Location: Sitka
Type: Lingcod bycatch
On 12/16/24 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Sitka Post, cited Kenneth Middleton, 58, of Oregon, for taking lingcod bycatch in the commercial longline fishery during a closed period. Investigation revealed Middleton had landed approximately 1,750 pounds of lingcod in Washington after having taken the fish in the waters of Icy Bay Subdistrict, near Yakutat, in late October. The area had been closed to lingcod harvest by emergency order. The violation was identified and reported by the fish processor. Arraignment set in Yakutat District Court.
No comments:
Post a Comment