Cleaver v. State, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In his first attempt at participating in the Northern Southeast Inside Sablefish Long-line fishery, John Cleaver "called it a season" after only two days because his homemade wooden bait chute was too dangerous, his equipment for fishing halibut proved inadequate for sablefish, and his line got tangled in the gear of other fishers. To qualify for skipper participation points towards a permanent limited entry permit, Cleaver characterized his problems as an "extensive mechanical - breakdown." The - Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission did not accept…