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Capilano Fishing Ltd. v. Qualicum Producer (The), 2001 BCCA 244

In Fish Cases, Fisheries Practice, Torts on (Updated )

This was a net damage case involving a claim for damages incurred by a vessel when its net was fouled by another vessel during a very short opening in the 1997 herring seine fishery. The issues raised by this case included the following: 1)Recovery for contractual relational economic loss; 2)Limitation of Liability; 3)Restitution for unjust enrichment with an accounting of …

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