NOAA Office of Law Enforcement director named

Here's the press release.

Crabber cited for lack of catcher-seller permit

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Kodiak

Type: Sell without permit

On 9/10/24 Kelly Broyles, 58, from Foresthill, Calif., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for selling Dungeness crab without a catcher-seller permit in Kodiak.

Sitka man charged with exceeding 12-king limit

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka

Type: King salmon overlimit

On 9/5/24 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Gary McMaster, 74, of Sitka, after he landed 14 king salmon at a local processor when a total of 12 were allowed for Sept. 1-10, during the commercial troll limited harvest season for king salmon. Arraignment was set in Sitka District Court. Two king salmon were donated to a local charity.

Two Sitka men charged in sablefish case

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Sitka

Type: Sablefish violations

On 9/1/24 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted Vincent Peters, 38, of Sitka, transporting processed sablefish fillets up the public dock. Investigation revealed the fillets came from a nearby commercial sablefish vessel. The fish had been harvested under personal use regulations in Chatham Strait on 8/31/24. As a result of the investigation, vessel owner-operator Patrick Crenna, 44, of Sitka, was cited for failing to have a personal use/subsistence sablefish permit, reporting inaccurate information on a permit once obtained, and using an overlimit of pot gear to harvest sablefish. Total bail set at $440 with an arraignment set in Sitka District Court for the overlimit gear charge. Peters was cited for no personal use/subsistence sablefish permit, and overlimit pot gear. Bail set at $220 with an arraignment for the overlimit pot gear charge.

Peter Pan warned over rockfish exceedance

NOAA's Office of General Counsel reports this case charged in July:

• Shoreside processor owner Peter Pan Seafood-King Cove LLC and managers Colby B. Boulton, Trevor Milich and Ryan Piliae were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Act with exceeding the maximum commerce allowance amount for rockfish. A written warning was issued.