More citations issued to Cook Inlet fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Cook Inlet

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/27/25 at approximately 1814 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers were patrolling the Cook Inlet drift gillnet fishery. A fishing vessel operated by Ryan Hatt, 33, from Soldotna, was fishing in a closed area. A mandatory court citation was filed with the Kenai courthouse.

Location: Cook Inlet

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/14/25 at approximately 1048 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers were patrolling the Cook Inlet drift gillnet fishery. A fishing vessel operated by Dimian Kalugin, 53, from Homer, was fishing in a closed area. A mandatory court citation was filed with the Kenai courthouse.

Three Cook Inlet drift gillnetters cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kenai

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/19/25 at approximately 1451 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers were conducting a patrol in Cook Inlet during a commercial fishing drift opener. Investigation revealed Rickey Jewell, 74, from Washington state, was fishing in a closed area. A mandatory court citation was filed with the Kenai courthouse.

Location: Kasilof

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/14/25 at approximately 1107 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers were conducting a patrol in Cook Inlet during a commercial fishing drift opener. Investigation revealed Martin Hermansen, 58, from Anchorage, was fishing in a closed area. A mandatory court citation was filed with the Kenai courthouse.

Location: Kasilof

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/14/25 at approximately 1056 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers were conducting a patrol in Cook Inlet during a commercial fishing drift opener. Investigation revealed Alexander Ladutko, 63, from Anchorage, was fishing in a closed area. A mandatory court citation was filed with the Kenai courthouse.

Two more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/14/25 William R. Olsen, 64, from Cathlamet, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek section.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/8/25 Kiril Martushev, 37, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Nushagak.

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.

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.

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.

Oregon man cited over lingcod bycatch

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka

Type: Lingcod bycatch

On 12/16/24 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Sitka Post, cited Kenneth Middleton, 58, of Oregon, for taking lingcod bycatch in the commercial longline fishery during a closed period. Investigation revealed Middleton had landed approximately 1,750 pounds of lingcod in Washington after having taken the fish in the waters of Icy Bay Subdistrict, near Yakutat, in late October. The area had been closed to lingcod harvest by emergency order. The violation was identified and reported by the fish processor. Arraignment set in Yakutat District Court.

Several more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/21/24 Clara Martin, 62, from Togiak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Togiak Bay.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Fish tickets

On 7/17/24 Johanna Bouker, 27, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for providing false information on fish tickets to processor in Ekuk Beach.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/7/24 Wassillie Andrews, 73, from New Stuyahok, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Failure to register

On 6/27/24 Adrian Barhan, 33, from St. Paul, Minn., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failing to register before taking commercial salmon in Nushagak Bay.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Failure to register

On 6/27/24 Taylor Barhan, 30, from Maplewood, Minn., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failing to register before taking commercial salmon in Nushagak Bay.

More Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/13/24 Evsevy F. Reutov, 44, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek section.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/12/24 Elizabeth J. Rose, 45, from Mantua, Utah, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Egegik.

Location: Kvichak section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/12/24 Peter Anthony Aliotti, 39, from Monterey, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/10/24 Aaron J. Brockhoff, 51, from Montesano, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Egegik.

Location: Kvichak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/10/24 Savaty G. Basargin, 21, from Sterling, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Kvichak Bay.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/24 Jason W. Schultz, 53, from Washougal, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/3/24 Colby David Root, 62, from Oakwood, Colo., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek section of the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Multiple fishermen cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/8/24 Kelly P. Broyles, 57, from Soldotna, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/7/24 Roscoe Schroeder, 51, from Anchorage, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Nushagak.

Location: Kvichak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/7/24 William Fritz Menish, 48, from Enumclaw, Wash., and Lucas B. Chisausky, 30, from Keaau, Hawaii, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section in Kvichak Bay.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Setnet violations

On 7/4/24 Edmond Kroener, 44, from Chugiak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for multiple commercial setnet fishing violations in the Igushik River.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/3/24 Dimitry Basargin, 19, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Nushagak.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/2/24 Mark R. Peterson, 57, from Kirkland, Wash., and Jeffery D. Leslie, 41, from Marysville, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Several more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kvichak section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/3/24 Matthew A. Kobel, 37, from Naknek, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section.

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/3/24 Michael S. Wilson, 65, from Ellensburg, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/3/24 Patrick J. Hogan, 66, from Kodiak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/1/24 John Montecucco, 60, from Vashon, Wash., and Helen Roe, 31, from Santa Rosa, Calif., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/1/24 Crosby G. Leveen, 44, from Cordova, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/30/24 Dennis Wilson, 29, from Dillingham, and Justin Pleier, 38, from Palmer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Troopers update Cook Inlet enforcement cases

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Cook Inlet Central District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/17/23 Soldotna Wildlife Troopers observed the F/V Early Dawn commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in the Cook Inlet Central District when commercial fishing had closed. Troopers contacted the permit holder, Abraham Porter, 45, of Kenai, and issued him a citation with a mandatory appearance in Homer District Court. Porter pled no contest at arraignment and was given a $3,000 fine with $1,500 suspended.

Location: Cook Inlet Central District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/17/23 Soldotna Wildlife Troopers observed the F/V Cat II commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in the Cook Inlet Central District when commercial fishing had closed. Troopers contacted the permit holder, Joshua Black, 42, of Palmer, and issued him a citation for a second commercial fishing offense with a mandatory appearance in Homer District Court. Black was given a default judgment at arraignment and a fine of $6,000.

Location: Cook Inlet Central District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/17/23 Soldotna Wildlife Troopers observed the F/V Starshine commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in the Cook Inlet Central District when commercial fishing had closed. Troopers contacted the permit holder, Donald Bridges, 75, of Soldotna, and issued him a citation with a mandatory appearance in Homer District Court. Bridges pled no contest at arraignment and was given a $3,000 fine with $1,500 suspended.

Location: Cook Inlet Central District

Type: Commercial fish closed area

On 7/18/23 Soldotna Wildlife Troopers observed the F/V Cordova commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in the Cook Inlet Central District in a closed area. Troopers contacted the permit holder, Yakov Reutov, 53, of Sterling, and issued him a citation with a mandatory appearance in Kenai District Court. Reutov pled no contest at arraignment and was given a $3,000 fine with $1,500 suspended.

Sitka hand troller cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka

Type: Commercial troll closed period

On 8/12/23 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Braden Shoemaker, 32, of Sitka, for commercial hand trolling within 1 nautical mile of Kruzof Island near Sitka Point, in an area not open to commercial trolling. Troopers observed and documented the violation on 7/30/23.

Two Cook Inlet driftnetters cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Cook Inlet

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/8/23 at approximately 1916 hours Soldotna Alaska Wildlife Troopers observed the F/V Silverton commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in the Cook Inlet Central District when commercial fishing had closed. AWT contacted the permit holder, George Savelieff, 33, of Oregon, and issued him a citation with a mandatory appearance in the Homer District Court and a maximum fine of $3,000.

Location: Cook Inlet

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/8/23 at approximately 1924 hours Soldotna Alaska Wildlife Troopers observed the F/V Harvest Moon commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in the Cook Inlet Central District when commercial fishing had closed. AWT contacted the permit holder, Jonathan Larson, 40, of Homer, and issued him a citation with a mandatory appearance in the Homer District Court and a maximum fine of $3,000.

Another bundle of citations issued in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/12/23 Connor Aakervik, 30, from Seattle, 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 period

On 7/12/23 Aaron Brockhoff, 49, from Montesano, Wash., 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 7/12/23 Daniel Kramer, 34, and Jonah Torseth, 48, both from Hailey, Idaho, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/12/23 Andrei Serebrekoff, 22, from Homer, 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 period

On 7/10/23 Damian Serebrekoff, 24, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/10/23 Matthew Mounsey, 29, from Snoqualmie, Wash., and Andreas Refvik, 27, from Key Largo, Fla., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fishing violation

On 7/10/23 Richard Mill, 56, of Ninilchik, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/12/23 Jacob Kropf, 44, from Hubbard, Ore., and Kenyon Stier, 37, from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Kvichak section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/13/23 John Neff, 34, from Kodiak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/10/23 Peter Konovalov, 32, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Egegik, northern boundary.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/12/23 Mosi Slotten, 19, from Hailey, Idaho, and Zachary Wermers, 39, from Bozeman, Mont., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Egegik, west boundary.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/30/23 Jonathan Salmon, 34, from Igiugig, and Marc Watson, 64, from Naknek, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Troopers cite more Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kivchak section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/10/23 Paul Blaylock, 34, from Ocean Park, Wash., and Barbara Vukas, 68, along with John Vukas, 68, both from Gig Harbor, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kivchak section.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/1/23 Olav Agnot, 28, from Pilot Point, and Everett Thompson, 47, from Naknek, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Kvichak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/1/23 Dean Martin, 37, from Newport Beach, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Kvichak Bay.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/4/23 Taylor Kirkman, 36, from Charleston, S.C., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/5/23 Joel Dunagan, 27, from Yelm, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/5/23 Brian Barnes, 27, from Taylorsville, Utah, and Joseph Borovina, 39, from Everett, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Egegik, west boundary.

Location: Kvichak section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/7/23 Eric Strain, 55, from Salt Lake City, Utah, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section.

Location: Dillingham

Type Commercial fish closed period

On 7/1/23 Hans Nicholson, 70, of Wasilla, was 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 6/27/23 Kelly Stier, 44, of Bellingham, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Wood River of the Nushagak District.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/22/23 Maxwell Alotrico, 32, from Mount Vernon, Wash., and Miles Oczkewicz, 31, from Bellingham, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District, north line.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/22/23 Daniel Sage, 29, from Arlington, Wash., and Cameron Schille, 29, from Stanwood, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Troller fished illegally at Sitka, troopers say

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 3/27/23 at approximately 1430 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers observed the F/V Marcia K commercial trolling in closed waters near Cape Edgecumbe in Sitka. Investigation revealed Shane Cook, 49, of Craig, was fishing in an area closed by emergency order. Cook was cited for commercial fishing in a closed period.

Herring seiner cited at Sitka

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 4/4/23 Alaska Wildlife Troopers observed the F/V Freedom deploy a herring seine west of the west closure line in the Redoubt Bay area commercial sac roe herring fishery. Investigation revealed Bruce Marifern, 62, of Petersburg, had made the set in an area not open by emergency order to commercial sac roe herring harvest. Marifern was cited for commercial fishing in a closed period.

Sitka man cited over lingcod bycatch

Details in this press release from the Alaska State Troopers.

Troller nets $4,000 fine in Sitka court

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka
Type: Conviction

On 6/30/22 at approximately 1753 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers on patrol offshore of Kruzof Island observed the F/V Tyee with commercial troll fishing gear in the water unlawfully prior to the commercial salmon opening on 7/1/22. Investigation revealed Lucas Skordahl, 38, of Sitka, was operating power troll gear prior to the open season. On 7/26/22 in Sitka District Court, Skordahl pled guilty to one misdemeanor count of commercial fishing during a closed period. He was fined $8,000 with $4,000 suspended and placed on probation for one year.