Gosman’s Dock, a Montauk institution for more than eight decades, has been sold, according to a person familiar with the sale, as two members of the Gosman family who pleaded guilty in a decade-long commercial fishing probe are set to return to federal court for sentencing in two weeks.

A person familiar with the business confirmed the sale closed earlier this month. Terms of the settlement were not available, and calls to members of the Gosman family were not returned.

Gosman’s Dock, which has been on the market for years, most recently in 2023, has been listed with a sale price of $45 million. The Gosmans owned nine separate parcels in the 11.6-acre waterfront Montauk portfolio, including a 477-seat restaurant, six retail stores, wholesale and retail fish businesses, seasonal staff housing and a portion from a parking lot of 330 cars.

In a July Newsday article, general manager Robert Gosman Jr. took note of the changing Montauk scene. “Traffic has definitely gotten worse and the demographics are changing — it’s just too expensive here for most families,” he told Newsday.

The sale comes as Bryan and Asa Gosman, who each pleaded guilty in 2021 to one federal count of criminal conspiracy in the fishing probe and have cooperated with prosecutors, are scheduled to appear Nov. 12 before Judge Joan Azrack in federal court in Central Islip for a period of time. judgment of conviction and restitution, according to court documents.

Both Gosmans testified in a federal case that resulted in a 30-month prison sentence for Christopher Winkler, a veteran Montauk commercial fisherman who was found guilty of five counts after a trial in Central federal court Islip last year. Winkler was charged in connection with a scheme to illegally collect 200,000 pounds of black bass over federal limits in a case involving Gosman’s wholesale business as a fish buyer and Bryan Gosman as of the alleged observer, the prosecutors declared at the trial. The fish was valued at more than $900,000, and prosecutors are seeking at least $725,000 in restitution.

“Because there is a possibility that Winkler could be held jointly and severally liable with Asa Gosman and Bryan Gosman, the court will make its final decision regarding Winkler in conjunction with Gosman’s sentencing hearings” next month, the papers said.

Bryan and Asa Gosman are family managers of Bob Gosman Co. Inc., an entity that in 2021 pleaded guilty to two counts of Fish Trafficking Lacey Act violations in the case and received four years of probation and a $50,000 fine. court records. Neither the Gosmans nor their attorneys returned messages seeking comment. Brian McCarthy, an attorney for the company in the criminal case, declined to comment.

Richard Levitt, Winkler’s defense attorney in the case, charged during closing statements in Winkler’s trial that the Gosmans and their business received a relative slap on the wrist for their role in the fishing case. Gosman is also not expected to face jail time. Winkler and the Gosmans had been friends for a long time. Winkler is due to turn himself in for his prison term next month, his lawyer Peter Smith said.

Mark Harrington, a Newsday reporter since 1999, covers energy, wineries, Indian affairs and fisheries.