


Read about this week's enforcement actions from around the country.
An Enforcement Officer conducted an IFQ boarding on a fishing vessel and observed a crewmember leave the vessel shortly after landing. The crewmember had not purchased a State commercial fishing license, but purchased one a half hour later. Case was forwarded to the State.
Two Enforcement Officers participated in a USCG C-130 aircraft patrol including St. Lawrence Island. A whale carcass was located on a beach and determined to be a bowhead, a species for which the International Whaling Commission allows limited Alaska Natives takes.
An Enforcement Officer assisted a commercial fisherman who found an injured and stranded baby female sea otter. The stranding network conducted an initial assessment and took the otter to the Alaska Sea Life Center for rehabilitation.