$5,500 IN FINES FOR FISHING WITH SUSPENDED LICENCES
April 3, 2009
Two Scarborough men were fined a total of $5,500 for fishing while their fishing licences were suspended and for fishing during a closed season.
Bo Zhang, 27, and Ming Tao Lu, 28, both pleaded guilty to fishing for rainbow trout when the season was closed and to disobeying a court order prohibiting them from fishing. In addition to the fines, the two men had their fishing licences suspended for another two years. They were also ordered to forfeit their fishing gear permanently.
The court heard that on the afternoon of October 22, 2008, during a routine patrol on Bowmanville Creek, Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers from the Aurora District found Zhang and Lu fishing for rainbow trout.
Justice of the Peace Robert G. Boychyn heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Whitby, on March 23, 2009.
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