Province makes move to seize house, accounts of B.C. man with multiple illegal fishing charges Commercial fisherman Scott Steer has been convicted multiple times for fishing illegally during the last decade and, in the wake of another bust, the province wants to seize assets and cash it says are the proceeds of illegal activity. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jul 30, 2021 2:17 PM PT | Last Updated: July 30 Nanaimo-based commercial crab fishing boat master Scott Steer was arrested in March of 2020 for illegally fishing crab near North Vancouver after what Fisheries and Oceans says was a high speed boat chase.(Jerry Kirkhart/Flickr)