Prominent Kodiak Family Accused of Fishing Permit Fraud
State prosecutors have accused Kodiak fisherman Duncan Fields and other members of his family of defrauding the state and fish buyers through a coordinated scheme that involved committing perjury and manipulating permits.
Court documents filed April 7 state that Fields and his family, who operate Fields and Sons Inc., illegally earned more than $1 million by temporarily transferring various salmon setnet permits to crew members, allowing the family to bypass state limits on individual ownership.
Fields, whose family has been setnetting in Kodiak since 1961, denied the state's claims, saying by...
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