Friday, July 24, 2026

Another raft of Bristol Bay salmon fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek
Type: Gillnet specifications and operations
On 7/20/26 Joseph Alexander Boenish, 31, and Deven Elias Damerau, 29, both from Freeland, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for gillnet specifications and operations.

Location: Egegik District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/20/26 Benjamin Temple, 42, from Redmond, Ore., and Colton Bowman, 23, from Lebanon, Ore., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/19/26 Christopher Roy Rhoads, 41, and Veronica Petrillo, 25, both from Weaverville, N.C., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Ugashik District
Type: Grounding prohibited
On 7/15/26 Bradley Clayton Heil, 66, and Tanner McKenzie Heil, 30, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for grounding prohibited in the Ugashik District.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/15/26 Clinton T. Andrews, 62, from Anchorage, and Ethan Thomas Kludt-Painter, 26, from Petersburg, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 7/13/26 Shayne Nigel Roffey, 30, from Ketchikan, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period.

Location: Egegik District
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 7/13/26 Samson M. Reutov, 31, from Ford, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Troopers cite four more Bristol Bay fishermen

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.

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

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.

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

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.

Sunday, July 19, 2026

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.