Kenai Peninsula Fisherman's Cooperative Ass'n v. State

OPINION

DIMOND, Senior Justice.

This case arises on appeal from summary judgment granted in favor of the state. It concerns the validity of actions taken by the Board of Fisheries (hereafter Board) and the Commissioner of Fish and Game (hereafter Commissioner) affecting recreational and commercial fisheries of the salmon stocks in the Upper Cook Inlet.

Appellant, Kenai Peninsula Fisherman’s Cooperative Association, Inc. (hereafter Association), is a group of commercial fishermen who harvest salmon in the Upper Sub-district of the Central District of Cook Inlet. The Association challenges the…