Arrest made after reported assault on fishing vessel

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Craig
Type: Assault
On 7/27/22 at approximately 1900 hours, the Alaska State Troopers on Prince of Wales received a report of an assault that occurred on a fishing vessel in the waters just outside the city of Craig. Investigation revealed Bradly Ross, 51, of Washington, had assaulted another crewmember on the boat by grabbing the crewmember then pushing his arm against his throat, making it so he couldn't breathe or speak for a short time. The dispute occurred after the crewmember drank some of Bradly's orange juice. Brady was remanded to the Craig jail on a charge of assault in the second degree and held without bail.

Southeast seiners charged with illegal fishing

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Prince of Wales Island
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 8/12/15 Alaska Wildlife Troopers on the P/V Interceptor contacted the seine vessel Spicy Lady west of Craig fishing in waters closed to commercial salmon seining. The captain, Derek Gibb, 34, and the permit holder, Jaqueline Martens, 62, both of Petersburg, were served with a summons for commercial fishing during a closed period. Arraignment set for 9/1/15 in Craig District Court.

Four herring pound permit holders cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Craig
Type: Failure to release herring
On 4/5/13 at approximately 0103 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, conducted commercial fishing checks on the herring pound grounds near Craig. Investigation revealed that captured herring had not been released as required by the permit holders on the F/V Andy Sea. Permit holders Bradford Scudder, 55, Andrew Scudder, 24, Matthew Donovan, 27, and Lauchlin Leach, 40, were each issued a summons to appear in Craig District Court.

Troopers make five geoduck overlimit cases

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Craig
Type: Overlimit of geoduck clams
On 3/12/13 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, cited Forest Collins, 39, of Craig, for retaining more than the maximum limit of geoduck clams for a commercial fishing period set out by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Arraignment set for 3/22/13 in Craig District Court.

Location: Craig
Type: Overlimit of geoduck clams
On 3/12/13 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, cited Colin Darrah, 50, of Seattle, for retaining more than the maximum limit of geoduck clams for a commercial fishing period set out by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Arraignment set for 4/11/13 in Craig District Court.

Location: Craig
Type: Overlimit of geoduck clams
On 3/1/13 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, cited Jim Farmer, 29, of Craig, for retaining more than the maximum limit of geoduck clams for a commercial fishing period set out by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Arraignment set for 3/22/13 in Craig District Court.

Location: Craig
Type: Overlimit of geoduck clams
On 3/12/13 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, cited Eric Reimer, 33, of Ketchikan, for retaining more than the maximum limit of geoduck clams for a commercial fishing period set out by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Arraignment set for 4/11/13 in Craig District Court.

Location: Craig
Type: Overlimit of geoduck clams
On 3/6/13 Klawock Wildlife Troopers cited Desi Mangini, 25, of Silverdale, Wash., for retaining more than the maximum limit of geoduck clams for a commercial fishing period set out by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Arraignment set for 3/27/13 at Craig District Court.

Geoduck fisherman charged with overharvest

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Craig
Type: Overlimit of geoduck clams
On 1/10/13 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, cited Marc Reynolds, 57, of Craig, for harvesting and delivering an overlimit of commercial geoduck clams on 11/1/12. Arraignment set for 2/1/13 in Craig District Court.

Geoduck divers find trouble at Craig

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Craig
Type: Conviction — commercial fish closed waters
On 11/1/12 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, cited Eric R. Larson, 32, and Morris B. Mattson, 46, both of Petersburg, for commercial fishing for geoduck clams in closed waters. Both individuals pled no contest in Craig District Court and were fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended. The court ordered each to pay restitution of $2,000 for the illegally taken geoducks.

Location: Craig
Type: False information on fish ticket
On 11/8/12 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, cited both permit holders of the fishing vessel The Edge for unlawfully signing a fish ticket with an inaccurate weight after a delivery of commercially harvested geoducks at the E.C. Phillips processing plant in Craig. Randall Selness, 49, of Olympia, Wash., and Ian Walt, 47, of Friday Harbor, Wash., were issued a summons to appear in Craig District Court.

Wanted man arrested aboard boat at Craig

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Craig
Type: Warrant arrest
On 8/24/12 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, contacted Carl Liberty Jr., 22, onboard the F/V Ida Marie at the Craig harbor. Liberty had a felony $5,000 outstanding warrant from Sitka. He was arrested, transported and remanded to the Craig jail.

Troopers cite trollers, donate salmon to charity

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Craig
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 8/14/11 at 1205 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Sitka Post, contacted the F/V High Pockets commercial power trolling for salmon off Baker Island during a closed season. Investigation revealed the vessel had retained eight king salmon before the opening of the season at 1201 hours on 8/15/11. Skipper and permit holder Thomas A. George, 56, and crewman Jared B. Barlow, 37, both of Klawock, were cited with one count each of commercial fishing in a closed season and unlawful possession of fish. Arraignment was set for 8/31/11 in Craig District Court. The eight illegally taken salmon were seized and donated to charity.

Craig halibut skipper accused of logbook violation

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Craig
Type: Halibut logbook
On 3/17/11 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, contacted Kelly Durgan Sr., 50, of Craig, skipper and permit holder on the fishing vessel Satellite, while delivering commercially caught halibut to Absolute Fresh Seafoods. Durgan failed to fill out his International Pacific Halibut Commission logbook as required. He was issued a mandatory summons to appear in Craig District Court.

Two geoduck harvesters charged at Craig

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Craig
Type: Geoduck violations
On 3/12/11 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, summonsed two permit holders from the fishing vessel Sea Shell, Brian H. Zwick, 41, and Jesse M. Hoyt, 35, both of Ketchikan, on two counts each of the following: harvest of geoducks in closed waters, unlawful use of dive gear, and making a false statement on an Alaska Department of Fish and Game fish ticket. The charges stem from a three-week investigation by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers. Zwick and Hoyt are to appear for a mandatory court arraignment in Craig District Court.

Two charged with failure to record geoducks

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Klawock
Type: Fail to record fish ticket
On 12/8/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, contacted Robert W. Mead, 41, of Olympia, Wash., aboard the fishing vessel Golden North. Jeffrey Olsen, 41, of Sitka, also was contacted at Absolute Fresh Seafoods in Craig. Olsen is the owner of Absolute Fresh Seafoods. Both Mead and Olsen were summonsed to appear in court for failing to record 100 pounds of commercially caught geoduck clams on an Alaska Department of Fish and Game fish ticket at the time of delivery to Absolute Fresh Seafoods. Arraignment is set for 12/15/10 in Craig District Court.

Southeast shrimper hit with multiple violations

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Craig
Type: Shrimping violations
On 12/4/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Ketchikan Post, cited Dustin Peters, 33, of Ketchikan, for commercially fishing for shrimp during a closed season, for failing to equip his commercial shrimp pots with a biodegradable escape mechanism, and for longlining more than five commercial shrimp pots on one line without having a buoy attached to both ends of the longline. These violations occurred in the marine waters of Moira Sound near Prince of Wales Island. A mandatory court date was set in the Craig court.

Troopers cite two on multiple geoduck violations

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Craig
Type: Dive fishing violations
On 11/26/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Ketchikan Post, cited Collin Darrah, 48, of Seattle, and Eric Riemer, 31, of Ketchikan, for commercially diving for geoducks during a closed period, and for operating commercial dive fishing gear during a closed period. Riemer additionally was charged with two counts of failing to properly identify commercially harvested geoducks. Darrah and Riemer committed the violations while diving from the F/V Patricia K in the waters off Cone Island, near Craig, on 11/18/10. The charges were filed in the Craig court.

Location: Ketchikan
Type: Dive fishing violations
On 11/26/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Ketchikan Post, cited Collin Darrah, 48, of Seattle, and Eric Riemer, 31, of Ketchikan, for commercially diving for geoducks during a closed period, and for operating commercial dive fishing gear during a closed period. Darrah and Riemer committed the violations while diving from the F/V Patricia K in the waters near Cat Island on 11/9/10. The charges were filed in the Ketchikan court.

Craig fisherman charged with illegal bait harvest

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Craig
Type: Illegal bait harvest
On 8/27/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, cited Donald Albright, 57, of Craig, for harvesting commercial-caught lingcod and yelloweye rockfish and illegally using these prohibited species as bait for commercial purposes. He was summonsed to appear in Craig District Court.

Plant workers spend night on Craig mountain

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Klawock Post
Type: Search and rescue
On 7/20/10 at 0009 hours, Alaska State Troopers received a report from the plant manager of Silver Bay Seafoods that nine employees had not returned from a hike up Sunnahae Mountain in Craig. A large group of hikers had started up the Sunnahae trail, but the group split at approximately 2,000 feet. One group headed back down the mountain and the second group headed towards the helicopter landing pad at the top of the mountain. The second group consisted of nine hikers identified as Robert Mensch from Ghana; Rustum Sharpov, 20, from Russia; Azamat Aipov, 23, from Kazakhstan; Milosz Szezpanak, 20, from Poland; and Mykailo Kustuzov, 21, Zadym Markov, 19, Andrii Smoliazov, 20, Mykola Butov, 20, and Artur Mylmek, 20, all from Ukraine. This second group of hikers decided to stay on the mountain due to the failing light and wait until morning. At 0726 hours all hikers were located and brought safely down the mountain with no injuries to report.

Fishing for charity

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Prince of Wales
Type: Retain undersized commercial-caught king salmon
On 6-08-09 Ketchikan Wildlife Troopers cited William Farmer, 51, of Craig, for retaining eight undersized commercially caught king salmon. On 6-24-09 Farmer pleaded no contest in the Craig District Court for a strict liability offense and was fined $3,000 with $2,000 suspended. The salmon were forfeited to the state and will be donated to charity.