Thursday, June 29, 2017

Troopers cite several Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak Bay
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/28/17 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Nicholas Marcoux-Kamis, 23, of Wasilla, for commercial salmon fishing in closed waters outside the boundaries of the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/26/17 Anthony Resetarits, 25, of Anchorage, and Mark McGregor, 22, of Homer, were cited for commercial fishing from the F/V Valor four minutes after the closure of a fishing period set by emergency order.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/24/17 Michael S. Capri, 21, of Newport, Ore., was cited for commercial fishing 148 feet south of the southern boundary of the Egegik District in waters closed to fishing.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/23/17 Isaac Thistle, 28, of Wasilla, was cited for operating commercial driftnet gear 175 feet south of the southern boundary line in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/21/17 Michael Torget, 26, of Cle Elum, Wash., and David Harsila, 62, Shoreline, Wash., were cited for operating commercial driftnet gear three minutes and 25 seconds past the Egegik District closure.

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Gillnetter charged at Kodiak

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kodiak
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/17/17 Kodi A. Metzger, 37, of Custer, Wash., was issued a summons to court for having gillnet deployed in the waters of Alitak Bay during a closed period and for failing to have a photo ID in possession.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Crabber nets $5,000 fine after Juneau trial

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Juneau
Type: Conviction
On 6/12/17 Daniel Foley, 70, of Gustavus, was found guilty during a bench trial of retaining undersized Tanner crab. Foley is the permit holder and owner of the F/V Steller. He was fined $9,000 with $4,000 suspended and placed on probation for a year.

Driftnetter cited twice at Valdez

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Valdez
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/12/17 Simeao Kusnetsov, 34, of Wasilla, was issued a citation for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Esther subdistrict, northwestern Prince William Sound. Kusnetsov was operating his drift gillnet 10 minutes after the close of the period. Kusnetsov was issued a second citation for no PFD on a child under 13 years old.