Pullen v. Ulmer

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Pullen and United Fishermen of Alaska, Inc. challenge an initiative designed to set priorities among different salmon harvest users.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

In August of 1995, Appellee Fairness in Salmon Harvest, Inc. (F.I.S.H.) submitted an initiative application to the state.1 The proposed initiative provided that subsistence, personal use, and sport fisheries would receive a preference to take a portion of the salmon harvest before the remaining harvest-able salmon are allocated to other harvest users. The proposed initiative also sets a limit on…