Federal Communications Commission
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Cape Mendocino Fishing, LP )                   File No. EB-FIELDWR-15-00018642
Licensee of Ship Radio Station WDG2517 )
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Bellevue, WA )    NOV No. V201532860016
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
  Released:  March 31, 2015
By the Resident Agent, Honolulu Office, Western Region, Enforcement Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation (Notice) issued pursuant to Section 1.89 of the 
Commission’s rules (Rules),
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to Cape Mendocino Fishing, LP (Mendocino), licensee of ship radio station 
WDG2517, F/V Capt. Vincent Gann, in Bellevue, Washington. Pursuant to Section 1.89(a) of the Rules, 
issuance of this Notice does not preclude the Enforcement Bureau from further action if warranted, 
including issuing a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for the violation noted herein.
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2. Between December 14, 2014 and February 15, 2015, the High Frequency Direction 
Finding (HFDF) Center of the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau monitored 
transmissions by ship radio station WDG2517, F/V Capt. Vincent Gann, on the frequency 8935.0 kHz
lower sideband (LSB), operating between Hawaii and American Samoa, and observed the following 
violation:
47 C.F.R. § 1.903(a): “Stations in the Wireless Radio Services must be used and 
operated only in accordance with the rules applicable to their particular service as set 
forth in this title and with a valid authorization granted by the Commission…” The 
license for ship station WDG2517 does not authorize operation on the aeronautical 
frequency 8935.0 kHz. The HFDF Center has received complaints from Aeronautical 
Radio, Inc. (ARINC) that the unauthorized transmissions are causing harmful 
interference to ARINC’s authorized operations.
3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
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and 
Section 1.89 of the Rules, we seek additional information concerning the violations and any remedial 
actions taken. Therefore, Mendocino must submit a written statement concerning this matter within 
twenty (20) days of release of this Notice.  The response (i) must fully explain each violation, including 
all relevant surrounding facts and circumstances, (ii) must contain a statement of the specific action(s) 
                                                          
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47 C.F.R. § 1.89.
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47 C.F.R. § 1.89(a).
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47 U.S.C. § 308(b).
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taken to correct each violation and preclude recurrence, and (iii) must include a time line for completion 
of any pending corrective action(s).  The response must be complete in itself and must not be abbreviated 
by reference to other communications or answers to other notices.
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4. In accordance with Section 1.16 of the Rules, we direct Mendocino to support its 
response to this Notice with an affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury, signed and dated by an 
authorized officer of Mendocino with personal knowledge of the representations provided in Mendocino’s 
response, verifying the truth and accuracy of the information therein,
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and confirming that all of the 
information requested by this Notice which is in the regulatee’s possession, custody, control, or 
knowledge has been produced.  To knowingly and willfully make any false statement or conceal any 
material fact in reply to this Notice is punishable by fine or imprisonment under Title 18 of the U.S. 
Code.
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5. All replies and documentation sent in response to this Notice should be marked with the 
File No. and NOV No. specified above, and mailed to the following address:
Federal Communications Commission
Honolulu Office
P.O. Box 971030
Waipahu, Hawaii 96797-1030
6. This Notice shall be sent to Cape Mendocino Fishing, LP, at its address of record.  
7. The Privacy Act of 1974
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requires that we advise you that the Commission will use all 
relevant material information before it, including any information disclosed in your reply, to determine 
what, if any, enforcement action is required to ensure compliance.  
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Ryan Hagihara
Resident Agent
Honolulu Office
Western Region
Enforcement Bureau
                                                          
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47 C.F.R. § 1.89(c).
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Section 1.16 of the Rules provides that “[a]ny document to be filed with the Federal Communications Commission 
and which is required by any law, rule or other regulation of the United States to be supported, evidenced, 
established or proved by a written sworn declaration, verification, certificate, statement, oath or affidavit by the 
person making the same, may be supported, evidenced, established or proved by the unsworn declaration, 
certification, verification, or statement in writing of such person . . . . Such declaration shall be subscribed by the 
declarant as true under penalty of perjury, and dated, in substantially the following form . . . : ‘I declare (or certify, 
verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date). (Signature)’.”  47 
C.F.R. § 1.16.
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18 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. See also 47 C.F.R. § 1.17.
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P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).