Feds detail several enforcement actions

NOAA's Office of General Counsel reports the following cases charged in May:

• C/P Frontier Mariner — Factory manager Edgar Estuardo De Los Reyes was charged under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with sexually harassing and harassing a female observer. A $9,500 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued.

• F/V Cape Horn — Owner Cape Horn Vessel LLC and operator Arthur James McArdle were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with exceeding the maximum retainable amount of pollock on two fishing trips and failing to timely submit one product transfer report. A $6,042 NOVA was issued, and the case settled for $1,638.

• F/V Chellissa — Owner Chellissa Fisheries LLC and operators Robert W. Harrington II and Jerimiah T. Young were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with exceeding the maximum retainable amounts of bycatch in 2023. A $5,500 NOVA was issued.

• F/V Outlook — Owner-operator Nestor Sergei Ivanov and owner Irina Ivanov were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with possessing salmon harvested in Alaska state waters on a vessel commercial fishing for salmon in the Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone. A written warning was issued.

Several more fishermen cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/5/25 Erick Ray Jefferies, 43, from New Caney, Texas, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters and transport greater than 1 mile outside the district.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/5/25 Triston Chaney, 26, and Dillon Chaney, 24, from Dillingham, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/2/25 Nicholas Jordan, 37, from Blaine, Wash., and Aaron Farthing, 22, from Ellensburg, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/28/25 Christopher Eastman, 31, from Cameron, Wis., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/22/25 Mike Saarheim, 65, from Astoria, Ore., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Nushagak Bay.

Two charged with offenses in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Sale of fish by nonpermit holder

On 7/2/25 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Oliver Whitten, 32, from Seadrift, Texas, for sale of fish by nonpermit holder and supply false information on fish ticket.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/29/25 Lowell Stambaugh, 75, from Naselle, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Nushagak Bay.

More Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/29/25 Miro Schaad, 35, from Homer, and Matthew Jordan, 31, from Bozeman, Mont., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Nushagak.

Location: Ugashik District north line

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/24/25 David Adams, 39, from Palmer, and Thomas Leuty, 23, from Bradenton, Fla., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters on the north line in the Ugashik Districts.

Location: Ugashik District north line

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/23/25 Henry Thoreen, 42, from Seattle, and John Wise, 58, from Naknek, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters on the north line in the Ugashik District.

Bristol Bay fisherman cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/29/25 Olin D. Fair, 24, from Anchorage, was cited for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Troopers cite several Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/28/25 Antonio Arena, 41, from Dillingham, and Sophia North, 21, from Bellingham, Wash., were cited for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik District north line

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/26/25 Braden L. Deem, 32, and Kenneth S. Dunsmore, 59, both from Pueblo West, Colo., were cited for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/25/25 Thomas Tilden, 71, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Gulf pollock, cod violations draw $36,441 penalty

NOAA's Office of General Counsel reports the following case charged in April:

• F/V Alaskan Lady — Owner Alaskan Lady LLC and operator Keith M. Williams were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with directed fishing in pollock and Pacific cod no fishing zones and exceeding the maximum retainable amounts of pollock and Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska. A $36,441 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued.