24 fishermen charged at Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak Bay
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/26/21 Alexander Zortman, 22, of Fairbanks, was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Nushagak Bay
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/30/21 Avtanom Reutov, 36, of Homer, was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Nushagak Bay
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/30/21 Cornily Kalugin, 55, of Kodiak, was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the Nushagak District southern boundary line.

Location: Nushagak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/30/21 Angus Isaac, 51, of Anchor Point, was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Egegik District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/1/21 Hayden Linscheid, 30, from Fairplay, Colo., and Miles Underwood, 22, from Anchorage, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers in the Egegik District for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/2/21 Leonard Ferrigno, 59, from Clarkston, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters on the south line of the Naknek section of the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/2/21 Giovanni Aliotti, 52, from Seaside, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek section of the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/2/21 Krysta Watters, 31, and Richard Watters, 41, both from Naknek, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters on the south line in the Naknek section.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/5/21 Tyler Barker, 28, from Oldtown, Idaho, and Bruce Whiting, 64, from Everett, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers in the Egegik District for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/5/21 Antonio Torrente, 67, from Gloucester, Mass., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek section of the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Naknek District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/5/21 Christopher Murry, 27, from Bellingham, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek District.

Location: Naknek District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/5/21 Aristotelis Georgakopoulos, 32, from Redmond, Ore., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek District.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/5/21 Salvatore Papetti, 72, from Bellingham, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in the Naknek section of the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/6/21 Riley Locker, 28, from Blaine, Wash., and Erick Stevens, 66, from Ferndale, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period.

Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/6/21 Martin Stevens, 62, and Wyatt Stevens, 23, both from Yelm, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period.

Location: Nushagak Bay
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/7/21 August M. Flensburg, 69, of Kenai, was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Nushagak Bay
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/8/21 Guy Piercey and Scott Higley, both 65, from Washington state, were cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/8/21 Michael Malloy, 55, from Lake Stevens, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Four trollers cited over undersized king salmon

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka
Type: Undersized king salmon
On 7/4/21 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Tracey Emanuel, 56, of Sitka, after investigation revealed he delivered undersized commercial troll-caught king salmon to a local processor. The undersized fish were seized.

Location: Craig
Type: Undersized king salmon
On 7/6/21 Juneau Wildlife Troopers onboard the P/V Enforcer issued Jared Jillie, 32, of Juneau, a minor offense summons for retaining five undersized king salmon during the first summer king salmon troll opening.

Location: Sitka

Type: Undersized king salmon
On 7/9/21 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Gary M. Hughes, 56, of Hoonah, for retaining undersized commercial troll-caught king salmon. Investigation revealed Hughes delivered the undersized salmon to a local processor.

Location: Sitka

Type: Undersized king salmon

On 7/9/21 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited John Murray, 68, of Sitka, after investigation revealed he delivered an undersized commercial troll-caught king salmon to a local processor. The fish was seized.

Several more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/26/21 Taylor Kirkman, 35, from Charleston, S.C., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/29/21 Kieran Barr, 53, from Seattle, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Nushagak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/30/21 Elijah Lawson, 49, from Seattle, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/30/21 Alexander Lounsbury, 28, from Kodiak, was 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 7/2/21 Connor Aakervik, 28, from Seattle, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Nushagak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/2/21 Iosif Kuzmin, 35, from Oregon, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/3/21 Giuseppe Costa, 73, from Monterey, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in the Egegik District.

Two more cited at Egegik

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District
Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/22/21 Gordon Pitzman, 51, from Homer, and Jacob Ruwitch, 24, from Fort Collins, Colo., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in the Egegik District.

Multiple fishermen cited in Egegik District

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/22/21 Timothy Vardy, 66, and Linda Sue Vardy, 58, both from Stanwood, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/25/21 Austin Alder, 38, from Soldotna, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/26/21 Joseph Masui, 32, from Homer, was 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 6/27/21 Matthew Rockness, 45, and David Holmen, 17, both from Gig Harbor, Wash., along with Tor Rockness, 46, from Portland, Ore., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/27/21 Clayton Robison, 42, from Borup, Minn., and Russell Tolsma, 61, from Ferndale, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/28/21 Keith Bell, 32, from Anchorage, and Brett Pfautz, 31, from Bozeman, Mont., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in the Egegik District.

Halibut fisherman arrested at Naknek

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek

Type: Warrant arrest

On 6/12/21 at approximately 0946 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers based in King Salmon contacted Dan Pauk, 62, of Manokotak, during a commercial halibut delivery in Naknek. Pauk had an outstanding warrant for failure to appear on the original charge of seasons and bag limits for moose issued through the Dillingham court. Pauk was arrested and remanded for the warrant with bail set at $150 cash.

Sablefish, halibut fisherman hit with $78K penalty

This federal report to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council includes this enforcement action, among others:

F/V Anita — Owner F/V Anita LLC and operator Jay Gillman were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act and the Northern Pacific Halibut Act with unlawfully discarding IFQ sablefish and IFQ halibut, failing to report discards, failing to retrieve gear in a timely manner, and failing to register an IFQ fishing trip in the Observer Deploy and Declare System. A $78,250 notice of violation and assessment was issued.