Tuesday, July 16, 2024

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.

Saturday, July 13, 2024

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.

Thursday, July 11, 2024

$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.

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

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.

Monday, July 8, 2024

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.

Sunday, July 7, 2024

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.