Illegal sales of First Nations lobster nets $55K fine for two N.S. men
Two men from southwestern Nova Scotia have been convicted for illegally buying and selling lobster caught under an Indigenous Food, Social and Ceremonial (FSC) license.
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Two men from southwestern Nova Scotia have been convicted for illegally buying and selling lobster caught under an Indigenous Food, Social and Ceremonial (FSC) license.
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HALIFAX -- The owner of a lobster pound in Nova Scotia who was convicted of illegally selling lobster harvested by Mi'kmaq 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 company's lobster shipment -- seized at the airport during a 2017 sting operation -- will be forfeite...
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 Sipekne'katik band under multiple food, social and ceremonial licences in St. Marys Bay in southwest Nova Scotia. The licence conditions prevent the sale of the cat...