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Alaska salmon boat captain gets five years probation for deaths of 15 sea lions

Jon Nichols, the 31-year-old captain of the Iron Hide, will serve five years of probation, including three months of home incarceration, and pay a $20,000 fine

By Undercurrent News | Nov. 8, 2018 17:28 GMT
Stellar sea lions in Alaska. Photograph by Frank Kovalchek.
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Jon Nichols, the 31-year-old captain of the Iron Hide, an Alaskan salmon fishing vessel, will not spend time in a federal prison for his part in directing the killing of 15 Stellar sea lions near the mouth of the Copper River in 2015, the Alaska radio station KTVA reports [...]

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