The Ministry of Pure Sources laid charges after an investigation into moose searching
ATIKOKAN — The proprietor of a lodge northwest of Atikokan has been fined a complete of $13,000 for failing to adjust to rules that govern moose tourism operators.
In response to an MNR information launch, the case dates again to October 2022 when conservation officers found {that a} Thunder Bay man, Curtis Fabischek, had shot a moose with out a legitimate moose licence.
By way of additional investigation, it t was discovered that David Boileau – the proprietor of Blue Lantern Lodge – issued an grownup cow moose validation tag to Fabischek and didn’t maintain data of him and different registered friends staying on the lodge.
The ministry mentioned the lodge operator didn’t retain the data for the required interval of three years, and unlawfully obtained a licence by failing to inform the ministry of his change in residency, resulting in him possessing a moose licence that was void.
A magistrate heard the case within the court docket in Fort Frances earlier this yr.
She fined Boileau a complete of $13,000 after he pleaded responsible to unlawfully acquiring a licence for which the holder is not eligible as a result of he didn’t meet the necessities of an Ontario resident beneath the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, possessing a licence that was void, and failing to maintain registered visitor kinds.
Fabischek was fined $1,500 after pleading responsible to searching with out a licence.
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