Sea cucumber poacher in B.C. sentenced to six years in prison for ‘ravaging the ocean’ | Unpublished
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Author: Darryl Greer
Publication Date: July 29, 2025 - 18:09

Sea cucumber poacher in B.C. sentenced to six years in prison for ‘ravaging the ocean’

July 29, 2025

A British Columbia judge has sentenced a man with the longest record of Fisheries Act violations in Canadian history to six years in prison for “ravaging the ocean and flouting the law.”

Scott Steer and his co-accused corporation faced eight charges including fishing in a closed area without a licence, selling more than $1-million worth of illegally harvested sea cucumbers and breaching an earlier order forbidding him from possessing fishing vessels.

Steer’s co-accused in the case was a numbered company owned by his wife, Melissa Steer, but the company was found to be a “sham.”



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