That's a very good question.
Most of the fines and penalties that are collected as a result of prosecutions, as well as administrative monetary penalties under our other legislation, not the Fisheries Act, go to the environmental damages fund. That is run by ECCC as well. It's a separate part of the department. It basically provides money to communities to restore ecosystems and for the impacts of pollution. The funds from one particular infraction may not always go to exactly the ecosystem that was harmed. Sometimes they do, but they almost all go to restoration projects and community projects.
