Two crab captains cited for undersized red king crab in Dutch Harbor; only violations of the season
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [KUCB] by Annie Ropeik November 18, 2014
Two boat captains were in Unalaska District Court last Thursday after being caught with undersized red king crab.
Thirty-two-year-old Elliot Neese is the captain of the F/V Saga. The vessel was cited during a delivery of red kings last week. Dockside samplers found that 3.3 percent of the crab on board was illegal -- either too small, or female.
Neese called into court from his vessel Thursday. And so did Peter Liske, the 66-year-old captain of the F/V Valiant. He was found with a catch that was 2.7 percent undersized in late October.
These are the only two violations that Sergeant Robin Morrisett, with the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, saw this season. He says that’s pretty typical -- and that usually, it’s inexperienced deckhands who cause the problem....
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