Seine boat was too long, troopers say

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Hoonah
Type: Vessel length
On 8/7/17 Douglas W. Chaney, 61, of Lakewood, Wash., was cited for operating a commercial salmon seine vessel that was longer than 58 feet in overall length. He was given an arraignment date of 8/24/17 in Juneau District Court.

Juneau man charged with trolling in closed area

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Hoonah
Type: Commercial fish closed area
On 6/23/15 Thomas T. Emerson, 24, of Juneau, was cited for operating commercial troll gear in a closed area. Emerson was observed by state aircraft trolling near Point Couverden when that area was closed. Arraignment set for 7/15/15 in Hoonah District Court.

Southeast seiner accused of fishing closed area

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Hoonah
Type: Commercial fish closed area
On 8/23/11 Jared Bright, 36, of Petersburg, was cited by Hoonah Wildlife Troopers for commercial purse seine fishing in a closed area. Troopers on 7/3/11 observed Bright fishing onboard the F/V Obsession outside of the legal fishing area in District 13C. Bright is scheduled for arraignment on 9/6/11 in Sitka District Court.

Hoonah troopers accuse seiner of overtime fishing

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Hoonah
Type: Commercial fish closed season
On 7/23/11 Stephen Huestis, 49, of Washington state, was cited by Hoonah Wildlife Troopers for commercial purse seine fishing during a closed season. Huestis was towing his commercial purse seine and fishing just off Hawk Inlet two minutes past the 8 p.m. closure time. Huestis was scheduled for arraignment on 7/27/11 in Hoonah District Court.

Hoonah crabber fined $1,500 after no contest plea

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Icy Strait
Type: Commercial fish closed waters, unlawful gear storage
On 7/6/11 William Veler, 49, of Hoonah, was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Ketchikan Post, for commercial fishing in closed waters and for unlawful storage of Tanner crab gear. Veler was cited after the patrol vessel Enforcer located nine commercial Tanner crab pots in fishing condition in closed waters. On 7/6/11 Veler appeared in Hoonah District Court and pled no contest to commercial fishing in closed waters. He was fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended.

Seiner fished at Hoonah after closure, troopers say

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Hoonah
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/12/11 Bryan Howey, 43, of Sitka, was cited by Hoonah Wildlife Troopers for commercial purse seine fishing in closed waters. At 5:04 p.m. troopers contacted Howey, who was towing his seine and fishing just off Hawk Inlet. Howey, the skipper onboard, apparently was unaware that the purse seine fishery on the Hawk Inlet shoreline closed at 5 p.m. Arraignment set for 7/20/11 in Hoonah District Court.

Troopers cite halibut fisherman over permit

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Hoonah
Type: Permit
On 6/12/11 Scott Visscher, 53, of Haines, was cited for landing commercially caught halibut without first obtaining a Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission halibut permit.

Two Dungness crabbers accused of early fishing

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Hoonah
Type: Dungeness crabbing closed season
On 6/15/11 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Gregory Wallace, 61, of Sitka, and Theodore Suckling, 63, of Nenana, for commercial crabbing during a closed season. On opening day of the 2011 Dungeness crab season, troopers observed approximately 57 pots set in the waters of Freshwater Bay before the noon opening. The crab vessel Jeana Marie was observed nearby. Subsequent investigation revealed this boat had started setting pots approximately five hours before the opening. Arraignment set for 7/6/11 in Hoonah District Court.

Juneau crabbers charged with illegal pot storage

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Hoonah
Type: Illegal storage of crab gear
On 5/6/11 Norval Nelson III, 36, of Juneau, was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for illegally storing 15 commercial Tanner crab pots after the five-day gear storage allowance. Nelson III was acting as the skipper onboard the F/V Lovey Joann. Also cited was 24-year-old Juneau resident Barry Moala, the permit holder onboard the vessel.

Crab skipper, crew in a pinch over small Tanners

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Hoonah
Type: Undersized Tanner crab
On 2/25/11 Hoonah Wildlife Troopers cited 23-year-old Juneau resident and permit holder Barry Moala, who was taking undersized Tanner crab aboard the F/V Lovey Joann. Troopers also cited four crewmen: David Hammonds, Carling Cadiente, George Lindoff and Norval Nelson III. During the offloading of the crab, troopers discovered that 99 crab were undersized, which equated to approximately 12.6 percent of the vessel's load of Tanner crab. An arraignment date is set for March 9 in Hoonah District Court.

False flares cause stir at Hoonah

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Hoonah
Type: Suspicious circumstances
On 2/15/11 at approximately 1735 hours, Hoonah Wildlife Troopers, the U.S. Coast Guard and members of Hoonah volunteer fire department responded to and investigated two separate reports of aerial flares being seen in the area between the Hoonah airport and Spasski harbor northeast of Hoonah. At the time of the incident the Icy Strait and Hoonah area were experiencing gale warnings with freezing spray. The USCG launched a helicopter out of Sitka, and responders from Hoonah investigated by truck and snowmobiles. It was determined that an unidentified and very irresponsible party had fired three expired flares from the Hoonah dump area, causing this case to be initiated. The Alaska State Troopers would like to remind people that flares or any other type of distress signal should not be used unless in an emergency, or under some type of training scenario where local search and rescue authorities are notified before the training exercise.

Troopers cite skipper in Hoonah herring fishery

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka
Type: No vessel numbers
On 4/23/10 Sitka Wildlife Troopers cited Archie W. Demmert III, 49, of Klawock, for operating a vessel engaged in the Hoonah Sound herring spawn-on-kelp fishery without displaying 12-inch numbers. Bail is set at $210 with an optional court appearance in Sitka District Court.

Unlawful salmon hauling at Hoonah alleged

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Hoonah
Type: Unlicensed fishing vessel
On 4/12/10 George Mills, 66, of Hoonah, was cited for transporting commercially caught king salmon in an unlicensed vessel.