Significant fines for repeat sport fishing offender

• Published date: 24 May 2023
• Publication title: Courier, The

Tare Tare, of Ashburton, pleaded guilty to four charges against the Conservation Act in the Timaru District Court on May 17

Tare was convicted of fishing without a sports fishing licence, providing false and misleading information to a ranger, exceeding the daily bag limit, and continuing to fish after having already taken a daily bag.

Tare’s offending was detected during a night-time compliance operation undertaken by Fish & Game rangers during Labour Weekend 2022.

Tare claimed he held a valid sports fish licence; however, subsequent inquiries showed this to be false.

Tare was also found to have exceeded his daily bag limit of two sports fish and was still fishing when approached by Fish & Game rangers.

In the determining the penalty, Community Magistrate Sally O’Brien took into consideration Tare’s previous history of similar...