State v. Estrada

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

The Alaska Board of Fisheries often decides to prohibit fishing or restrict certain fisheries on a general basis-for example, by establishing open and closed seasons, or by defining the geographic areas where fish may be taken, or by setting catch limits, or by restricting the gear that people can use when fishing. To achieve these purposes, the Board has enacted two types of administrative regulations.

In the first type of administrative regulation, the Board of Fisheries directly specifies the applicable prohibitions or restrictions in the regulation itself. But in…