Five cited in Egegik District during Bristol Bay salmon enforcement actions

Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited five commercial fishers in three enforcement actions in the Egegik District on June 25 and 26, covering three distinct violation types during the Bristol Bay sockeye season. The citations came during the Bristol Bay Salmon Enforcement Program, which patrols the largest commercial sockeye salmon fishery in the world. The 2026 inshore sockeye run is forecast at about 44.1 million fish, and roughly 80 percent of the Bristol Bay salmon catch is harvested with drift gillnets.

Two fishers were cited June 25 for commercial fishing during a closed period in Egegik Bay; two others were cited June 26 for operating a drift gillnet too close to a set net in the Egegik District; a fifth fisher was cited the same day for grounding prohibited. All five are presumed innocent.

The closed-period citations were issued against Kevin James Wilson, 40, of Bainbridge, Washington, and Sylvie Anna Kaul-Anderson, 31, of Bellingham, Washington. Their arraignment is scheduled at Naknek District Court on Aug. 5, 2026. The dispatch covering that incident was posted by Alaska Wildlife Troopers on June 29, 2026.

The drift-gillnet citations were issued against Ace Charles Keim, 45, and Ian Michael Keim, 22, both of Anchorage, for operating a drift gillnet too close to a set net in the Egegik District. Dylan Kenneth Dunsmore, 39, of Bellingham, Washington, received the grounding-prohibited citation (case AK26060641). Both June 26 cases are scheduled for arraignment at Naknek District Court on Aug. 6, 2026. The dispatches for those incidents were posted on June 30, 2026.