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Prawn fisher fined $5K for dropping traps near West Vancouver glass sponge reefs

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A recreational prawn fisher has been fined $5,000 after pleading guilty to dropping prawn traps into a protected glass sponge reef area off West Vancouver. In December 2025, Fisheries and Oceans Canada officers on patrol in Queen Charlotte Channel spotted prawn trap floats on the surface well within...

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Prawn fisher fined $5K for dropping traps near West Vancouver glass sponge reefs

A recreational prawn fisher has been fined $5,000 after pleading guilty to dropping prawn traps into a protected glass sponge reef area off West Vancouver. In December 2025, Fisheries and Oceans Canada officers on patrol in Queen Charlotte Channel spotted prawn trap floats on the surface well within...

·Kelowna, Canada
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Castanet broke the news in Kelowna, Canada on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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