Fisheries management throughout Alaska relies on a mix of state, federal, and international laws and regulations. These rules provide the guidance for programs such as the Alaska Subsistence Halibut Program. The program permits rural residents and members of Alaska Native tribes to catch halibut for direct personal or family consumption as food, sharing for personal […]
A Klawock Sport Charter Captain forfeited his vessel and trailer to the state after repeated violations spanning the last three years during sentencing in the Prince of Wales court on Monday. 75-year-old Stuart Merchant pleaded guilty to four wildlife crimes in court after a three day investigation that charged him with Unsworn Falsification and violating […]
A Grayling man was arrested for Felony Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor on Monday for an incident that occurred late last month. It was on April 25th, that Aniak-based troopers received a report that Grayling man, 25-year-old Douglas Deacon had furnished alcohol to a minor in that community. Grayling is a local option community and […]
Ketchikan-based troopers responded to mile five of the North Tongass Highway to investigate a probable collision there and cleaned up debris from on the highway early Sunday morning. The trooper dispatch reports that troopers responded to that location at 4:08 am on Sunday morning to find “what appeared to have been a motor vehicle collision […]