Subject: Re: Dynamite fishing?

From: [email-masked] (Dave Fluri)
Date: 5 Oct 1995 15:31:24 GMT

Walter wrote on Wed, 04 Oct 1995 13:25:14 -1000:
: A colleague here in Hawaii is wondering if other states in the U.S. (or
: anywhere) have regulations on intentional fishing with dynamite
: (explosives) and what the penalties are for violations.  For example,
: whether it might be a misdemeanor or Class C felony.

In Canada, such action would be a violation of Section 32 of the federal
_Fisheries Act_.  This section prohibits a person, except under authority of
a permit, to kill fish by means other than fishing.  A person guilty of such
an offence is, upon conviction, subject to a fine not to exceed $5 000 or to
imprisonment for a term not to exceed 12 months, or to both.

--

Dave Fluri
North Bay, Ontario, Canada

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From: [email-masked] (Walter)
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1995 13:25:14 -1000

A colleague here in Hawaii is wondering if other states in the U.S. (or
anywhere) have regulations on intentional fishing with dynamite
(explosives) and what the penalties are for violations.  For example,
whether it might be a misdemeanor or Class C felony.

I know it sounds like I'm joking, but I'm not!

-- 
"No matter where you go, there you are."  B. Banzai

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From: Joshua Loren Burnam <[email-masked]>
Date: 6 Oct 1995 23:26:06 GMT

not only is it inherently illegal to fish with dynamite, I think
you are overlooking the more basic reality that DYNAMITE is illegal!

I don't know about you, but I've never gone to sportmart and found
any next to the hooks.