Alaska Fisherman Sentenced to Prison for Ordering Crew to Kill Endangered Whale, Illegal Catches

A Southeast Alaska fisherman was sentenced to six months in prison for falsifying fishing records and ordering his crew to kill an endangered whale.
Dugan Paul Daniels, 55, of Coffman Cove, tried to take the endangered sperm whale by having a crewman shoot the whale and attempting to ram the whale with his fishing vessel in March 2020.
Daniels documented the encounter in writing and through text messages sent from a GPS communication device. Some of the messages stated he wished...
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