• F/V Sentinel — Owner-operator Arseny I. Polushkin was charged under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with fishing for groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska without a federal fisheries permit, failing to log a groundfish fishing trip in the Observer Deploy and Declare System, and interfering with, obstructing and delaying an authorized officer in conducting an investigation, search and seizure. Proceeds of $8,998.30 were previously judicially forfeited. A $19,750 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued.
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Vessel owner-operator hit with nearly $20K penalty
NOAA's Office of General Counsel reports this case charged in May:
Three more Bristol Bay fishermen cited
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Egegik District
Type: Gillnet overlength
On 7/5/26 William Raymond Johnson, 67, from Cathlamet, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.
Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/26 Corey Boone, 43, from Missoula, Mont., and Dillon Baird, 38, from Prescott, Ariz., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Another handful cited at Bristol Bay
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Naknek-Kvichak Bay
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/11/26 Michael Steven Capri, 30, from Eugene, Ore., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Naknek-Kvichak Bay.
Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/8/26 Raymond Thorson, 80, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.
Location: Nushagak District
Type: Gillnet violation
On 7/4/26 Pavil Reutov, 42, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.
Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/26 Ioan Kuzmin, 27, from Delta Junction, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters and a gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
A few more Bristol Bay fishermen cited
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Naknek District
Type: Unlawful practices and record of purchases
On 7/10/26 Shane Jason Mitchell, 50, from Morristown, Tenn., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for unlawful practices and record of purchases in the Naknek District.
Location: Naknek District
Type: Setnet too close to another
On 7/10/26 Elaine Kraun, 62, and Olivia Elizabeth Dunn, 25, both from South Naknek, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for set gillnet too close to another in the Naknek District.
Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/27/26 Eric Osuch, 26, from Vernon Hills, Ill., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.
Location: Nushagak District
Type: Failure to register
On 6/27/26 Danielle Webb, 36, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failure to register in the Nushagak District.
Location: Nushagak District
Type: Failure to register
On 6/27/26 Kris Straub, 49, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failure to register in the Nushagak District.
Troopers cite another raft of Bristol Bay fishermen
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/7/26 Matthew George Marinkovich, 58, from Friday Harbor, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek section.
Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/7/26 Erick Jefferies, 44, from Houston, Texas, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.
Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/7/26 William Zane Middleton, 32, from Seaside, Ore., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.
Location: Egegik District
Type: Setnet overlength
On 7/5/26 Robert Frederick Johnson, 63, from Longview, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for set gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.
Location: Naknek section
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/4/26 Andrew Joseph Asaro, 57, from Monterey, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek section.
Location: Naknek
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/4/26 Griffin Deigh Adams, 25, from King Salmon, and Jason Edwin Mitchell, 45, from Bellingham, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.
Location: Ugashik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters, vessel ID
On 6/29/26 Ross L. Trainor, 42, from Vassalboro, Maine, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters and vessel ID requirements in Ugashik Bay.
Saturday, July 11, 2026
Several more Bristol Bay fishermen cited
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/26 Foma Reutov, 44, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.
Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/4/26 Dimitry Basargin, 21, and Kliment Basargin, 19, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period and a gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.
Location: Nushagak District
Type: Gillnet violation
On 7/2/26 Leontey Kuzmin, 34, from Delta Junction, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.
Location: Nushagak District
Type: Gillnet violation
On 7/2/26 Selivan Basargin, 23, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.
Location: Egegik Bay
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/1/26 Nicholas Marcoux-Kamis, 32, from Salem, Ore., and a 17-year-old juvenile male from Silverton, Ore., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Egegik Bay.
Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/30/26 Milo Waltenbaugh, 23, from Minneapolis, Minn., and Ian Pitzman, 57, from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.
Location: Ugashik District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/29/26 Douglas Eric Morgan, 53, and Benjamin George Freas Morgan, 23, both from Wasilla, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District.
Thursday, July 9, 2026
Multiple charges lodged in Bristol Bay
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Egegik District
Type: Setnet overlength
On 7/5/26 Johnny Fiasco Veenhouwer, 44, from Chehalis, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for set gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.
Location: Egegik District
Type: Setnet overlength
On 7/5/26 Krista Marie Johnson, 39, from Vancouver, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for set gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.
Location: Egegik District
Type: Gillnet overlength
On 7/5/26 Steve Clark Hicks, 39, from Olympia, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.
Location: Egegik District
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/4/26 Hal A. Weese, 34, from Snohomish, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.
Location: Nushagak District
Type: Gillnet violation
On 7/2/26 David Smith, 72, from College Place, Wash., and William Wren, 62, from Yucaipa, Calif., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.
Location: Ugashik north line
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/29/26 Martin B. Speak, 63, from Kenmore, Wash., and Arlo E. Davies, 36, from Bellingham, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters at the Ugashik north line.
Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/29/26 Eric Strain, 57, from Salt Lake City, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.
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