{"id":4518,"date":"2011-07-25T11:33:58","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T15:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=4518"},"modified":"2011-07-25T11:38:21","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T15:38:21","slug":"more-on-the-u-s-canada-fishing-boundary-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2011\/07\/25\/more-on-the-u-s-canada-fishing-boundary-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"More on the U.S.-Canada fishing boundary dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems like this summer’s fishing boundary dispute failed to garner widespread attention on the Canadian side of the border for quite some time. (Outside of fishing circles, anyway.)<\/p>\n

But today’s Ottawa Citizen has prominent coverage of the flap. Read the full article by Zev Singer here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article substantiates complaints the situation is too muddled:<\/p>\n

For its part, the CBSA has consistently said since the incident that the Andersen case was unremarkable and in line with the enforcement executed routinely by its officers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it so happens that you\u2019re caught breaking the law and one of our officers catches you then you need to face the consequences,\u201d Luc Nadon, a CBSA spokesman told the Citizen. He said there has been no change in the way enforcement is done by his agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a crock,\u201d said Runciman, who has a home on the St. Lawrence River. [Note: that would be Canadian Conservative Sen. Bob Runciman]<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve said \u2018Give us a list of individuals who\u2019ve been dealt with in a similar manner for fishing in Canadian waters \u2014 with an Ontario fishing licence, not anchored \u2014 and had to pay $1,000 to get their boat back.\u2019 …. My guess is it simply hasn\u2019t happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Citizen put Runciman\u2019s question to the CBSA.<\/p>\n

The initial response from the agency was that from 2008-2010 there were 117 cases of recreational fishing vessels and other pleasure boats seized for \u201cfailure to report inwards.\u201d However, when the Citizen asked for further clarification on how many of those 117 cases involved boats that were, like Andersen\u2019s, unanchored, the CBSA could substantiate only that there was \u201cat least one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not common practice, this has not been common practice,\u201d said Runciman, who called the treatment of Andersen \u201coutrageous\u201d and has called for the CBSA to return the $1,000 and apologize. \u201cYou can see that by the reaction of the Americans, and by a lot of Canadians, that this is something new, out of the blue.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If I recall earlier reporting correctly, the $1,000 fine paid by Roy M. Andersen was returned, all but $1. (To defend the point that the fine was legal and the rules were correctly applied.)<\/p>\n

But clearly, the issue is far from settled. Will louder media coverage in Canada contribute to further clarification and resolution? Or just add more shouting to the fray?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems like this summer’s fishing boundary dispute failed to garner widespread attention on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[48,5662,6493,6492],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4518"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4521,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4518\/revisions\/4521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}