I guess it is a bad idea in Ontario to poach 23 fishing including 15 females loaded with eggs during spawning season

...Crown prosecutor Veronica McGuire was not seeking the maximum penalty. In fact, she was not asking that Homiakov be jailed at all. She only sought an $8,500 fine and the forfeiture of equipment involved in the capture and the fish. "The judge basically ordered the fine and further sentenced Mr. Homiakov to 21 days in jail," said Brendan Crawley, an attorney-general's office spokesman...his wife, Irina Homiakov, lashed out at the justice system for jailing her husband. "They acted like he killed a person, not a fish," she said, insisting her husband did not know the provincial regulations.