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Southern Ont. man fined for overfishing in northern Ont.
A lake trout is seen in this file photo. A Vaughan resident pleaded guilty earlier this year to catching an overlimit of lake trout and possessing more than his aggregate limit of salmonid species.
Sergiy Kraynyukov of Vaughan pleaded guilty earlier this year to catching an overlimit of lake trout and possessing more than his aggregate limit of salmonid species.
In a news release Friday, the Ministry of Natural Resources said Kraynyukov was fined $2,100 and is prohibited from possessing an Ontario fishing licence and engaging in any fishing activities for six months.
'The court heard that on Sept. 6, 2024, conservation officers responded to information that a male fishing from a grey kayak had taken a possible overlimit of lake trout out of the Michipicoten River in Wawa District,' the release said.
Found him at a motel
'Conservation officers were able to locate the individual at the motel nearby and conducted a sport fish inspection. During the inspection, the individual was found to have in his possession six lake trout, two chinook salmon, a pink salmon and a brook trout. All fish were seized by the conservation officers.'
He had taken four lake trout over his sport fishing licence quota and five salmonids over his aggregate limit.
The case was heard remotely in February in Sault Ste. Marie by Justice of the Peace Sarah Keesmaat in the Ontario Court of Justice.
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