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.

Trooper out of Valdez tickets two fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Valdez
Type: Commercial fish closed waters, unlawful possession
On 6/24/11 Feodosia Reutov, 33, of Molalla, Ore., was cited by the Valdez Wildlife Trooper for commercial fishing in the closed waters of an anadromous stream on the north end of the Eshamy District. Reutov was issued a second citation for unlawful possession of illegally taken fish. Arraignment scheduled for 7/27/11 in Cordova District Court.

Location: Valdez
Type: Illegal commercial fishing activity
On 6/21/11 Koal Backlund, 20, of Seward, was cited by the Valdez Wildlife Trooper for operating a commercial drift gillnet too close to a set gillnet, in Falls Bay. Backlund set his driftnet, then anchored his boat and went to sleep. The driftnet drifted into a setnet, becoming entangled. Arraignment scheduled for 7/27/11 in Cordova District Court.