Kodiak fisherman sentenced to prison and banned from fishing for trafficking diseased crab. NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement led an investigation that resulted in a Kodiak fisherman being sentenced to prison for illegally trafficking diseased crab from Alaska to Washington. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska handled the successful prosecution. On May […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Kodiak fisherman was sentenced Tuesday to one year in prison and will serve two years on supervised release for leading a plan to illegally transport crab from Alaska to Washington on two crab catcher vessels, in violation of the Lacey Act. In February and March 2024, Corey Potter, 64, owned and […]
NOAA Fisheries works with communities, harvesters, and processors to navigate solutions in a pinch. The Alaska Bering Sea snow crab fishery is open for the first time in 2 years after a sharp decline in the crab population caused fishery closures. Participants have banded together with NOAA Fisheries to use regulatory flexibilities to help the […]
(Anchorage) – The Alaska Board of Fisheries (BOF) adopted several proposals on miscellaneous shellfish including Prince William Sound shrimp, Cook Inlet Tanner crab, and east and west Cook Inlet razor clams at its March 2025 meeting in Anchorage. Regulatory changes are summarized below as a service but not as a complete digest of all regulations. The […]