Seiner nets $4,000 fine after guilty plea at Hoonah

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Hoonah
Type: Update — commercial fish closed waters
On 11/9/11 Alan C. Jacklet, 47, of Carnation, Wash., and off the F/V Adirondack, entered a guilty plea in Hoonah District Court to one count of commercial fishing in closed waters. Jacklet was charged after Alaska Wildlife Troopers observed his vessel fishing closer than 500 yards to the mouth of a documented salmon stream in July. The incident occurred south of Tenakee Inlet. Jacklet was fined $8,000 with $4,000 suspended and placed on probation for one year. After troopers contacted Jacklet he chose to release the set and did not retain any of the fish.

Troopers say seiner was too near salmon stream

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Gustavus
Type: Seine within 500 yards of salmon stream
On 10/6/11 Sven Stroosma, 46, of Washington state, was cited by Hoonah Wildlife Troopers for commercial purse seining within 500 yards of a salmon stream. Troopers contacted Stroosma onboard the F/V Voyager just south of Tenakee Inlet on 7/27/11 while his power skiff was only 380 feet from the mouth of South Passage Point Creek, which is listed as an anadromous salmon stream. Stroosma is scheduled for court on 10/26/11 in Hoonah.