October 3
Alaska Wildlife Troopers onboard the P/V Enforcer contacted the F/V Talon (ADFG #58859) in Zimovia Strait near Thoms Place, after observing two sea cucumber divers in the water after the fishing period had closed at noon. The divers were identified as permit-holders Tristan Schwehm, age 20, and Franklin Hayward, age 28, both of Metlakatla. Further investigation revealed that a crewmember onboard, Trevor Dundas, age 32, also of Metlakatla, did not have a commercial crewmember license. Schwehm and Hayward were both issued strict liability citations from commercial fishing for sea cucum...
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