Sewer Teatment Treats
Detachment 66 once again showed the importance of teamwork. A WDFW Detective had provided information to Officer Hoffarth regarding some illegal shellfish harvesting near a sewer treatment plant. Officer Hoffarth placed cameras in the area once likely access points were identified. Officer Schrader once again showed his keen timing and was working when a suspect finally appeared on camera accessing the beach. He responded with Officer Branscomb and Student Officer Mibus. The Officers were able to catch the suspect with commercial limits of oysters being harvested from a sewer treatment beach. The most interesting part: the suspect caught was the original informant for the illegal harvest being committed.
Get to the Chopper
Officer Garrison and OSP Trooper Cross flew with USCG for the commercial crab opener. No violations were located. The helicopter was able to cover ground quickly, as conditions were ideal for WDFW vessels. Back on the water Sergeant Dielman and Officer Garrison conducted a vessel patrol for commercial crab. They checked several commercial crabbers to ensure compliance with the requirement to have extra buoy tags on board the vessel. They focused on boats that mainly moor and offload in Astoria, Oregon. They also found a pot that was fishing unlawfully, without an attached buoy tag. The pot was pulled and WDFW will be in contact with the fisher…
For a complete report subscribe to TRN.