Friday, September 20, 2013

Charter crewman charged with keeping halibut

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Clover Bay, Prince of Wales Island
Type: Fish and game violations
On 9/13/13 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Ketchikan Post, filed formal charges against Austin S. Duckworth, 20, of Ketchikan, for working as a crewmember on a sportfish charter vessel and illegally retaining sport-caught halibut. In addition, Duckworth was charged for feeding black bears intentionally. He has a mandatory court appearance on 9/30/13 in Craig District Court.

2 comments:

  1. and how many of these charter boats are retaining without being inspected? they have no respect for sustainability and trying to do their part to get the biomass recovered to a healthy level(03-09)

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  2. yep, we killem all. one hook at a time.

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