JUNEAU, Alaska – A Southeast Alaska commercial fisherman was sentenced Wednesday to five years’ probation, a $15,000 fine, and a worldwide fishing and hunting ban throughout his time on probation for his role in a conspiracy to illegally harvest halibut with another commercial fisherman, in violation of the Lacey Act. According to court documents, […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) welcomed the decision by the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) to defer review of a regulatory proposal that sought to alter Alaska’s unguided recreational Pacific halibut limits. The proposal, which was submitted by a Seattle, Washington-based trade association, would have reduced the daily bag limit of Alaska’s unguided recreational halibut […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging five southeast Alaska commercial fisherman with conspiring to illegally harvest halibut, in violation of the Lacey Act. According to court documents, Jonathan Pavlik, 43, of Yakutat, Vincent Jacobson, 51, of Yakutat, Kyle Dierick, 36, of Yakutat, Michael Babic, 42, of Cordova, and […]
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