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.