Alaska State Troopers reported the conclusion and conviction of a crewmember that assaulted his captain and a fellow crewmember on the F/V Diligence, a tender that was at the time moored in the Egegik Commercial Fishing District last summer. It was July 3rd that troopers responded to the assault complaint. 54-year-old Don Iodice was placed […]
A ground and air search Monday and Tuesday concluded successfully after all three travelers traveling between Levelock and Naknek, were located safely, troopers reported on Tuesday. On Monday afternoon the Bristol Bay Borough Police dispatch contacted AST and informed troopers that three Levelock residents, Danielle Dobkins, Ivon Washington, and Paul Chukwak, had broken down with […]
A new forecast for the 2016 sockeye salmon fishing season in Bristol Bay says the fishery, which opens by regulation on June 1, is expected to have a run of some 46.6 million fish, with 29.5 million potentially available for commercial harvest. The figures were released on April 4 by the Alaska Department of Fish […]
Alaska Wildlife Troopers opened an investigation in illegal hunting and trapping on the Alaska Peninsula after receiving a tip from a concerned citizen this month. When troopers opened the investigation after the tip, they would find that 50-year-old Naknek resident Michael James had used illegal bait at one trapping location in the King Salmon area. […]