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.

PWS fishermen cited over anchored net

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Whitter

Type: Anchored driftnet

On 06/27/24 James Andrews, 30, of Seward, was issued a citation for operating a commercial salmon drift gillnet that was otherwise affixed to rocks in Falls Bay, Eshamy District, western Prince William Sound.

Four Prince William Sound fishermen cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Valdez

Type: Illegal driftnet operations

On 6/20/24 Kiril Reutov, 33, of Wasilla, was issued a citation for operating a commercial salmon drift gillnet within 60 fathoms of a commercial setnet in Falls Bay, Eshamy District, western Prince William Sound.

Location: Valdez

Type: Illegal driftnet operations

On 6/20/24 James Andrews, 30, of Seward, was issued a citation for operating a commercial salmon drift gillnet within 60 fathoms of a commercial setnet in Falls Bay, Eshamy District, western Prince William Sound.

Location: Valdez

Type: Illegal driftnet operations

On 6/24/24 Richard Eckley, 22, of Cordova, was cited for operating a commercial salmon drift gillnet within 60 fathoms of a commercial setnet in Falls Bay, Eshamy District, western Prince William Sound.

Location: Valdez

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/24/24 Kenneth Cary, 58, of Cordova, was issued a citation for commercial fishing within 500 yards of a salmon stream, which is closed waters, near Eshamy Bay, western Prince William Sound.

Man charged with harassment in Unalakleet

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Unalakleet

Type: Harassment

On 6/18/24 Alaska State Troopers received a report from a 29-year-old woman reporting she was touched inappropriately by Gary S. Lybrand, 71, of Soldotna, while she was working at the fish-processing plant yard in Unalakleet. Investigation revealed Lybrand put his hand down the woman's front pants pocket without consent and then grazed her chest over her clothes with the back of his hand, while commenting how much he liked her coveralls. Troopers filed harassment charges against Lybrand.

Prince William Sound fisherman cited

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Montague Island

Type: Commercial fish closed waters

On 6/18/24 James Barber, 35, of Cordova, was cited for commercial fishing in closed waters outside the Port Chalmers Subdistrict near the north end of Montague Island.

Deckhand arrested on assault charges

From the Alaska State Troopers:

Location: Anchor Point

Type: Assault

On 6/22/24 Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers responded to a disturbance near Iliamna Bay. Investigation determined deckhand Joseph Kuzmin, 22, had threatened numerous people with a knife aboard a fishing vessel. Kuzmin was arrested and remanded to the Homer jail on seven counts of assault.