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Poaching charges dismissed against Corner Brook doctor Dr. Justin French and another man had been accused of dragging a net in a salmon river. French pleaded not guilty, and the Crown eventually dismissed the charge. Social Sharing Dr. Justin French and another man had been accused of dragging a net in a salmon river Posted: Jun 16, 2021 5:55 PM NT | Last Updated: June 16 Gord Clarke, right, captured on hidden DFO surveillance cameras near Corner Brook. Clarke pleaded guilty to salmon poaching....

  HALIFAX -- The owner of a lobster pound in Nova Scotia who was convicted of illegally selling lobster harvested by Mikmaq fishers has been fined and temporarily banned from working in the Nova Scotia industry. Judge Tim Landry on Monday fined Shen Ren Zheng and his company, Guang Da International, $50,000 each and prohibited Zheng from buying, selling, trading or possessing any fish harvested off Nova Scotia for the next two months. The Digby provincial court judge also ruled that the co...

Posted: Dec 14, 2020 4:58 PM AT | Last Updated: December 14, 2020 Lobster pound owner Sheng Ren Zheng enters the courthouse in Digby, N.S., in January. (Steve Lawrence/CBC) The owner of a lobster pound in Nova Scotia and his company were fined a total of $100,000 Monday for illegally selling lobster harvested by First Nations. Shen Ren Zheng was caught shipping lobsters to China in 2017 that were harvested by a member of the Sipeknekatik band under multiple food, social and ceremonial licen...