Prawn poachers Saanich Inlet

[835]

why the hell would a boat that big poach prawns and not buy them?

[MB_Boy]

why the hell would a boat that big poach prawns and not buy them?

Very good question, laziness and entitlement? Pleading stupid when pulling traps?

Last summer I think it was there was a larger blue hulled SeaRay that was rumored to have been seen pulling traps or got caught by an owner....it was a pretty expensive boat too.

I am taking a wild guess that if poaching or raiding traps they are likely keeping more than their limit if they even have licenses at all.

[TreeStandMan]

We've had so many traps stolen or dumped I don't even want to put them out any more. I'm a pretty calm guy, but it makes me furious and I start wonder what 180 gr accubond would do to an outboard. Those feeling aren't good for my blood pressure, so no more delicious prawns for me.

[Iron Glove]

If you can read the licence # on the bigger vessel, you can usually find the owner's details.
I searched the vessel name but it doesn't come up with anything as it's likely not a registered vessel.
I can't read the lisc. # on the picture ??

[MB_Boy]

If you can read the licence # on the bigger vessel, you can usually find the owner's details.
I searched the vessel name but it doesn't come up with anything as it's likely not a registered vessel.
I can't read the lisc. # on the picture ??

On the big boat?

[Spy]

If it's not a registered boat = big fine time for the water police to do their jobs. Poaching is poaching record and report

[Iron Glove]

On the big boat?

Yes, that one.
You'll see some numbers just below the railing.

[Iron Glove]

If it's not a registered boat = big fine time for the water police to do their jobs. Poaching is poaching record and report

Uh, you don't have to register a vessel of that size but you do have to licence ​it which is what appears to be on his starboard bow area.
Two different things.

[Deer_Slayer]

My traps get stolen every year off Ambleside at West Vancouver. Sucks at end of the day to go grab your traps and they are gone. Fisheries should be watching this a bit closer.

[Buckmeister]

why the hell would a boat that big poach prawns and not buy them?

I've heard that the rich/wealthy/ can be just as much a low down dirty thief as someone who has nothing. Likewise, I know people who have nothing and would never even think of taking anything from anyone. Just because someone has money doesn't make them honest. I think thievery is just a symptom of something else that's going on in someones life, and the high of stealing is a compensating drug of sorts. Plus, kleptomania can affect any social class.