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Meier v. State, Board of Fisheries

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided July 10, 1987No. S-1704PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

Joseph Meier challenges the validity of 5 AAC 06.370(b), a Fish and Game regulation governing commercial sockeye salmon fishing in Bristol Bay. Meier is a commercial salmon fisherman who operates drift gill-net gear in Bristol Bay. The superior court entered summary judgment upholding the regulation. 1 We affirm.

Fish and Game regulations divide Bristol Bay into a number of fishing districts. 5 AAC 06.200. A commercial salmon fisherman must register in a district before he may fish there. 5 AAC 06.370(a). The regulation challenged in this appeal, 5 AAC 06.370(b), requires…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Kelly v. ZamarelloAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
  2. Kingery v. ChappleAlaska Supreme Court · 1972

3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Native Village of Elim v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Peninsula Marketing Ass'n v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Gilbert v. State, Department of Fish & Game, Board of FisheriesAlaska Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Tongass Sport Fishing Ass'n v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Interior Alaska Airboat Ass'n v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 2001

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