Younker v. Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Justice.

In 1973, the Alaska Legislature passed the Limited Entry Act, AS 16.43, for the purpose of regulating and controlling entry into the commercial fisheries “in the public interest and without unjust discrimination.” 1 The Act established the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (hereinafter “Commission”), which was given authority to “adopt regulations establishing qualifications for ranking applicants for entry permits according to the degree of hardship which they would suffer by exclusion from the fishery.” 2 In 1974, the Commission promulgated a priority…