These summaries of Fisheries law cases were prepared by retired lawyer Brad Caldwell.

Readers are cautioned this material is not up to date and are urged to consult CanLii for updated cases.

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Gillett v. Canada and Hurley, 2017 FC 574

In Fish Cases, Judicial Review/Crown Liability on (Updated )

In response to increasing fishing pressure in the capelin fishery, in 2007 Fisheries and Oceans Canada (“DFO”) imposed a management measure that only allowed capelin licence holders to fish in one management area per year. As a result, licence holders in the Newfoundland region who leased their capelin fishing vessels to licence holders in another region, were not permitted to …

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Anglehart v. Canada, 2016 FC 1159

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This cased involved a complaint by one group of snow crab fish harvesters who objected to the Minister reducing the quota in their area by 35 per cent. After rejecting a number of grounds of review, the court imposed liability based upon the tort of misfeasance in public office. In doing so, the court remarked that unlike a number of …

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CSL Group Inc. v. Canada, [1998] 4 FC 140

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This matter was a test case in which the Plaintiff sought to recover substantial damages for delays experienced by its ships in the transit of the St. Lawrence Seaway during November and December, 1989. The delays were caused by a public service strike. Because of the strike ice breakers were not in service and the summer buoys were not removed. …

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