Legal Opinion
Alaska Fish & Wildlife Conservation Fund v. State, Department of Fish & Game, Board of Fisheries
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided December 7, 2012No. Nos. S-14079, S-14099PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CARPENETI, Chief Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
In 1999, the Board of Fisheries (the Board) made a positive customary and traditional use finding in the Chitina subdistrict for the first time, thereby changing it from a "personal use" to a "subsistence" fishery. The Board reversed this decision in 2003, *905returning Chitina to a personal use fishery. The Alaska Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fund (AFWCF) and the Chitina Dipnetters Association, Inc., after asking the Board to reconsider its 2003 finding in both 2005 and 2008,1 brought this suit to challenge the Board's negative customary and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- McDowell v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1989
- Madison v. Alaska Department of Fish & GameAlaska Supreme Court · 1985
- Interior Alaska Airboat Ass'n v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 2001
- Alaska Trademark Shellfish, LLC v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 2004
- State v. Kenaitze Indian TribeAlaska Supreme Court · 1995
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Manning v. State, Department of Fish & GameAlaska Supreme Court · 2015
- Alaska Fish & Wildlife Conservation Fund v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2015
- State, Dept. of Natural Resources v. Alaskan Crude CorporationAlaska Supreme Court · 2018
- State v. EstradaCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2013
- Alaska Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fund v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 2015
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