Halibut fisherman arrested at Naknek

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek

Type: Warrant arrest

On 6/12/21 at approximately 0946 hours, Alaska Wildlife Troopers based in King Salmon contacted Dan Pauk, 62, of Manokotak, during a commercial halibut delivery in Naknek. Pauk had an outstanding warrant for failure to appear on the original charge of seasons and bag limits for moose issued through the Dillingham court. Pauk was arrested and remanded for the warrant with bail set at $150 cash.

Sablefish, halibut fisherman hit with $78K penalty

This federal report to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council includes this enforcement action, among others:

F/V Anita — Owner F/V Anita LLC and operator Jay Gillman were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act and the Northern Pacific Halibut Act with unlawfully discarding IFQ sablefish and IFQ halibut, failing to report discards, failing to retrieve gear in a timely manner, and failing to register an IFQ fishing trip in the Observer Deploy and Declare System. A $78,250 notice of violation and assessment was issued.

Three Copper River fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Copper River flats
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 5/24/21 Alaska Wildlife Troopers observed and subsequently contacted the F/V Zephyr for fishing in closed waters. Investigation revealed the vessel was commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in closed waters, outside of the Copper River District. The operator and permit holder, Jennifer Nakao, 36, of Seward, was issued a citation for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Copper River flats
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 5/24/21 Alaska Wildlife Troopers observed and subsequently contacted the F/V Sewak for fishing in closed waters. Investigation revealed the vessel was commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in closed waters, outside of the Copper River District and inside regulatory closed waters. The operator and permit holder, Matthew Adams, 27, of Cordova, was issued a citation for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Copper River flats
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 5/24/21 Alaska Wildlife Troopers observed and subsequently contacted the F/V Julia Rose for fishing in closed waters. Investigation revealed the vessel was commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in closed waters, outside of the Copper River District and inside regulatory closed waters. The operator and permit holder, Nathan Widmann, 28, of Cordova, was issued a citation for commercial fishing in closed waters.