Two more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/14/25 William R. Olsen, 64, from Cathlamet, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek section.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/8/25 Kiril Martushev, 37, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Nushagak.

Two Petersburg fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Petersburg

Type: Commercial Dungeness violation

On 7/20/25 Michael Norheim, 27, of Petersburg, was issued two summonses for commercial Dungeness violations. Norheim, permit holder aboard the F/V Hood Point, was found to be in possession of undersized Dungeness crab and utilized Dungeness crab pots that did not meet the requirement for escape rings.

Location: Petersburg

Type: Commercial longline violation

On 7/16/25 Robert Schwartz, 59, of Petersburg, was issued a summons by Alaska Wildlife Troopers. Schwartz, the permit holder and owner of the F/V Zeus, retained over the bycatch limit of lingcod.

Four cited for Bristol Bay district transfer violation

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: District transfer

On 7/8/25 the Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited the following individuals aboard the fishing vessel Thunder for commercial fishing during a 48-hour district transfer period in the Naknek-Kvichak District: Taran White, 42, from Sandpoint, Idaho; Quintin K. Chow, 28, from Homer; Caymus A. Thomas, 29, from Palmer; and Brandon D. Kurtz, 22, from Vernal, Utah.

Four charged with illegal fishing in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kvichak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/14/25 Bryan W. McMahan, 41, from Gakona, and a 14-year-old juvenile, from Wasilla, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Kvichak Bay.

Location: Naknek section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/13/25 Jehra C. Moore, 40, from Sedro-Woolley, Wash., and Jonathon D. Wicker, 41, from Choteau, Mont., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek section.

Troopers cite another slug of Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/15/25 Allan D. Acheson, 69, from Everett, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Overlength net

On 7/12/25 Walter T. Disarro, 37, from Wasilla, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/12/25 Matthew Johnson, 35, from Green Cove Springs, Fla., and Conor Roland-Chicvara, 35, from Bellingham, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Ugashik — Smokey Point

Type: Grounding prohibited

On 7/10/25 Antony A. Basargin, 48, and Kristina A. Basargin, 32, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for grounding prohibited.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Overlength net

On 7/10/25 Terri M. Popa, 66, from Fallbrook, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Ugashik north line

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/25 Kalistrat Basargin, 23, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters on the Ugashik north line.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/25 Olav Refvik, 67, and Gabriel B. Karp, 21, both from Key Largo, Fla., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/25 Dimitry B. Basargin, 20, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/7/25 Kieran R. Barr, 56, from Freeland, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/5/25 George George, 70, from Dade City, Fla., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section of the Naknek-Kvichak District.

A few more cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Overlength net

On 7/13/25 Olin D. Fair, 24, from Anchorage, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for set gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Overlength net

On 7/11/25 Kerry L. McKimson, 64, from Wasilla, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/25 Steffen W. Refvik, 26, from Key Largo, Fla., and Benjamin H. Fenner, 21, from Westport, Conn., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District.

Three more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/13/25 Trefon Yako, 37, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/13/25 Dylan B. Most, 22, and Charles H. Most, 65, both from Westport, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Bristol Bay fisherman cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek section

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/12/25 Christopher T. Murry, 31, from Naknek, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the Naknek section.

Troopers cite more Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/13/25 Ernest Pauk, 40, from Manokotak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for negligently using an overlength net in Igushik Bay.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/4/25 Anthony J. Gaskill, 41, from Myrtle Creek, Ore., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Naknek section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/28/25 George George, 70, from Dade City, Fla., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Two charged at Bristol Bay with overlength setnets

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/8/25 Bessie Krause, 58, from Manokotak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for operating an overlength set gillnet in the Igushik River.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/7/25 Theron Heavener, 55, from Chugiak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for operating an overlength setnet in the Nushagak District.

More citations issued in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/11/25 Kyle Knight, 37, and Alana Knight, 40, from Battle Ground, 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 7/10/25 Andrew Nason, 35, and Phoenix Lehman, 19, both from Lopez Island, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/10/25 Thomas Olsen, 19, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/9/25 Justin Rydeen, 35, from Lake Stevens, Wash., and Ferris Allen, 26, from Anchorage, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Reporting requirements

On 6/30/25 Percival Urban, 50, from Miami, Fla., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failing to report and register as a salmon processor and buyer with Dillingham ADF&G prior to landing and processing salmon.

33-pound king salmon seized, man cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kenai North Beach

Type: Kenai River dipnet fishery violation

On 7/11/25 Soldotna Wildlife Troopers responded to a complaint of an individual retaining a king salmon on Kenai North Beach. Troopers located and contacted Michael Reed, 64, of Wasilla. Reed was found to have a 40-inch, 33-pound king salmon in his possession. Reed was issued a citation with a $270 fine, and his fish was seized and given to a charity.

More citations issued in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/8/25 Truls Finbraten, 56, from La Grande, Ore., and Jorge Cifuentes Garcia, 32, from Ferndale, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing with an overlength drift gillnet.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/5/25 Steven E. Haney, 62, from Wasilla, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/2/25 Jennifer M. Beck, 41, and John E. Spangler, 77, both from Auburn, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek-Kvichak District. 

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/30/25 Hunter Esary, 27, from Kalama, Wash., and Maxwell Conradi, 29, from Sterling, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/29/25 Mark Smith, 64, from Anchorage, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Two Prince William Sound driftnetters cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Prince William Sound

Type: Anchoring net

On 7/3/25 at approximately 1150 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers observed commercial fishing vessel Savage anchoring its net to the beach during the driftnet salmon opener in the Coghill District. AWT contacted the captain and identified him as Mihael Kuzmin, 32, out of Homer. Kuzmin was issued a mandatory court appearance for Aug. 1 in Anchorage.

Location: Prince William Sound

Type: Anchoring net

On 7/3/25 at approximately 1300 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers observed commercial fishing vessel Drifter anchoring its net to the beach during the driftnet salmon opener in the Coghill District. AWT contacted the captain and identified him as Fred Matveev, 61, out of Anchorage. Matveev was issued a mandatory court appearance for Aug. 1 in Anchorage.

Troopers write numerous citations in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/8/25 Danny Togiak, 62, from Aleknagik, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for negligently operating an overlength set gillnet.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/8/25 Damian Serebrekoff, 25, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/7/25 Jon M. Redfield, 37, from Duluth, Minn., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Naknek section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/6/25 Brandon Ahrndt, 38, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Naknek section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/6/25 Thomas A. Tormala Jr., 46, from Kodiak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/6/25 Ludwig Johnson, 56, from Dillingham, and Michael Nerguson, 37, from Dillingham, were cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/6/25 Lee S. Clark, 68, from Naselle, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/5/25 Murray Buys, 65, from Antioch, Calif., and Kelton Lachelt, 24, from Henderson, Nev., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/5/25 Dimitry Kuzmin, 48, from Homer, and Georgi Samoilov, 23, from Wasilla, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for using an overlength drift gillnet.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/4/25 Morris Lopez, 60, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for negligently operating an overlength drift gillnet.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/2/25 Eric Beamer, 67, from Lynden, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Ugashik

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/30/25 John C. Ford, 41, from Del Mar, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/30/25 Hunter Esary, 27, from Kalama, Wash., and Maxwell Conradi, 29, from Sterling, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/27/25 Eric Debruin, 39, from Houston, Texas, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

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.

Factory trawler charged with pollock violation

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

• C/P North Star — Owner North Star Vessel LLC and operator Joshua Buchan were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with exceeding the maximum retainable amount of pollock. A $23,408 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued.

Observer infractions charged

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

• F/V Carlynn — Owner Carlynn Inc. and owner-operator Robert Becker were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with failing to maintain safe conditions for the protection of observers, failing to provide adequate accommodations for observers, and intimidating and harassing observers. A $28,500 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued.

Feds detail several Alaska enforcement cases

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

• F/T U.S. Intrepid — Owner U.S. Fishing LLC and operator Erin Blaine Moore were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with failing to comply with vessel monitoring system requirements and for failing to submit two product transfer reports as required. A $38,000 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued.

• F/V Alaska Victory — Owner Alaska Victory Inc. and operator David D. Bishop were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with failing to comply with vessel monitoring system requirements. A $36,000 NOVA was issued, and the case settled for $32,400.

• F/V Arica — Owner Arica Vessel LLC and operator John C. Nelson were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with exceeding the maximum retainable amount of pollock on one fishing trip and failing to timely submit one product transfer report. A $20,818 NOVA was issued.

• F/V Lady Lee Dawn — Owner-operator Alvin J. Newman Jr. was charged under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with failing to comply with vessel monitoring system requirements. A $10,000 NOVA was issued.

• F/V Pacific Star — Owner Pacstar Inc. and operator John P. McCarthy were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with exceeding the maximum retainable amount of bycatch on one trip in 2023. A $4,836 NOVA was issued, and the case settled for $4,361.

• F/V Dominator — Owner Trident Seafoods and operator Jamie Potter were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with exceeding the maximum retainable amount of squid and sablefish. A $4,000 NOVA was issued, and the case settled for $3,600.

Crabber cited over female and undersized Tanners

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Bering Sea

Type: Retain female and undersized crab

On 2/3/25 Jakob V. Anderson, 44, from Lake Stevens, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for retaining female and undersized Tanner crab in the Bering Sea. Arraignment set for 4/29/25 in Unalaska District Court.

Man charged at Dutch Harbor with crab overages

Details in this press release from the Alaska State Troopers.

Feds hit O'Hara with $191,971 in penalties

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

• C/P Defender — Owner O'Hara Corp. and operator Michael Burgett were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with directed fishing in an Atka mackerel no fishing zone. A $102,137 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued.

• C/P Defender — Owner O'Hara Corp. and operator Dean Slater were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with directed fishing in an Atka mackerel no fishing zone. An $89,834 NOVA was issued.

$8,250 penalty assessed in sablefish discards case

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

• F/V Mirage — Owner JJ Mirage LLC and operator Jeffrey Turner were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with illegally discarding IFQ sablefish caught with fixed gear when any IFQ permit holder aboard held unused sablefish IFQ and with failing to record discard information in their vessel's Daily Fishing Logbook. An $8,250 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued.

Cutter interacts with Bering fisheries during patrol

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bertholf carried out fisheries enforcement and assistance during a 130-day deployment patrolling the Bering Sea.

The 418-foot Bertholf conducted 24 boardings of commercial fishing vessels, and responded to a disabled fishing vessel 80 nautical miles northeast of Dutch Harbor, a Coast Guard press release said.

"The fishing vessel Seabrooke had lost all electrical power, including navigation equipment and steering as a significant storm was approaching their position," the press release said. "Bertholf arrived on scene and placed the disabled vessel in tow using a bridle that Bertholf's crew handcrafted. Bertholf was relieved of the tow by commercial salvage vessel Makushin Bay who towed the disabled vessel safely into port at Akutan."

Two foreign-flagged trampers were boarded, the Coast Guard said.

The Bertholf also patrolled along the maritime boundary line between the United States and Russia.

Federal authorities conclude three cases

NOAA's Office of General Counsel reports the following case resolutions:

• F/V U.S. Intrepid — Crewman Zedrick Moli (aka Zedrick Allen) was charged under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with harassing and sexually harassing a female fisheries observer. An $18,000 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued. The NOVA became a final administrative decision due to default.

• F/V Norse Maid — Operator/IFQ hired master Nick A. Carlson was charged under the Northern Pacific Halibut Act with failing to log one fishing trip in the Observer Deploy and Declare System as required. A $4,500 NOVA was issued. The NOVA became a final administrative decision due to default.

• F/V Cape Caution — Operator Kerby Glen Mitchell was charged under the Northern Pacific Halibut Act with possessing chunked halibut in violation of the act's annual management measures. Chunked halibut in the amount of 232 pounds was forfeited by abandonment. A $2,050 NOVA was issued, and the case settled for $1,845.

Feds detail three enforcement cases

NOAA's Office of General Counsel reports these cases charged in December:

• F/V Evie Grace — Owner Evie Grace Fisheries LLC and operator Robert B. Langdon were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with observer sampling interference, unlawful discard of a Rockfish Program species, and with exceeding maximum retainable amounts of bycatch in 2022 and 2023. A $35,918 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued, and the case settled for $33,368.

• F/V Gambler — Owner Gambler Tendering LLC and operator Kyle Potter were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with operating a vessel without transmitting from a vessel monitoring system when required, and with catching and retaining Pacific cod from waters adjacent to the Gulf of Alaska without all required designations and/or endorsements, and/or when directed fishing for Pacific cod was not open. A $29,621.38 NOVA was issued.

• F/V Unimak — Owner Unimak Vessel LLC and operator David L. Ostrom were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with exceeding the maximum retainable amount of pollock on one fishing trip and failing to timely submit one product transfer report. A $4,514 NOVA was issued.