‘Reckless’: Alberta Judge Fines BC Man $6,000 for Catching Trout in National Park

A stream from Hidden Lake in Banff National Park where researchers are reintroducing the native cutthroat trout near Lake Louise on Sept 1, 2022. The Canadian Press/Todd Korol

An Alberta judge fined a B.C. man $6,000 Wednesday for illegally catching eight cutthroat trout in Banff National Park as part of a YouTube survival challenge nearly four years ago.

Outdoor survivalists Greg Ovens of Canal Flats, B.C., and Zachary Fowler, an American citizen, filmed part of the “30 Day Survival Challenge in the Canadian Rockies” YouTube video series in the national park in July 2019.