Not all Grass Carp hit the news

[OldTimer]

(02-03-2017 10:49 PM)MuskieBait Wrote:  "Don’t release any live fish into Ontario lakes or rivers. If you are fishing and incidentally catch an Asian carp, you must destroy it. Do not return it to the water."

http://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/...sian-carp/

Thanks that was the answer I was looking for. I doubt any of us needs an expensive fine, or a crowbar hotel stay, for throwing them back in.


  S15022_e.pdf (Size: 392.02 KB / Downloads: 2)

WOW! from the act:

"Penalties
44. (1) A person convicted of an offence under this Act is liable,
(a) in the case of a first offence under this Act,
(i) to a fine of not more than $1,000,000, in the case of a corporation, or
(ii) to a fine of not more than $250,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both, in the case of any other person; and
(b) in the case of a second or subsequent offence under this Act,
(i) to a fine of not more than $2,000,000, in the case of a corporation, or
(ii) to a fine of not more than $500,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both, in the case of any other person."


Cheers,

OldTimer