Feds pinch Southeast Alaska skippers for illegally transporting crab

Commercial Tanner crab in Petersburg, Alaska in 2023. (Photo by Andy Wright)
Three men are charged in federal court for illegally transporting Alaska crab to sell in Washington. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Alaska says Kyle Potter and Justin Welch caught crab in Southeast Alaska this spring and moved them to Seattle at the direction of Potter’s dad, Corey.
The federal indictment says Corey Potter owns the two fishing vessels involved, which were run by his son, Kyle, and Welch.