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.

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

A few more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/4/26 Kristina Basargin, 33, and Zasim Basargin, 22, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period and prohibited grounding in the Nushagak District.

Location: Ugashik Bay
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/29/26 Chancelen Kim Collier, 40, and Calem Kyle Collier, 28, both from Seldovia, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Ugashik Bay. 

Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/27/26 Milo Waltenbaugh, 23, from Minneapolis, Minn., and Ian Pitzman, 57, from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Monday, July 6, 2026

Bristol Bay fisherman cited over grounding

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak District
Type: Prohibited grounding
On 7/1/26 Mike Saarheim, 66, from Astoria, Ore., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing prohibited grounding in the Nushagak District.

Sunday, July 5, 2026

Two more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik Bay
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/1/26 Caleb Jordan Johnson, 41, from College Place, Wash., and Nikita Sergeevich Lutoshkin, 25, from Little Falls, Minn., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in Egegik Bay.

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Bristol Bay fishermen cited on variety of charges

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak District
Type: Failure to report lost net
On 6/30/26 Steffen Refvik, 27, from Anchorage, and Brandon Anderson, 31, from Wasilla, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failure to report a lost net in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/29/26 Ivan Basargin, 36, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik District
Type: Gillnet overlength
On 6/29/26 Naomi Lynn Veal, 44, from Nikiski, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet overlength in the Egegik District.

Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed period, waste of salmon
On 6/27/26 Brian Dierich, 53, and Ty Anderson, 47, both from Kodiak, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period and waste of salmon in the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik Bay
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/27/26 Logan Jungkuntz, 31, from Seattle, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Egegik Bay.

Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/27/26 Natasha Mann, 46, from Shoreline, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 6/27/26 Andrey Martushev, 45, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Friday, July 3, 2026

Troopers cite a few more Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/1/26 Joseph Sukalski, 27, from Naknek, and Michael Gibbs, 38, from Anchorage, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Location: Nushagak District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters and vessel ID
On 6/30/26 Filimon Basargin, 46, and Miron Basargin, 18, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fish in closed waters and vessel identification in the Nushagak District.

Location: South line, Egegik District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6/26/26 Justin Charles Ridley, 29, from Bellingham, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters on the south line, in the Egegik District.

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Three more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District
Type: Driftnet too close to setnet
On 6/26/26 Ace Charles Keim, 45, and Ian Michael Keim, 22, both from Anchorage, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for drift gillnet too close to setnet in the Egegik District.

Location: Egegik District
Type: Grounding
On 6/26/26 Dylan Kenneth Dunsmore, 39, from Bellingham, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for grounding prohibited in the Egegik District.