Lobster Man Cutting a V in the tail of a female Lobster
Wayne Miller of Fortune, N.L. was fined $2,500 in Grand Bank provincial curt for possession of v-notched lobster. On May 12, 2007, fishery officers from the Marystown Detachment conducted a dockside inspection and found Miller in possession of five female v-notched lobsters, which is not permitted under the conditions of his commercial lobster license. The seized lobsters were returned to the ocean. Also convicted of possession of v-notched lobster were Harold Kearley Jr. and Frank Clarke, both of English harbor East. Both men were fined $1,500. On May 8, 2007, fishery officers from the Marystown Detachment, on coastal patrol in Fortune Bay, inspected the lobster holding crates of Kearley Jr. and Clarke and found each individual in possession of three female v-notched lobsters. The seized lobsters were returned to the ocean.