Kuzmin v. State, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC) denied Fedor Kuzmin's limited entry crab permit application because it found that he had insufficient points. Kuz-min appeals, arguing that the CFEC abused its discretion by refusing to credit him points based on crab deliveries he allegedly made as a partner in his son Romil's 2001 fishing operation. Because substantial evidence supported the CFEC's finding that Kuzmin was not in joint control of Romil's 2001 fishing operation, as 20 Alaska Administrative Code (AAC) 05.834(c) required, we affirm the…