May v. State, Department of Revenue, Child Support Services Division

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Bert May appeals the denial of a limited entry permit to enter the Southeast Alaska herring purse seine fishery. May's application, which has been pending since 1977, was denied because May did not participate in the geographically-defined fishery in the years preceding his application. May received notice in 1977 that his fishing in the waters of Annette Island Reserve (AIR) did not qualify him for the fishery because AIR waters were not part of the defined limited fishery, a determination which an administrative hearing officer affirmed in a written…