in Courtenay provincial court for exceeding the daily shellfish harvesting limit and fishing without a valid tidal […]