Saturday, July 31, 2010

Troopers make variety of cases in Southeast

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Seymour Canal
Type: No crew license
On 7/25/10 Michael A. File, 44, of Petersburg, was cited for employing an unlicensed crewmember onboard his seine vessel the F/V Siren. Jordan D. Monroe, 18, of Petersburg, was cited for failing to have a valid 2010 crewmember license in possession. An 11-year-old crewmember was not issued a citation, but was actively participating as a crewmember onboard the vessel as well and did not have a valid 2010 crew license. Bail is set at $260 with arraignment in Juneau District Court.

Location: Gilbert Bay
Type: Unlicensed commercial vessel
On 7/27/10 Daniel V. Zeik, 44, of Petersburg, was issued a citation for operating a commercial vessel that was not registered. Bail is set at $210 with arraignment in Juneau District Court.

Location: Stephens Passage
Type: Undersized mesh
On 7/27/10 Terry J. Smith, 55, of Petersburg, was issued a summons for operating a commercial drift gillnet with undersized mesh. Investigation found that the first 10 fathoms of the net consisted of 5-inch mesh. The minimum size requirement for that area is 6-inch mesh. Smith was assigned an arraignment date of 8/26/10 in Juneau District Court.

Location: Port Camden
Type: Fail to register commercial Dungeness boat
On 7/30/10 Jack Lyons, 57, of Petersburg, was issued a summons for operating commercial Dungeness crab gear from a vessel that was not registered for Dungeness crab fishing. Lyons was given an arraignment date of 8/12/10 in Petersburg District Court.

Troopers say crew tried to conceal boat identity

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters, hindering prosecution
On 7/22/10 at 1620 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers on aircraft patrol documented the F/V High Octane commercial fishing in closed waters 0.1 nautical mile north of the Egegik District north boundary line. While attempting to document the violation and identity of the vessel the skipper, later identified as Tim Allen Vardy, 55, of Lakewood, Wash., and a crewmember, later identified as John R. Lane of Morro Bay, Calif., attempted to conceal the identity of the vessel by covering its Alaska Department of Fish and Game numbers with their bodies and a coat. On 7/28/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers located and contacted the F/V High Octane in the Naknek River and issued the following citations: Tim Allen Vardy, commercial fishing in closed waters, hindering prosecution and failure to properly display vessel numbers; Linda Sue Vardy, 47, of Lakewood, Wash., commercial fishing in closed waters; and John R. Lane, hindering prosecution. Arraignments for all persons is set for 8/20/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/28/10 King Salmon Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Vincent E. Hoiby, 47, of Everett, Wash., for commercial fishing on 7/24/10 in closed waters 500 feet north of the Egegik District north boundary aboard the F/V Jesse N. Arraignment is set for 8/20/10 in Naknek District Court.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Assault reported at North Pacific Seafoods plant

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham
Type: Assault
On 7/26/10 at approximately 1430 hours, Menes Weightman, 32, of Anchorage, reported he was assaulted at North Pacific Seafoods by another employee on the evening of 7/21/10. Weightman reported the assault after he left the facility for the season. The incident is being investigated by Alaska State Troopers.

Two Egegik fishermen ticketed, one twice

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/25/10 King Salmon Wildlife Troopers cited Geoffrey L. Bowser, 54, of La Conner, Wash., for commercial fishing in closed waters 0.1 nautical mile north of the Egegik District aboard the F/V Dr. Jack on 7/24/10. Arraignment is set for 8/20/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/28/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers in King Salmon issued citations to Luke D. Swab, 26, of Merritt, Mich., for two counts of commercial fishing in closed waters that occurred in Egegik on 7/21/10 and 7/22/10 respectively. Arraignment on both charges is set for 8/20/10 in Naknek District Court.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Juneau restaurant owner pleads guilty to subsistence halibut scheme, could get 10 months

Here's the press release from the U.S. attorney's office.

Dutch Harbor report

From the local police blotter, as reported by the Unalaska Advertiser:

Suspicious activity, July 18 — Second-hand report of a flare being fired over the bow of a local tugboat. An officer contacted several potential witnesses and participants but was unable to ascertain the identity of the culprit.

Animal, July 18 — Officer drove around with a small, collarless dog in his patrol car until he found someone who could identify it. The owner was eventually identified and located, and was most grateful to again have his pooch.

Animal, July 19 — Caller reported a howling, possibly injured dog across the street. The responding officer found a healthy, safe dog very interested in nearby foxes and eagles.

Assault, July 19 — Officers responded to a reported assault in the Grand Aleutian hotel lobby, and met with several people involved in the alleged incident. The victim, who had certainly been struck in the eye, identified as the assailant a man who had multiple witnesses to attest that he was not in fact the perpetrator. In spite of the presence of many people in the lobby at the time, no substantive leads to other suspects could be developed.

Trespass, July 20 — Officer issued a trespass advisement for all UniSea property, per UniSea management.

Domestic disturbance, July 24 — An argument between a man and his girlfriend which started with the destruction of their respective Hungry-Man dinners escalated to further acts of violence. The woman, allegedly upset over an insulting comment, grabbed a thick stalk of bamboo and smacked her loved one on the back. The woman's actions were verified by her young daughter. Brynn S. Decker, 27, of Unalaska, was arrested on one count of assault.

Welfare check, July 24 — Officer checked on a drunk who had phoned the police station several times with ambiguous statements about activities in his home. The officer learned that the drunk, who had taken for himself the moniker "Iceman," may have had a disagreement with his roommate over the temperature in the house but due to his intoxication could not remember whether they had actually argued or not.

Fire response, July 25 — Fire and EMS personnel extricated the driver of a forklift which had fallen over on a dock.

Three charged with illegal fishing in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fishing violation
On 7/24/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted Antonio Torrente, 56, from Massachusetts, following a commercial fishing violation in the Bristol Bay salmon fishery. Torrente was cited for fishing a drift gillnet 0.1 nautical mile south of the Naknek-Kvichak District south line on the F/V Maria Theresa. Arraignment is scheduled for 8/20/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fishing violation
On 7/25/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted Gerald Johnson, 67, from Montana, following a commercial fishing violation in the Bristol Bay salmon fishery. Johnson was cited for fishing a drift gillnet 946 feet south of the Egegik District south line on the F/V Mighty Loetta. Arraignment is scheduled for 8/20/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/26/10 King Salmon Wildlife Troopers cited Allan Duane Acheson, 54, of Everett, Wash., for commercial fishing in closed waters 0.1 nautical mile north of the Egegik District north line on 7/24/10 aboard the F/V Hernando I. Arraignment is set for 8/20/10 in Naknek District Court.

Troopers ticket Naknek setnetter, seize salmon

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/23/10 at 1630 hours, King Salmon Wildlife Troopers cited Nathan Wegner, 24, of Naknek, for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District with a set gillnet, over 7 hours after the period had closed. Troopers also seized 1,049 pounds of illegally caught salmon. Arraignment is set for 8/20/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/21/10 Dionisiy V. Basargin, 20, of Homer, was cited by Dillingham Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 8/11/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Troopers make four cases in Prince William Sound

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Cordova
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/19/10, at approximately 1420 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers from the Cordova Post contacted Dia Kuzmin, 23, of Delta Junction, aboard the F/V Off Limits near Culross Point. Investigation revealed that Kuzmin was fishing in an area closed to commercial salmon fishing. Kuzmin was summoned to appear on 8/4/10 in Cordova District Court.

Location: Valdez
Type: Anchor drift gillnet
On 7/24/10 Avtanom Reutov, 24, of Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post, for operating a drift gillnet from the F/V Flipsyde, and then tying the boat to the Wally Noerenberg Hatchery dock for a couple hours, not allowing the gillnet to drift. Arraignment scheduled for 9/1/10 in the Cordova District Court.

Location: Valdez
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/24/10 Feodor Reutov, 37, of Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post, for commercial fishing in the closed waters of the Esther subdistrict on 6/21/10. Arraignment scheduled for 9/1/10 in the Cordova District Court.

Location: Cordova
Type: Commercial fish closed season
On 7/24/10 a 16-year-old Homer resident was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Cordova Post. The youth is the skipper and permit holder aboard the F/V Stealth. He was issued a citation for commercial fishing by taking salmon with a dipnet, when there is no season for this in the Esther subdistrict. Arraignment is scheduled for 8/4/10 in the Cordova District Court.

Togiak fisherman charged with double violation

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Togiak
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/19/10 Chris D. Nick, 27, of Togiak, was cited for two counts of commercial fishing in closed waters over the south line of Kulukak Bay on 7/7/10 and 7/19/10. Arraignment is scheduled for 8/11/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Main Bay feud leads to charge against setnetter

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Valdez
Type: Illegal setnet operation
On 7/15/10 Valdez Troopers responded to an ongoing conflict between two commercial setnetters in Main Bay. Investigation revealed that Thomas Aberle Jr., 56, of Juneau, was operating a commercial setnet too close to another setnet site. Arraignment scheduled for 8/25/10 in Cordova District Court.

Valdez troopers charge two with unlawful seining

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Valdez
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/16/10 Timothy Barclay, 50, of Valdez, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post, for commercial fishing in the closed waters near the Solomon Gulch Hatchery after making a seine set in the dense fog. The area was closed almost a mile off the beach, and Barclay set right off the beach. Arraignment scheduled for 8/26/10 in Valdez District Court.

Location: Valdez
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/15/10 James Jensen Jr., 57, of Cordova, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post, for commercial seining in an anadromous stream, in Port Valdez, as the permit holder on the F/V Rhema. Jensen was issued a second citation on 7/11/10 for commercial fishing in the closed waters of Marsha Bay, Knight Island, after Valdez Troopers received a complaint and an investigation was conducted. Arraignments for Jensen will be held in Valdez and Cordova.

Dutch Harbor report

From the local police blotter, as reported by the Unalaska Advertiser:

Environmental, July 12 — Caller reported a sinking skiff was leaking fuel. Information forwarded to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Noise disturbance, July 13 — Caller reported noise from nearby wind turbines had disturbed his sleep. Officers noted that the noise of the wind whistling through the area was louder than that generated by the turbines.

Welfare check, July 13 — Caller reported his dipsomaniac sibling had left their residence in spite of being told not to do so. Officers determined the drunk had taken a cab approximately 200 feet to a friend's house.

Trespass, July 14 — Officers issued a trespass advisement, per UniSea management, to a drunken man who had already been told once that he was not allowed on UniSea property. The man told police he understood and left the area on his bicycle.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Plant workers spend night on Craig mountain

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Klawock Post
Type: Search and rescue
On 7/20/10 at 0009 hours, Alaska State Troopers received a report from the plant manager of Silver Bay Seafoods that nine employees had not returned from a hike up Sunnahae Mountain in Craig. A large group of hikers had started up the Sunnahae trail, but the group split at approximately 2,000 feet. One group headed back down the mountain and the second group headed towards the helicopter landing pad at the top of the mountain. The second group consisted of nine hikers identified as Robert Mensch from Ghana; Rustum Sharpov, 20, from Russia; Azamat Aipov, 23, from Kazakhstan; Milosz Szezpanak, 20, from Poland; and Mykailo Kustuzov, 21, Zadym Markov, 19, Andrii Smoliazov, 20, Mykola Butov, 20, and Artur Mylmek, 20, all from Ukraine. This second group of hikers decided to stay on the mountain due to the failing light and wait until morning. At 0726 hours all hikers were located and brought safely down the mountain with no injuries to report.

Sitka troopers say vessel lacked license

The person named in this item, Bob Thorstenson Jr., is executive director of the Southeast Alaska Seiners Association, a Juneau-based nonprofit. Deckboss spoke with Thorstenson and he admitted that he uses his SeaSport catamaran, the Sylvi Elise, to scout for salmon in support of commercial seiners including his own vessel, the Pamela Rae. He said he believes this citation is highly unusual, maybe even unprecedented, but will pay the fine promptly.

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka
Type: Vessel license
On 7/18/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted Robert M. Thorstenson, 46, of Juneau, near Hidden Falls terminal harvest area in an 32-foot SeaSport not bearing any Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission license. Investigation revealed Thorstenson was participating in the commercial seine fishery, which requires the vessel to be licensed with CFEC. Thorstenson was cited with bail set at $210 in Sitka District Court.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Four Yukon fishermen fined after guilty pleas

From the Alaska State Troopers:

On 7/15/10 in St. Marys District Court, the following entered pleas to Lower Yukon River charges:

• Louis Immamak, 35, of Emmonak, and Alexie Benjamin, 47, of Emmonak, both pled guilty to commercial fishing during a closed period. They each received $500 fines and were placed on probation for one year.

• Willie Long, 44, of St. Marys, pled guilty to commercial fishing in closed waters as a permit holder and was fined $500 and placed on probation for one year. John Long, 18, of St. Marys, pled guilty to commercial fishing in closed waters as a crewmember and received a $300 fine and also was placed on probation for one year.

Troopers ticket two Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/14/10 William P. Johnson, 71, of Dillingham, was cited for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/20/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/18/10 Jorg A. Schmeisser, 46, of Kodiak, was cited for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 8/11/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Troopers cite skipper of Kodiak scallop boat

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kodiak
Type: No authority to operate
On 7/16/10 Thomas M. Minio, 49, of Kodiak, was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for operating a commercial scallop vessel during 2007 and 2008 without having a valid intent to operate permit and also for improperly completing fish tickets as required. State law requires all commercial vessels that catch and process their own catch to submit an intent to operate form to the Department of Revenue for review and acceptance, prior to beginning commercial operations. In 2007 and 2008, Minio was the skipper and permit holder onboard the F/V Provider, based out of Kodiak, which landed a reported 259,600 pounds of scallops.

Friday, July 16, 2010

Two ticketed in Prince William Sound region

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Copper River flats, Cordova
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/2/10 Cordova Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Kris Phillips, 45, of Cordova, for commercial fishing 28 minutes after the Copper River flats closed at 0700 hours. Arraignment is scheduled for 8/4/10 in Cordova District Court.

Location: Eshamy, Prince William Sound
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/3/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Joe Reutov, 21, of Molalla, Ore., for commercial fishing in closed waters of Prince William Sound aboard the F/V Headache. Arraignment is scheduled for 8/4/10 in Cordova District Court.

Three gillnetters charged at Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/12/10 Andrew J. Evon, 45, of Manakotak, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/20/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/11/10 Benjamin Edward Ellison, 20, of Duluth, Minn., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing in closed waters. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/19/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/11/10 David Alan Rogotzke, 50, of Duluth, Minn., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing in closed waters. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/19/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Troopers ticket nine more Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/13/10 Truls A. Finbraten, 41, of Seattle, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the Kvichak section.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/13/20 James R. Ostrom, 49, of Priest River, Idaho, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the south line of the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/21/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/13/10 Shawn Dochtermann, 46, of Kodiak, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing with drift gillnet gear in the closed waters of the Kvichak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/21/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/12/10 James C. Riggle, 59, of Woodinville, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing with drift gillnet gear in closed waters south of the Kvichak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/12/10 Martin P. Stevens, 59, of Yelm, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the south line of the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/21/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/11/10 Eric J. Bayne, 50, of Everett, Wash., was cited for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/13/10 Tam Van Tran, 52, of Vallejo, Calif., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek-Kvichak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/21/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/13/10 Fred Crothamel, 61, of Mercer Island, Wash., and Charles M. Ridley, 49, of Edmonds, Wash., were cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/13/10 Christopher T. White, 60, of Sand Point, Idaho, and Michael J. Reitz, 50, of Fairbanks, were cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek-Kvichak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/21/10 in Naknek District Court.

Sportfisherman told to avoid weir, gets ticket

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Valdez
Type: Sportfish closed waters
On 7/7/10 David Hawker, 46, of Boulder, Colo., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post, for sportfishing within 300 feet of the Solomon Gulch fish weir. Hawker had been told numerous times, by the hatchery manager, that he was fishing illegally before the Valdez trooper was called. Bail set at $110 in the Valdez court.

Teen crewman breaks arm amid trooper boarding

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Valdez
Type: Medical assist
On 7/13/10, while on patrol during the Valdez salmon seine fishery, Trooper Beck had boarded a fishing vessel in Port Valdez. During the boarding, the skipper's 15-year-old son caught his arm between the seine skiff and seine boat, which appeared to cause a break. Trooper Beck transported the juvenile to the Valdez harbor to an awaiting ambulance. The juvenile was transported to the Valdez Providence hospital, where it was confirmed the arm was broke.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Dutch Harbor report

From the local police blotter, as reported by the Unalaska Advertiser:

Animal, July 4 — A good Samaritan seized a loose Chihuahua which she felt was in danger of becoming an eagle snack. The dog was turned over to Public Safety.

Drunk disturbance, July 4, 2304 hours — Caller reported men urinating in public on the beach near the fireworks display. The men were described as men. An officer responded and found many men in the area.

Drunk disturbance, July 4, 2340 hours — Caller reported presumably different men urinating in public on the beach near the fireworks display. An officer patrolled the area.

Theft, July 5 — A man reported his white Ford truck, in which he had left his keys, was missing from the area of the APL dock. Responding officers found that a crewman on a boat docked there had been told to take a white Ford truck with keys in it to the grocery store. He did exactly that, not realizing he had taken the wrong white Ford truck. No charges were filed.

Bristol Bay setnetter accused of overtime fishing

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/12/10 Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers cited Harlen P. Bailey II, 65, of Martinez, Calif., for commercial fishing with a set gillnet in the Kvichak section after the announced closure. Arraignment is set for 7/21/10 in Naknek District Court.

Setnet rope takes down trooper patrolling on ATV

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kenai
Type: ATV accident
On 7/11/10 at 0003 hours, Soldotna dispatch received a 911 call reporting an ATV crash on the beach south of the mouth of the Kenai River. CES medics, BHP, AST and AWT responded to the scene. Investigation revealed Alaska Wildlife Trooper Abbott was on patrol traveling south on the beach operating a Yamaha Grizzly ATV when his ATV struck a setnet rope that was pulled taut by the tide. The ATV rolled multiple times causing Abbott to be thrown from the ATV. Abbott was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. The caller and several other people came to his aid until medics and AST arrived. Abbott was transported by ambulance to Central Peninsula Hospital for non-life threatening injuries. The ATV sustained damage but was driven from the beach.

Three fishermen fined after guilty pleas at Bethel

From the Alaska State Troopers:

On 7/12/10 the following persons pled guilty at arraignment at the Bethel court and received sentences:

• Albert H. Kernak, 67, of Napakiak, commercial fish closed period, $1,000 fine with $500 suspended, one year year probation

• Raymond M. Evon, 53, of Bethel, commercial fish closed period, $1,000 fine with $500 suspended, one year probation

• John J. Mojin, 61, of Bethel, commercial fish closed period, $1,000 fine with $500 suspended, one year probation

Troopers cite more Bristol Bay salmon fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/9/10 Clark Yatsik, 41, of Kodiak, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/9/10 Bruce Corson, 49, of Anchorage, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/9/10 Samuel Bink, 27, of Medford, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/10/10 Peter Ryan Golia, 24, of Dillingham, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/19/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/10/10 Elliott N. Neese, 28, of Homer, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak section on both 7/9/10 and 7/10/10. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/19/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/10/10 Roseleen Lee Moore, 66, of Homer, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/19/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/10/10 Monica Ann Delkettie, 19, of Homer, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/19/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/10/10 Stephen D. Cardinalli, 60, of Monterey, Calif., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in the closed waters south of the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/10 Wilbur A. Reel, 70, of Redmond, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in the closed waters south of the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Kvichak
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/10/10 Philip John Nienhuis, 54, of Oak Harbor, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/7/10 Roger E. Jolma, 65, of Clatskanie, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/10/10 Edmond K. Hinsaw, 54, of Petersburg, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing in the closed waters south of the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/7/10 John C. McDonald, 54, of Seattle, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the south line of the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/10/10 Robert E. Dutton, 40, of Everett, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Death reported on fish tender near Ketchikan

According to Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission records, the person named in this item owned the F/V Pacific Queen, a 72-foot wood-hulled tender built in 1938.

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Ketchikan
Type: Death investigation
On 7/10/10 at approximately 1021 hours, the Alaska State Troopers in Ketchikan received a report of a death onboard the F/V Pacific Queen at Foggy Bay, approximately 45 miles south of Ketchikan. Investigation revealed 45-year-old Brian E. Sheldon, of Seattle, had passed away between the hours of 0700 and 1000 on 7/10/10 from what appears to be natural causes. The state medical examiner's office was contacted and an autopsy will be conducted. No indication of foul play was found. The next of kin have been notified.

Troopers, Sitka police nab hatchery poachers

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka
Type: Multiple violations
On 7/10/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Sitka Post, observed two males in a vessel at Medvejie Hatchery snag and retain a total of three king salmon in an area posted closed to fishing and closed by regulation to snagging. When troopers attempted to contact the individuals on the Medvejie fish pens, the suspects failed to stop their vessel as directed. One of the suspects and boat operator was identified as Jonathan W. McGraw Jr., 36, of Sitka. McGraw was subsequently stopped on Sawmill Creek Road by Sitka police as he towed his boat from the water. Investigation revealed McGraw and Joshua L. Gradin, 22, of Burbank, Wash., had dumped the three dead king salmon in Silver Bay shortly after fleeing from troopers. Both suspects were charged with failing to release snagged king salmon and waste of salmon. Gradin was also charged with failing to record a nonresident king salmon landing. Charges of failure to stop at the direction of a peace office and violation of conditions of release are being forwarded to the district attorney on McGraw. Gradin's total bail was $370. McGraw's total bail was $410. Both suspects were summoned to Sitka court for arraignment, on the waste of fish charge.

Two fishermen ticketed at Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/8/10 Nathaniel Schwartzbauer, 28, of Wasilla, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the Naknek-Kvichak District on 7/6/10. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/8/10 Robert Piatt, 59, of Wasilla, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the Naknek-Kvichak District on 7/6/10. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Bristol Bay troopers say man 'recklessly' fired gun

The person named in this item is a Bristol Bay salmon drift gillnet permit holder.

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham
Type: Misconduct involving firearm
On 7/5/10 Sergei I. Martushev, 24, of Homer, was cited by Bristol Bay Enforcement Troopers for misconduct involving a firearm. An investigation by troopers revealed Martushev was recklessly discharging a firearm in Bristol Bay. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Troopers: Gillnetter cut halibut longline at Sitka

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka
Type: Criminal mischief
On 7/3/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers in Haines served Brian A. O'Riley, 62, of Haines, a summons for criminal mischief. The charge results from an incident on 6/11/10 where O'Riley intentionally cut off a legal subsistence longline for halibut, just prior to a gillnet opening O'Riley was participating in, inside the Deep Inlet terminal harvest area. The longline was valued at approximately $150. The victim contacted O'Riley with the remnants of the longline still aboard his vessel, then reported the crime to Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Sitka Post. O'Riley is set to appear on 7/13/10 in the Sitka court.

Location: Sitka
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/8/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Sitka Post, observed the F/V Patty Lynn operating a seine net in the Deep Inlet terminal harvest area after the area had closed to seining. Owner and permit holder James R. Vaughan, 47 of Craig, was summoned to Sitka District Court for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Troopers charge four on Yukon with illegal fishing

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Lower Yukon River
Type: Commercial fishing violations
After patrolling commercial fisheries on the Lower Yukon River via state float plane, the Alaska Wildlife Troopers post in St. Marys cited the following: Alexie Benjamin, 47, and Louis Immamak, 35, both of Emmonak, for commercial fishing during a closed period; and Willie Long, 44, and John Long, 18, both of St. Marys, for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Troopers charge 27 more fishermen at Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/9/10 Steven Leroy Smith, 46, of College Place, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing with a drift gillnet vessel during a closed period in the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/19/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/8/10 Randolph Mann, 57, of Bellingham, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District on 7/6/10. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/8/10 Perivar Stadem, 73, of Anchorage, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/8/10 Larry A. Hurla, 57, of Clatskanie, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek section on 7/8/10. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/8/10 Christopher Voss, 49, of Santa Barbara, Calif., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District on 7/8/10. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/7/10 Guy Groat, 57, of Naknek, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/5/10 Todd Blanchard, 33, of Vancouver, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial salmon drift gillnet fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/14/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/6/10 Adrian Franulouic, 47, of Mt. Vernon, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing in closed waters in the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/14/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/8/10 Danislav Vukich, 51, of Naknek, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/6/10 Mark Schlauch, 43, of Forked River, N.J., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/8/10 Stephen Cardinalli, 59, of Monterey, Calif., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters outside the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Driftnet too close to setnet
On 7/6/10 Timothy Twomey, 48, of Anchorage, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for operating a drift gillnet within 100 feet of the offshore end of a set gillnet in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/8/10 Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers cited Knut R. Frostad, 69, of Camano Island, Wash., for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section of the Naknek-Kvichak District. Arraignment is set for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/8/10 Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers cited Wallace W. Field, 49, of Kodiak, for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section of the Naknek-Kvichak District. Arraignment is set for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/8/10 Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers cited Peter W. Kramer, 50, of Copper Center, for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section of the Naknek-Kvichak District. Arraignment is set for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/8/10 Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers cited John E. Glotfelty, 38, of Anchorage, for commercial fishing in closed waters outside the Naknek section of the Naknek-Kvichak District. Arraignment is set for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/5/10 Jeffrey N. George, 18, of Manokotak, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial set gillnet fishing in closed waters of the Igushik. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/13/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/6/10 Charles John Moses, 58, of Toksook Bay, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing in the Wood River 26 minutes before the opener. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/19/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/5/10 Abraham G. George, 48, of Manokotak, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial set gillnet fishing in the closed waters of the Igushik. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/13/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/6/10 Lindsay Helen Sifsof, 19, of Dillingham, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/13/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/27/10 Curtis W. Olson, 56, of Broadus, Mont., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/20/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/5/10 Roberto Suarez, 78, of Days Creek, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing with a drift gillnet during a closed commercial drift gillnet fishery in the Nushagak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/19/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/7/10 John Jimmy, 73, of Chefornak, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing with a drift gillnet vessel south of the southern district boundary for the Wood River fishery. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Fishing shoreward of a setnet
On 7/7/10 David J. Ross, 35, of Moxee, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing shoreward of a setnet in the Wood River special harvest area. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/19/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/6/10 Glenn Wysocki, 52, of Koliganek, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Wood River special harvest area. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/27/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/3/10 Sean McCabe, 49, of Bellingham, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during closed period in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/10 Sean McCabe, 49, of Bellingham, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Dutch Harbor report, eagle edition

From the local police blotter, as reported by the Unalaska Advertiser:

Public safety, June 29 — A woman collecting her mail at the Dutch Harbor Post Office received minor scratches on her head after she was attacked by one of a pair of nesting bald eagles.

Burglary, June 30 — A ravenous prowler cut himself on broken glass after he smashed windows in both an office building and a car, in an effort to illegally appropriate a computer monitor and several brightly colored cotton bandanas. Officers followed a trail of blood and pizza crumbs from the office building, through a hotel lobby and into the elevator, to the man's room on the third floor of the hotel. Scott M. Boylan, 30, of Washington, was subsequently found passed out and bleeding in his bed, surrounded by colorful kerchiefs. Boylan, who was unable to explain what exactly had happened, was charged with burglary, criminal mischief, theft and criminal trespass.

Animal, July 2 — A pedestrian reported she was the subject of repeated dive-bombing attacks by an eagle but had received no injuries.

Assistance rendered, July 2 — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service representative called regarding recent incidences of nesting eagles attacking people near their nest sites. No definitive course of action was determined but notices were put out to the public regarding the issue.

Ketchikan troller cited for undersized kings

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Ketchikan
Type: Commercial retention of undersized fish
On 7/5/10 Jesse J. Widmyer, 20, of Ketchikan, was cited for retaining 15 undersized troll-caught king salmon. Widmyer was cited after he was contacted at Trident Seafoods in Ketchikan aboard the F/V Whale Bird with 15 king salmon that were under the 28-inch minimum size limit. Arrangement is scheduled for 7/14/10 in Ketchikan.

Cordova man charged with fishing in closed waters

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Valdez
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/10 Jose Rubio, 67, of Cordova, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post, for commercial fishing over a quarter mile in closed waters outside the Eshamy District, western Prince William Sound. Arraignment scheduled for 7/28/10 in Cordova District Court.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

A few more Bristol Bay fishermen net court dates

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/10 Daniel Olson, 32, of Everett, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters outside the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/10 Daniel Olson, 32, of Everett, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters outside the Naknek section on 7/3/10. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/10 Drew Wise, 52, of Everett, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters outside the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/10 Drew Wise, 52, of Everett, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters outside the Naknek section on 7/3/10. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/4/10 Jerold Vantrease, 52, of Homer, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for operating a drift gillnet after the fishing period was closed in the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/4/10 Kristin Vantrease, 20, of Homer, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for operating a drift gillnet after the fishing period was closed in the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/2/10 John Schandelmeier, 58, of Gakona, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for fishing a commercial salmon setnet during a closed period. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/3/10 John Glotfelty, 39, of Anchorage, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters. Investigation showed Glotfelty operated the F/V Mariah in closed waters south of the Naknek section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

22 more fishermen ticketed at Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/2/10 Dylan Stuart Borden-Deal, 19, of Seattle, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing south of the Nushagak District in closed waters. Arraignment is for 7/20/10 scheduled in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/3/10 Rory Joseph Smith, 49, of Palm Bay, Fla., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing 194 feet south of the Nushagak District southern boundary. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/19/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/2/10 Gusty Robin Chythlook Sr., 69, of Aleknagik, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period of a drift gillnet fishery in Nushagak Bay. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/20/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/10 Jerry Heichel, 64, of Stanwood, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in the closed waters of the Naknek District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/14/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/2/10 Eric Eugene Whitaker, 36, of Woodinville, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing in closed waters of the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/20/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/2/10 Rowan M. Deal, 24, of Cordova, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing south of the Nushagak District in closed waters. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/20/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/2/10 Angela Lee Styczynski, 30, of Bellingham, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing in closed waters of the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/20/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/4/10 Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers cited Daniel Thomas Pine, 53, of Wasilla, for commercial fishing with a set gillnet five minutes prior to an opening in the Naknek section. Arraignment is set for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/4/10 Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers cited Daniel Timothy Pine, 25, of Wasilla, for commercial fishing with a set gillnet five minutes prior to an opening period in the Naknek section. Arraignment is set for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/3/10 Filip F. Marthushev, 31, of Homer, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/3/10 Richard Greenwood Bell Jr., 50, of Kodiak, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/20/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/29/10 Timothy Twomey, 47, of Anchorage, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in closed waters of the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/3/10 Thomas Munroe, 48, of Bellingham, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the south line of the Nushagak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/2/10 Todd David Osborn, 42, of Placerville, Calif., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period of the Nushagak commercial drift gillnet fishery and for failure to possess his photo identification while fishing with his Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission permit card. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/20/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/2/10 Calvin G. Riddle, 49, of Naknek, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period within the Kvichak section of the Naknek-Kvichak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/3/10 Rory M. Pitsch, 21, of Bellingham, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the south line of the Nushagak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/5/10 Shirley Ludvick, 51, of Iliamna, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial setnet fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/10 Leslie N. Stambaugh, 55, of Dillingham, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing the closed waters south of the south line of the Nushagak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/4/10 Kim J. Eufemio, 46, of Kodiak, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/10 Benjamin R. Mitchell, 29, of Bellingham, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in the closed waters south of the south line of the Nushagak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/10 Max W. Martin, 60, of Dillingham, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in the closed waters south of the south line of the Nushagak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/4/10 Blunka Robert Blunka, 43, of New Stuyahok, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/19/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Monday, July 5, 2010

32 Bristol Bay gillnetters accused of illegal fishing

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/24/10 David J. Sharp, 49, of Bellingham, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/14/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/25/10 Everett L. Thompson, 34, of Naknek, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/14/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/26/10 James D. England, 49, of Olympia, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/14/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/26/10 Curtis Eugene Marble, 45, of La Conner, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/14/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/26/10 Allan D. Acheson, 54, of Everett, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/14/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/27/10 David L. Johnson, 54, of Seattle, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/14/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/28/10 Mark E. Edvardsen, 49, of Snohomish, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/14/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/28/10 Clifford Farmer Black, 32, of Anchorage, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/28/10 Louis Hiratsuka, 70, of Dillingham, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/28/10 Brian A. Newman, 23, of Petersburg, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in the Naknek District Court.

Location: King Salmon
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/27/10 Jack O. Bay, 64, of Beaverton, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for operating a commercial drift gillnet in closed waters. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/28/10 Jeffrey V. Yeoman, 41, of Homer, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 06/30/10 August M. Flensburg, 58, of Nikiski, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 06/30/10 Arthur H. Johnson V, 24, of Dillingham, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled for 07/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/30/10 Roscoe C. Schroeder, 37, of Dillingham, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period south of the Nushagak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 07/12/10 in Dillingham District Cour.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 06/30/10, KJ Herman, 56, of Kodiak, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing in closed waters. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/20/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/30/10 Michael Vernon Anderson, 21, of Bow, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters. Arraignment is scheduled for 07/20/2010 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Ugashik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/1/10 George R. Veneroso, 53, of Weatherly, Pa., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Drift boat too close to setnet
On 7/2/10 Michael Ness, 56, of Seattle, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for minimum distance between commercial fishing gear. Ness operated the F/V Erin N when his drift gillnet became entangled with a setnet. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Naknek
Type: Vessel license
On 7/2/10 John Herrity, 42, of Elk Point, S.D., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing from a vessel that was not licensed with the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission. Bail was set at $210.

Location: Ugashik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/1/10 Daniel S. Johnson, 62, of Anchorage, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Ugashik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/1/10 Isaac J. Thistle, 21, of Wasilla, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Ugashik
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/1/10 Mark E. Kurtz, 65, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Ugashik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/15/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed water
On 6/30/10 John B. Hansen, 55, of Anchorage, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed water
On 6/30/10 Nick Kailukiak, 32, of Toksook Bay, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/16/10 in Naknek District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/1/10 Charles W. Treinen, 57, of Anchorage, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in the closed waters upstream of the upstream line of the Igushik River salmon section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 07/1/10 Nicholas R. Treinen, 18, of Anchorage, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in the closed waters upstream of the upstream line of the Igushik River salmon section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/1/10 Timothy Todd Stage, 50, of Homer, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial drift gillnet fishing 500 feet south of the Nushagak District southern boundary line. Arraignment is scheduled for 07/20/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/1/10 Sergey Kutsev, 20, of Scott Mills, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the south line in the Nushagak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/1/10 Timothy Erofeeff, 20, of Scott Mills, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the south line in the Nushagak section. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/12/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/2/10 Nicholas Downs, 30, of Homer, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/20/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Location: Dillingham
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/2/10 Thomas Bursch, 46, of Homer was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/20/10 in Dillingham District Court.

Lack of child PFD nets Kusko fisherman a ticket

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Quinhagak
Type: No PFD
On 7/2/10 during a routine commercial fisheries patrol in Kuskokwim District W-4 near Quinhagak, Bethel Wildlife Troopers cited Joseph Brown, 68, of Kongiganak, for no personal floatation device under 13 after observing an 8-year-old child in an open boat during commercial fishing operations. Bail set at $100.

Cordova pair accused of overtime fishing

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Ester, Prince William Sound
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/1/10 Regan Mann, 45, of Cordova, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Girdwood Post, for commercial fishing as the skipper and permit holder aboard the F/V Josephine Rose, 11 minutes after the closure of a commercial fishing period. Mann's arraignment date was set for 7/28/10 in Cordova District Court.

Location: Cordova
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/1/10 Kris D. Phillips, 45, of Cordova, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Cordova Post, for commercial fishing as the skipper and permit holder aboard the F/V Prosperity, 28 minutes after the closure of a commercial fishing period on the Copper River flats. Phillips' arraignment date was set for 7/28/10 in Cordova District Court.

Troopers write two tickets at Sand Point

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sand Point
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/18/10 John P. Gardner III, 52, of Sand Point, was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Stepaval area near Sand Point. Arraignment is scheduled for 07/27/10 in Valdez District Court.

Location: Sand Point
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/18/10 Nick A. Carlson, 42, of Anchorage, was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Stepaval area near Sand Point. Arraignment is scheduled for 07/27/10 in Valdez District Court.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Troopers cite three on Yukon, Kuskokwim

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Lower Yukon River
Type: Commercial fishing violations
On 6/29/10, while patrolling a District 1 commercial fishery on the Lower Yukon River via float plane, Alaska Wildlife Troopers in St. Marys issued a citation to Hermus Aparezuk, 41, of Kotlik, for failing to properly identify his commercial fishing gear. He also received a summons for obstructing more than half the width of a waterway with his driftnet.

Location: Kuskokwim River near Napakiak
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/28/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Raymond Evon, 53, of Bethel, for commercial fishing during a closed period. Troopers observed Evon with his net still in the water after the commercial subdistrict 1-B closure. He was given a court date.

Location: Napakiak
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/28/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Albert Kernak, 67, of Napakiak, for commercial fishing during a closed period. Troopers saw him with a net in the water after the closure of Kuskokwim subdistrict 1-B near Napakiak. Kernak was given a court date.

Seven charged with illegal fishing in Sound

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Seward
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/23/10 Gregory C. Synner, 51, of Wasilla, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Seward Post, for commercial fishing in waters closed by regulation in western Prince William Sound. Synner is the skipper and permit holder of the F/V Aquaholic. Arraignment was set for 8/3/10 in the Seward District Court.

Location: Cordova
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/23/10 Karl E. Buckland, 47, of Moose Pass, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Cordova Post, for commercial fishing in closed waters of the Eshamy subdistrict, western Prince William Sound. Buckland is the skipper and permit holder on the F/V Navigator. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/21/10 in the Cordova District Court.

Location: Cordova
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/27/10 Travis W. Lee, 22, of Sutton, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Cordova Post, for commercial fishing in closed waters of the Eshamy subdistrict, western Prince William Sound. Lee is the skipper and permit holder on the F/V Number 7. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/21/10 in the Cordova District Court.

Location: Cordova
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/27/10 Michael Mahoney, 36, of Cordova, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Cordova Post, for commercial fishing in closed waters of the Eshamy subdistrict, western Prince William Sound. Mahoney is the skipper and permit holder on the F/V Dorothy G. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/21/10 in the Cordova District Court.

Location: Cordova
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/27/10 Ronald W. Hinde, 55, of Cordova, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Cordova Post, for commercial fishing in closed waters of the Eshamy subdistrict, western Prince William Sound. Hinde is the skipper and permit holder on the F/V Kelsey Lynn. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/21/10 in the Cordova District Court.

Location: Cordova
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/27/10 Robert W. Beedle, 52, of Cordova, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Cordova Post, for commercial fishing in closed waters of the Eshamy subdistrict, western Prince William Sound. Beedle is the skipper and permit holder on the F/V Anjeli. Arraignment is scheduled for 7/21/10 in the Cordova District Court.

Location: Valdez
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/28/10 Steven Johnson, 45, of Cordova, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post, for commercial fishing in the closed waters of the Esther subdistrict, as the permit holder on the F/V UFO. Johnson also was issued a citation for no photo identification in possession. Arraignment scheduled for 7/28/10 in the Cordova District Court.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

The Dutch Harbor report

From the local police blotter, as reported by the Unalaska Advertiser:

Theft, June 21 — Nineteen crab pots, between March 1 and June 21. The complainant stated he could differentiate his pots from others. There were no leads.

Suspicious people, June 24 — Out-of-town police department reported suspicious people were due to arrive in Unalaska soon.