Estate of Smith v. State

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and CON-NOR, BURKE, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ. BURKE, Justice.

Appellants seek to overturn the refusal of the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC) to consider their applications for limited entry permits. As we conclude that neither estate pursued its remedies in a timely fashion, we affirm the superior court’s decision in favor of the CFEC.

Phillip Smith fished commercially in Alaska waters for many years prior to his death on May 18,1972. George Anderson, a lifelong resident of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska, had been a commercial fisherman in that area for at…