Judge orders tracking device added to boat that fished illegally By Associated Press JUNEAU, AK Two Ketchikan fishermen who pleaded no contest to charges of illegal commercial fishing will be required to install a global positioning system on their boat so authorities can keep track of their activities. It's the first time the technology will be required as part of the prosecution of a commercial fishery violation, according to the Alaska Bureau of Wildlife Enforcement. Ronald and Hughie Blake, both 33, will be required to continually operate the monitoring system aboard their vessel, the Hunter, during a five-year probationary period. Judge Kevin Miller also ordered that if they sell the Hunter, they must install the equipment on any new vessel The pair entered their plea in a Ketchikan courtroom Monday in relation to the charges pressed as the result of an investigation in 2000. Another condition of probation requires that both men not participate in any capacity in the commercial shrimp fishery for one year. Hughie Blake pleaded no contest to three counts of commercial fishing during a closed period, two counts of failure to report commercial fishing catch statistics, and one count of failure to mark commercial fishing buoys. He was fined $80,000 with $50,000 suspended. His fishing permit was suspended for one year. Ronald Blake entered no contest pleas to one count of commercial fishing during a closed period, two counts of failure to report catch statistics, one count of unlawful possession of commercially caught shrimp, and one count of commercial fishing without a permit. He was fined $55,000 with $35,000 suspended. Ronald Blake also was sentenced to other charges resulting from a 2003 investigation. He was fined $20,000 with $10,000 suspended in that case.