Jason Markusoff tells the story of an incredibly brazen fish thief. After being caught numerous times, the puzzling element is why he does not just stop.
Poaching, however, takes investment, knowledge and constant effort to evade detection. All the energy Steer has wasted ducking authorities could have been spent leasing a licence, working hard and going legit, observes Kelvin Campbell, a veteran B.C. crab fisherman. “It doesn’t make sense to me. It’s almost like he likes to get caught.”
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