Haggren v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

J. Michael Haggren was convicted of the strict liability violation of operating a com mercial drift gill net within 600 feet of a set gill net. 5 AAC 21.335(a). Haggren now appeals both his conviction and his sentence. We affirm.

According to the written findings entered by Superior Court Judge Charles K. Cran-ston, Haggren was fishing with a drift net approximately 250 feet offshore from a shore fishery lease issued by the City of Kenai to Frank Canady. As Haggren was fishing, Canady placed a set net in the water and began to fish. Believing that the two nets were so…