Marshall: More on the feds' dismissal of subsistence fishing charges
Submitted by thevillage on November 6, 2009 - 11:23am.
KYUK has more details this week on the feds’ move to dismiss charges against a Marshall police officer who was ticketed in September for an illegal subsistence fishing trip.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ticketed Jason Isaac, 32, $275 for his role in a king salmon fishing trip made in protest of summer subsistence restrictions. Isaac was the only person to admit to taking part in the trip, according to the Tundra Drums.
Heather Kendall-Miller, an attorney for the Native American Rights Fund, followed the story and met with a regional Fish and Wildlife director to ask that the charges be dropped, KYUK reports.
“It just seemd like very poor judgement on the part of Fish and Wildife,” she told the station.
The Ohogamuit Traditional Council in the village announced the dismissal Oct. 29, the Tundra Drums says.