Hotch v. United States

STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

Steven V. Hotch, a registered commercial fisherman, is appealing from a conviction and sentence for taking salmon for food from Alaskan waters in violation of a regulatory extension of statutory closing hours and contrary to a Department of the Interior regulation. Appellant admitted in the United States District Court and here admits that he is a commercial fisherman and that he committed the acts alleged in the complaint and that his “ * * * defense is that the regulation is invalid because prohibited by statute.” That is, that the applicable statute reserves to…