A few more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/13/26 Nicholas Burch Zuanich, 48, and Patrick Kelsey Harber, 38, both from Bellingham, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Ugashik District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Gillnet violation

On 7/4/26 Avtanom Reutov, 40, from Homer, and Josiph Martushev, 45, from Woodburn, Ore., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gillnet violation in the Nushagak District.

Three more fishermen cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/16/26 Kyle Ray Clapp, 37, from Bend, Ore., and Nathanial Irvin Hunter-Skeek, 28, from Angoon, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/4/26 Iulian Basargin, 33, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Another handful of Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/18/26 Noah Benjamin Cash, 39, from Ventura, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Ugashik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/11/26 Simon Manuel Schaad, 38, from Winthrop, Wash., and Austin James William Hynd, 34, from Columbiana, Ala., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Ugashik Bay.

Location: Nushagak District

Type: Commercial fishing gear violation

On 7/9/26 Samuel Steen, 41, from Aspen, Colo., and Jordan Dykes, 40, from Spokane, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for a commercial fishing gear violation and giving false information on record of purchase in the Nushagak District.

$5,859 penalty proposed for processor UniSea

Here's a public notice from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Several federal enforcement actions settled

NOAA's Office of General Counsel reports the following resolved cases charged before May 1 of this year:

ALASKA

• F/V Northern Victor — Owner Westward Seafoods Inc. and manager Jacob L. Courson were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with failing to timely submit three product transfer reports. A $2,250 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued. The case against the owner settled for $2,025. The case against the operator defaulted.

• Silver Bay Seafoods-Kodiak LLC — Silver Bay Seafoods-Kodiak LLC, a shoreside processor, was charged under the Magnuson-Stevens Act for utilizing a scale to weigh groundfish that failed to display a valid state of Alaska sticker indicating that the scale was inspected and approved within the previous 12 months. A $21,000 NOVA was issued, and the case settled for $16,800.

• F/V Aleutian Beauty — Operator William Edmund Widing and owners Widing Aleutian Beauty LLC and Peter Thompson were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with failing to comply with vessel monitoring system requirements on eight trips. A $32,000 NOVA was issued, and the case settled for $16,000.

WEST COAST

• F/V Majesty — Owner Trident Seafoods Corp. and operator Tony Jones were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with failing to comply with the terms of a NMFS-accepted electronic monitoring vessel monitoring plan. A $152,000 NOVA was issued, and the case settled for $120,000.

Three more fishermen cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/15/26 Michael Steven Wilson, 67, from Ellensburg, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Ugashik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/29/26 Kyle Erik Lints, 43, and Jaime Angelo Hernandez, 50, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Ugashik Bay.

More salmon fishermen cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/15/26 David Kent Edens, 63, and Peyton Jeremiah Kent Edens, 21, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/15/26 Peter Paul Balesteri, 63, from Seaside, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Naknek-Kvichak Bay.

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/15/26 James Francis Voss, 35, from Santa Barbara, Calif., and Michael Robert Gierlach, 33, from Tempe, Ariz., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/10/26 Rowan Stewart, 31, from Vashon, Wash., and Conrad Wharton, 36, from Leavenworth, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.