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.

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.

Two Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/25/26 Kevin James Wilson, 40, from Bainbridge, Wash., and Sylvie Anna Kaul-Anderson, 31, from Bellingham, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in a closed period in Egegik Bay.

Feds detail recent enforcement actions

NOAA's Office of General Counsel reports the following cases charged in February:

• F/V Baranof — Crewman Jamar Strain was charged under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with intimidating, sexually harassing, harassing and interfering with an observer onboard a vessel. A $9,500 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued.

• F/V Tsiu — Owner Bae Olney-Miller, operator and IFQ permit holder Dane C. Tebo, and IFQ permit holder Loren Lensegrav were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with fishing with bottom contact gear in a Gulf of Alaska coral habitat protection area. Olney-Miller and Tebo also were charged with failing to retrieve and remove longline pot gear within five days of deploying the gear to fish IFQ sablefish in the Southeast Outside District of the Gulf of Alaska as required and submitting inaccurate information on an Alaska Department of Fish and Game fish ticket. A $12,542 NOVA was issued.

• F/V Sea Racer — Owner-operator Varnavy N. Basargin was charged under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with fishing for groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska without a valid federal fisheries permit, inaccurately reporting statistical areas fished, and failing to put the proper markings on marker buoys. A $10,250 NOVA was issued.

Another case of undersized king crab in Petersburg

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Petersburg

Type: Undersized king crab

On 3/24/26 at approximately 1000 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers conducted an offload inspection of golden king crab at Silver Bay Seafoods in Petersburg. F/V Ocean Summer offloaded a total of 91 golden king crab. Through investigation, six of the crabs offloaded were undersized. A mandatory court citation was issued to the permit holder.

Undersized king crab seized at Petersburg

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Petersburg

Type: Undersized king crab

On 3/3/26 Alaska Wildlife Troopers conducted a golden king crab offload inspection during the offloading of crab from the F/V Sara Dawn at the Silver Bay Seafoods pier in Petersburg. During the routine size verification process, troopers identified 21 undersized golden king crab. The undersized crab were seized and subsequently donated to charity. A mandatory court appearance citation was issued in connection with this violation.

Multiple alleged violations draw $53,000 penalty

NOAA's Office of General Counsel reports the following case charged in January:

• C/P North Star — Owner North Star Vessel LLC and operators Joshua G. Buchan, Keith Pendleton and purser Harry Smiley were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Northern Pacific Halibut Act with failing to comply with the requirements for halibut deck sorting, failing to comply with catch weighing and flow scale requirements, failing to retain video monitoring data for 120 days after the date the video was recorded, failing to return prohibited species to the sea immediately and with a minimum of injury, prohibiting or barring by refusal of reasonable assistance an observer from collecting samples or otherwise performing their duties, intimidating or interfering with an observer, discarding catch, or discarding an observer's collected samples. A $53,000 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued.