Anchorage—The owner and captain of a fishing vessel featured on the Discovery Channel's popular reality show "Deadliest Catch" has pleaded no contest to a single count of illegally possessing undersized crab, according to Alaska State troopers.
Richard Quashnick, 51, owner of the Maverick, was fined $1,500 after an Alaska wildlife trooper inspecting his catch over the winter discovered some of the Maverick's bairdi tanner crab were smaller than the 5.5 inches required by law, trooper spokeswoman Beth Ipsen said.
Quashnick, reached by phone in Warrenton, Ore., said he was hauling some 45,000 pounds of crab at the time and troopers found only a few that were undersized. "It was an accident," he said. "It was just a mistake that my crew made, and we took care of it."
Seattle Times news services
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