Troopers cite four more Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/13/26 Nicholas Burch Zuanich, 48, and Patrick Kelsey Harber, 38, both from Bellingham, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Gillnet violation

On 7/4/26 Avtanom Reutov, 40, from Homer, and Josiph Martushev, 45, from Woodburn, Ore., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

Three more fishermen cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/16/26 Kyle Ray Clapp, 37, from Bend, Ore., and Nathanial Irvin Hunter-Skeek, 28, from Angoon, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/4/26 Iulian Basargin, 33, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Another handful of Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/18/26 Noah Benjamin Cash, 39, from Ventura, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Ugashik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/11/26 Simon Manuel Schaad, 38, from Winthrop, Wash., and Austin James William Hynd, 34, from Columbiana, Ala., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Ugashik Bay.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fishing gear violation

On 7/9/26 Samuel Steen, 41, from Aspen, Colo., and Jordan Dykes, 40, from Spokane, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gear violation and giving false information on record of purchase in the Nushagak District.

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Several federal enforcement actions settled

NOAA's Office of General Counsel reports the following resolved cases charged before May 1 of this year:

ALASKA

• F/V Northern Victor — Owner Westward Seafoods Inc. and manager Jacob L. Courson were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with failing to timely submit three product transfer reports. A $2,250 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued. The case against the owner settled for $2,025. The case against the operator defaulted.

• Silver Bay Seafoods-Kodiak LLC — Silver Bay Seafoods-Kodiak LLC, a shoreside processor, was charged under the Magnuson-Stevens Act for utilizing a scale to weigh groundfish that failed to display a valid state of Alaska sticker indicating that the scale was inspected and approved within the previous 12 months. A $21,000 NOVA was issued, and the case settled for $16,800.

• F/V Aleutian Beauty — Operator William Edmund Widing and owners Widing Aleutian Beauty LLC and Peter Thompson were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with failing to comply with vessel monitoring system requirements on eight trips. A $32,000 NOVA was issued, and the case settled for $16,000.

WEST COAST

• F/V Majesty — Owner Trident Seafoods Corp. and operator Tony Jones were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with failing to comply with the terms of a NMFS-accepted electronic monitoring vessel monitoring plan. A $152,000 NOVA was issued, and the case settled for $120,000.

Three more fishermen cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/15/26 Michael Steven Wilson, 67, from Ellensburg, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Ugashik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/29/26 Kyle Erik Lints, 43, and Jaime Angelo Hernandez, 50, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Ugashik Bay.

More salmon fishermen cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/15/26 David Kent Edens, 63, and Peyton Jeremiah Kent Edens, 21, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/15/26 Peter Paul Balesteri, 63, from Seaside, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Naknek-Kvichak Bay.

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/15/26 James Francis Voss, 35, from Santa Barbara, Calif., and Michael Robert Gierlach, 33, from Tempe, Ariz., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/10/26 Rowan Stewart, 31, from Vashon, Wash., and Conrad Wharton, 36, from Leavenworth, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Vessel owner-operator hit with nearly $20K penalty

NOAA's Office of General Counsel reports this case charged in May:

• F/V Sentinel — Owner-operator Arseny I. Polushkin was charged under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with fishing for groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska without a federal fisheries permit, failing to log a groundfish fishing trip in the Observer Deploy and Declare System, and interfering with, obstructing and delaying an authorized officer in conducting an investigation, search and seizure. Proceeds of $8,998.30 were previously judicially forfeited. A $19,750 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued.

Three more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Gillnet overlength

On 7/5/26 William Raymond Johnson, 67, from Cathlamet, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/4/26 Corey Boone, 43, from Missoula, Mont., and Dillon Baird, 38, from Prescott, Ariz., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Another handful cited at Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek-Kvichak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/11/26 Michael Steven Capri, 30, from Eugene, Ore., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Naknek-Kvichak Bay.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/8/26 Raymond Thorson, 80, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Gillnet violation

On 7/4/26 Pavil Reutov, 42, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/4/26 Ioan Kuzmin, 27, from Delta Junction, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters and a gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

A few more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek District

Type: Unlawful practices and record of purchases

On 7/10/26 Shane Jason Mitchell, 50, from Morristown, Tenn., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for unlawful practices and record of purchases in the Naknek District.

Location: Naknek District

Type: Setnet too close to another

On 7/10/26 Elaine Kraun, 62, and Olivia Elizabeth Dunn, 25, both from South Naknek, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for set gillnet too close to another in the Naknek District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/27/26 Eric Osuch, 26, from Vernon Hills, Ill., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Failure to register

On 6/27/26 Danielle Webb, 36, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failure to register in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Failure to register

On 6/27/26 Kris Straub, 49, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failure to register in the Nushagak District.

Troopers cite another raft of Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/7/26 Matthew George Marinkovich, 58, from Friday Harbor, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek section.

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/7/26 Erick Jefferies, 44, from Houston, Texas, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/7/26 William Zane Middleton, 32, from Seaside, Ore., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Setnet overlength

On 7/5/26 Robert Frederick Johnson, 63, from Longview, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for set gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Naknek section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/4/26 Andrew Joseph Asaro, 57, from Monterey, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek section.

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/4/26 Griffin Deigh Adams, 25, from King Salmon, and Jason Edwin Mitchell, 45, from Bellingham, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Ugashik

Type: Commercial fish closed waters, vessel ID

On 6/29/26 Ross L. Trainor, 42, from Vassalboro, Maine, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters and vessel ID requirements in Ugashik Bay.

Several more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/4/26 Foma Reutov, 44, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/4/26 Dimitry Basargin, 21, and Kliment Basargin, 19, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period and a gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Gillnet violation

On 7/2/26 Leontey Kuzmin, 34, from Delta Junction, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Gillnet violation

On 7/2/26 Selivan Basargin, 23, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/1/26 Nicholas Marcoux-Kamis, 32, from Salem, Ore., and a 17-year-old juvenile male from Silverton, Ore., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Egegik Bay.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/30/26 Milo Waltenbaugh, 23, from Minneapolis, Minn., and Ian Pitzman, 57, from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/29/26 Douglas Eric Morgan, 53, and Benjamin George Freas Morgan, 23, both from Wasilla, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District.

Multiple charges lodged in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Setnet overlength

On 7/5/26 Johnny Fiasco Veenhouwer, 44, from Chehalis, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for set gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Setnet overlength

On 7/5/26 Krista Marie Johnson, 39, from Vancouver, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for set gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Gillnet overlength

On 7/5/26 Steve Clark Hicks, 39, from Olympia, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/4/26 Hal A. Weese, 34, from Snohomish, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Gillnet violation

On 7/2/26 David Smith, 72, from College Place, Wash., and William Wren, 62, from Yucaipa, Calif., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

Location: Ugashik north line

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/29/26 Martin B. Speak, 63, from Kenmore, Wash., and Arlo E. Davies, 36, from Bellingham, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters at the Ugashik north line.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/29/26 Eric Strain, 57, from Salt Lake City, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

A few more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/4/26 Kristina Basargin, 33, and Zasim Basargin, 22, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period and prohibited grounding in the Nushagak District.

Location: Ugashik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/29/26 Chancelen Kim Collier, 40, and Calem Kyle Collier, 28, both from Seldovia, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Ugashik Bay. 

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/27/26 Milo Waltenbaugh, 23, from Minneapolis, Minn., and Ian Pitzman, 57, from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Bristol Bay fisherman cited over grounding

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Prohibited grounding

On 7/1/26 Mike Saarheim, 66, from Astoria, Ore., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing prohibited grounding in the Nushagak District.

Two more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/1/26 Caleb Jordan Johnson, 41, from College Place, Wash., and Nikita Sergeevich Lutoshkin, 25, from Little Falls, Minn., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in Egegik Bay.

Bristol Bay fishermen cited on variety of charges

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Failure to report lost net

On 6/30/26 Steffen Refvik, 27, from Anchorage, and Brandon Anderson, 31, from Wasilla, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failure to report a lost net in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/29/26 Ivan Basargin, 36, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Gillnet overlength

On 6/29/26 Naomi Lynn Veal, 44, from Nikiski, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period, waste of salmon

On 6/27/26 Brian Dierich, 53, and Ty Anderson, 47, both from Kodiak, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period and waste of salmon in the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/27/26 Logan Jungkuntz, 31, from Seattle, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Egegik Bay.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/27/26 Natasha Mann, 46, from Shoreline, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/27/26 Andrey Martushev, 45, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Troopers cite a few more Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/1/26 Joseph Sukalski, 27, from Naknek, and Michael Gibbs, 38, from Anchorage, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters and vessel ID

On 6/30/26 Filimon Basargin, 46, and Miron Basargin, 18, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fish in closed waters and vessel identification in the Nushagak District.

Location: South line, Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/26/26 Justin Charles Ridley, 29, from Bellingham, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters on the south line, in the Egegik District.