Troopers write numerous citations in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/8/25 Danny Togiak, 62, from Aleknagik, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for negligently operating an overlength set gillnet.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/8/25 Damian Serebrekoff, 25, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/7/25 Jon M. Redfield, 37, from Duluth, Minn., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Naknek section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/6/25 Brandon Ahrndt, 38, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Naknek section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/6/25 Thomas A. Tormala Jr., 46, from Kodiak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/6/25 Ludwig Johnson, 56, from Dillingham, and Michael Nerguson, 37, from Dillingham, were cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/6/25 Lee S. Clark, 68, from Naselle, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/5/25 Murray Buys, 65, from Antioch, Calif., and Kelton Lachelt, 24, from Henderson, Nev., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/5/25 Dimitry Kuzmin, 48, from Homer, and Georgi Samoilov, 23, from Wasilla, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for using an overlength drift gillnet.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/4/25 Morris Lopez, 60, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for negligently operating an overlength drift gillnet.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/2/25 Eric Beamer, 67, from Lynden, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Ugashik

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/30/25 John C. Ford, 41, from Del Mar, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/30/25 Hunter Esary, 27, from Kalama, Wash., and Maxwell Conradi, 29, from Sterling, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/27/25 Eric Debruin, 39, from Houston, Texas, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Bristol Bay fishermen cited on variety of charges

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kvichak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/24 Alan S. Miller, 51, from Eagle River, and Jacob Robertson, 51, from Wasilla, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Kvichak section of Kvichak Bay.

Location: Kvichak section

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/24 Arthur G. Peterson, 50, from Naknek, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Kvichak section, south line.

Location: Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/24 Thomas J. Harman, 57, from Anchorage, and Thomas Joseph Harman Jr., 22, from Juneau, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Kvichak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/8/24 Raymond Thorson, 78, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing with an overlength gillnet, with improper buoy markings, in the Nushagak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Failure to report lost net

On 7/6/24 Toon Pham, 20, from Dillingham, and Gustavis Gumlickpuk, 37, from New Stuyahok, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failing to report a lost net in Nushagak.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Failure to report lost net

On 7/4/24 Jonathon Wicker, 39, of Choteau, Mont., and Nicholas Beutler, 40, of Deming, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failing to report a lost net in Nushagak.

Bristol Bay fisherman cited for overlength net

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/7/24 Gaylord Clark, 66, from Stevenson, Md., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing with an overlength drift gillnet in Nushagak Bay.

Bristol Bay fishermen charged with sundry offenses

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish gillnet over length

On 7/12/23 Gaspare Aliotti, 70, from Marina, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fish gillnet over length — drift.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fishing violation

On 7/12/23 Jason Mitchell, 42, of Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for operating a drift gillnet while his vessel was grounded.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fishing violation

On 7/10/23 Desmond Hurley, 34, of Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for transporting and selling commercially caught salmon in 2022 without a transport permit.

Bristol Bay fishermen cited for various offenses

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak Bay
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/9/22 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted Thomas Henry Loomis, 40, from Hawaii, and Gregory T. Salyer, 32, from Los Angeles, Calif. Both were cited for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Nushagak Bay
Type: Failure to report lost setnet
On 7/14/22 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted permit holder Katirina R. Mowrer, 22, from Dillingham. Mowrer was cited for failing to report a lost setnet as required.

Location: Nushagak Bay
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/12/22 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted Sarah M. Morrow, 29, and William B. Manchester, 34, both from Liberty Lake, Wash. Morrow and Manchester were cited for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Nushagak Bay
Type: Overlength gillnet
On 7/7/22 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted Taylor S. Barhan, 28, from Maplewood, Minn. Barhan was cited for commercial fishing with an overlength gillnet. The gillnet was seized.

Location: Nushagak Bay
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/12/22 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted Matthew S. Schuette, 46, from Amarillo, Texas. Schuette was cited for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Bristol Bay fishermen cited on variety of charges

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/2/21 Phillip R. Gauthier, 62, of Astoria, Ore., was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters and illegal commercial fish landing by fishing over 0.5 miles inside the Snake River closed area, in Nushagak Bay.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/5/21 Maryanna Kroeze, 56, and Randell Kroeze, 57, both from Moses Lake, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in the Ugashik District.

Location: Nushagak Bay/Wood River

Type: Overlength gillnet

On 7/7/21 Paul Clay, 20, of Iliamna, was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing with an overlength gillnet.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/7/21 Daniel Johnson, 73, from Lecanto, Fla., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in the Ugashik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Setnet too close to another

On 7/11/21 John Paul Huffer, 39, from Eagle River, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a set gillnet too close to another in the Egegik District.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/13/21 Filip Martushev, 42, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/13/21 Kevin Holm, 55, from Wadena, Minn., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in the Ugashik District.