From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Juneau
Type: Sentencing
On 5/28/13 Benjamin Seeland, 32,
of Sitka, pled guilty in Juneau District Court to one count of commercial fishing in closed waters
and one count of filing false fish tickets. On 11/5/12 Alaska State Troopers
onboard the P/V Enforcer contacted the commercial sea cucumber vessel Sandra L, and permit holder and diver Seeland, as they actively
took sea cucumbers inside of Eliza Harbor on the south end of
Admiralty Island. Eliza Harbor had not been opened to the commercial harvest
of sea cucumbers in 2012. Investigation showed Seeland participated
in the taking of sea cucumbers inside the closed waters of Eliza Harbor,
then he filed false commercial fish tickets by listing those sea cucumbers
as being caught in the Port Camden area on two separate occasions. Seeland's sentence included a $1,500 fine, nine days of jail, forfeiture of the commercial dive
gear used in the violation, revocation of his Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission dive permit
for one year, restitution of $3,486.02 and two years of probation.
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