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.