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.

Vessel owner-operator hit with nearly $20K penalty

NOAA's Office of General Counsel reports this case charged in May:

• 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.