• F/V Baranof — Owner Romanzof Fishing Co. LLC and operators Dennis McKibbin, Reynaldo Rubalcava and James Patrick Sjodin were charged jointly and severally under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act in Count 1 with failing to comply with flow scale testing requirements. Romanzof Fishing Co., McKibbin, Rubalcava, Sjodin and crewman Ryan Fuller were charged under the Magnuson-Stevens Act in Count 2 with prohibiting or barring, by refusal of reasonable assistance, an observer from collecting samples or otherwise performing their duties. A $33,500 NOVA (notice of violation and assessment) was issued, and the case settled for a total of $26,775. All respondents in Count 1 settled. For Count 2, Romanzof Fishing Co. and McKibbin, Rubalcava and Sjodin settled. The case defaulted against Fuller. A second crewman also was charged in Count 2 but has not yet been served.
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