Homem e sua empresa foram considerados culpados de pesca ilegal e venda de pepinos-do-mar, evadindo licenças. Man and his company found guilty of illegally fishing and selling sea cucumbers, evading licenses.

Um homem Nanaimo, Scott Stanley Matthew Steer, e sua empresa, 1215419 aC A Nanaimo man, Scott Stanley Matthew Steer, and his company, 1215419 B.C. Ltd., foram considerados culpados de pesca ilegal e venda de pepinos-do-mar sem licença entre 2019 e 2020. Ltd., were found guilty of illegally fishing and selling sea cucumbers without a license between 2019 and 2020. Eles violaram ordens judiciais anteriores e foram presos em março de 2020 por pesca ilegal de caranguejo. They violated previous court orders and were arrested in March 2020 for illegal crab fishing. O tribunal decidiu que a empresa era uma farsa criada para evitar proibições legais. The court ruled the company was a sham set up to evade legal prohibitions. As datas da sentença devem ser definidas em 13 de janeiro. Sentencing dates are expected to be set on January 13.