State v. MacH

Following denial of their motions to suppress salmon seized on their respective commercial gill net boats, Jaromir Mach and Milos Falta were convicted in Clallam County District Court of unlawfully possessing gill net caught salmon during a closed season. Their appeals to Superior Court were consolidated for trial, and their convictions were affirmed. Upon appeal to this court, they concede that the fisheries patrol officers who boarded their vessels and who seized and confiscated their fish had ample reason to believe freshly caught salmon were on board in violation of the state fisheries…