Two Whitehorse hunters and two more from Saskatchewan were ordered Monday to pay $35,025 in penalties for illegal hunting in September 2011.

Andrea Schneider, 27, of 12th Avenue in Whitehorse, was fined $8,000 for her role.

She is also prohibited from obtaining a Yukon hunting licence for 10 years, according to a press release issued by Environment Yukon.

Craig Vandenhoek, 29, of the same Whitehorse address, was fined $6,000 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge fee of $900 for his role.

The two hunters from Saskatchewan who were being guided by Schneider and Vandenhoek under special guiding permits were fined a total of $17,500, and ordered to pay $2,625 in victim surcharge fees, says the press release.

Environment Yukon emphasized it relies on public participation to properly manage the territory's vast natural resources.

The release does not disclose the identity of the convicted persons, though their names are available through court records.

The fines were imposed by a territorial court judge after accepting a joint submission from the prosecution and defence lawyers.

The investigation by officers indicated the hunting party had shot two moose in the Ross River area, according to the release. Meat from one of the animals was wasted.

The investigation also determined a grizzly bear and black bear were killed illegally near the Dempster Highway, and false information was subsequently provided to Environment Yukon staff.

Schneider pleaded guilty to wasting meat, providing false information on a mandatory report provided to conservation officers, failing to report a violation committed by a person being special guided, allowing a seal to be used by another person and providing false information on a kill report.

Vandenhoek was convicted of failing to prevent a violation by his special guided hunter and making a false statement in a mandatory report provided to conservation officers.

Jeffrey Sereda, 38, of Saskatoon, was convicted of wasting moose meat, making a false statement in a mandatory report provided to conservation officers, hunting grizzly bears when not permitted, hunting moose when not accompanied by a special guide and failing to pay harvest fees.

He was fined $10,000, ordered to pay $1,500 in victim surcharge fees, and prohibited from obtaining a Yukon hunting licence for 10 years.

It was noted Sereda was fined $4,900 in Saskatchewan and given a one-year hunting suspension for illegally importing a grizzly bear and black bear.

Gregory Sereda, 33, of Chatham, Ont., was convicted of hunting a black bear without being accompanied by his special guide, hunting black bear in a closed area, exporting the illegally killed black bear and making a false statement in a mandatory report provided to conservation officers.

He was fined $7,500, ordered to pay$1,125 in victim surcharge fees and prohibited from obtaining a Yukon hunting licence for 10 years.