Three more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/22/24 Zenon A. Martushev, 31, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters on the Egegik northern boundary line.

Location: Egegik

Type: Grounding prohibited

On 7/8/24 Thomas C. Aliotti, 55, from Bellingham, Wash., and Daniel J. Harmon, 29, from Bainbridge Island, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for grounding prohibited in Egegik.

Sablefish harvester cited at Sitka

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka

Type: Landing permit violation

On 7/23/24 Alaska Wildlife Troopers responded to a report of a vessel offloading IFQ pot sablefish without the proper state of Alaska landing permit. Investigation revealed John Curry, 80, of Washington state, had landed sablefish without the proper CFEC permit. Curry was cited with arraignment set in Sitka District Court.

Another round of citations issued in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kvichak section

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/12/24 Evan D. Brill-Kowles, 34, and Spencer C. Burnfield, 39, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Kvichak section.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/10/24 Jacob M. Gimpel, 25, from Steamboat Springs, Colo., and Malik N. Keval, 30, from La Conner, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Egegik.

Location: Ugashik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/8/24 Aristotelis Georgakopoulos, 35, from Bellingham, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Ugashik Bay.

Location: Ugashik Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/8/24 John S. Girvan, 74, from San Antonio, Texas, and Ryan D. Guiggey, 46, from Salt Lake City, Utah, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Ugashik Bay.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/7/24 Daniel L. Frazer, 38, from Choteau, Mont., and Zachary D. Lindor, 34, from Cle Elum, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Ugashik District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Failure to report lost net

On 7/6/24 Roscoe Schroeder, 51, from Anchorage, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failing to report lost net and commercial fishing with drift gillnet within 300 feet of set gillnets in the Nushagak District.

Location: Ugashik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/27/24 Warren F. Gibbons, 69, and Evan C. Villalobos, 29, both from Bellingham, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters on the north line, Ugashik District.

A few more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/24 Ethan O. Wood, 23, from Riverton, Utah, and Jason R. Wood, 52, from American Fork, Utah, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek-Kvichak District, south line.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/11/24 Joseph A. Resetarits, 29, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Egegik on 7/30/23.

Fisherman charged at Sitka with lingcod infraction

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka

Type: Lingcod bycatch

On 7/17/24 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted Jeffrey Thomas, 44, of Washington state, regarding retention of lingcod in the commercial halibut fishery. Investigation revealed Thomas had unlawfully retained and sold lingcod after fishing in the Northern Southeast Outside section when lingcod bycatch retention was closed by emergency order. Arraignment set in Sitka District Court.

More Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Naknek section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/13/24 Evsevy F. Reutov, 44, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek section.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/12/24 Elizabeth J. Rose, 45, from Mantua, Utah, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Egegik.

Location: Kvichak section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/12/24 Peter Anthony Aliotti, 39, from Monterey, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section.

Location: Egegik

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/10/24 Aaron J. Brockhoff, 51, from Montesano, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Egegik.

Location: Kvichak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/10/24 Savaty G. Basargin, 21, from Sterling, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Kvichak Bay.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/24 Jason W. Schultz, 53, from Washougal, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Naknek-Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/3/24 Colby David Root, 62, from Oakwood, Colo., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek section of the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Bristol Bay fishermen cited on variety of charges

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kvichak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/24 Alan S. Miller, 51, from Eagle River, and Jacob Robertson, 51, from Wasilla, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Kvichak section of Kvichak Bay.

Location: Kvichak section

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/24 Arthur G. Peterson, 50, from Naknek, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Kvichak section, south line.

Location: Kvichak District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/9/24 Thomas J. Harman, 57, from Anchorage, and Thomas Joseph Harman Jr., 22, from Juneau, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Kvichak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/8/24 Raymond Thorson, 78, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing with an overlength gillnet, with improper buoy markings, in the Nushagak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Failure to report lost net

On 7/6/24 Toon Pham, 20, from Dillingham, and Gustavis Gumlickpuk, 37, from New Stuyahok, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failing to report a lost net in Nushagak.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Failure to report lost net

On 7/4/24 Jonathon Wicker, 39, of Choteau, Mont., and Nicholas Beutler, 40, of Deming, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for failing to report a lost net in Nushagak.

$49,500 penalty issued in halibut discards case

The NOAA Office of General Counsel reports the following case charged in June:

• F/V Intrepid — Owner F/V Intrepid LLC and operator Alexey P. Fefelov were charged jointly and severally under the Northern Pacific Halibut Act with failing to return halibut discards to the sea with a minimum of injury. A $49,500 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued.

Troller delivered undersized king, troopers say

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka

Type: Undersized king salmon

On 7/9/24 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Robert Woodard, 65, of Washington state, for retaining and landing an undersized commercial troll-caught king salmon to a local processor.

Multiple fishermen cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/8/24 Kelly P. Broyles, 57, from Soldotna, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/7/24 Roscoe Schroeder, 51, from Anchorage, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Nushagak.

Location: Kvichak Bay

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/7/24 William Fritz Menish, 48, from Enumclaw, Wash., and Lucas B. Chisausky, 30, from Keaau, Hawaii, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section in Kvichak Bay.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Setnet violations

On 7/4/24 Edmond Kroener, 44, from Chugiak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for multiple commercial setnet fishing violations in the Igushik River.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/3/24 Dimitry Basargin, 19, from Homer, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Nushagak.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/2/24 Mark R. Peterson, 57, from Kirkland, Wash., and Jeffery D. Leslie, 41, from Marysville, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Bristol Bay fisherman cited for overlength net

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Overlength net

On 7/7/24 Gaylord Clark, 66, from Stevenson, Md., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing with an overlength drift gillnet in Nushagak Bay.

Several more Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kvichak section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/3/24 Matthew A. Kobel, 37, from Naknek, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section.

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/3/24 Michael S. Wilson, 65, from Ellensburg, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/3/24 Patrick J. Hogan, 66, from Kodiak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/1/24 John Montecucco, 60, from Vashon, Wash., and Helen Roe, 31, from Santa Rosa, Calif., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/1/24 Crosby G. Leveen, 44, from Cordova, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Naknek-Kvichak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/30/24 Dennis Wilson, 29, from Dillingham, and Justin Pleier, 38, from Palmer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Another bevy of fishermen cited in Bristol Bay

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/3/24 Kurt Norman, 58, from Corvallis, Mont., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Nushagak.

Location: Naknek

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/1/24 Ryan Littleton, 49, from Petersburg, and Connor McCollum, 25, from Cashmere, Wash., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters south of the Naknek section south line.

Location: Kvichak section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/30/24 Dakota Tennant, 31, from Black River Falls, Wisc., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section.

Location: Kvichak section

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/30/24 John C. Schandelmeier, 72, from Delta Junction, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Kvichak section.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/27/24 Nicholas Snyder, 58, from Rexburg, Idaho, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Nushagak.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/21/24 James Pollack, 37, and David Weisser, 22, both from Homer, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

More Bristol Bay fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/2/24 Kurt Baumgart, 64, from Ferndale, Wash., and Hunter Thompson, 24, from Anchorage, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Nushagak.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/1/24 Katrina Libby, 38, from Anchorage, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in Ekuk Bluffs.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/29/24 Jeffrey Ludwig, 34, from Arlington, Wash., and Matthew Tallman, 32, from Ramona, Calif., were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/28/24 Eric Hill, 30, and William Hill, 55, from Naknek, were cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Nushagak.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/28/24 Justin Martin, 45, from Vista, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in Nushagak Bay.

Troopers cite several Bristol Bay fishermen

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 7/1/24 Cory Dehning, 37, from Kodiak, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fishing violation

On 7/1/24 Dennis Wilson, 29, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 7/1/24 Sassa J. Copps-Wilson, 17, and George V. Wilson Jr., 53, both from Naknek, were cited for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fishing violation

On 6/30/24 Jeffrey Shostad, 66, from Washington state, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period and failing to mark his commercial drift gear in the Nushagak District.

Location: Dillingham

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/29/24 Shane Handy, 49, from Dillingham, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.

Location: Egegik District

Type: Commercial fish closed period

On 6/23/24 Jaymi Bethea, 31, from Fairplay, Colo., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Egegik District.