Kachemak Bay Watch, Inc. v. Noah

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this appeal Kachemak Bay Watch, Inc. (KBW) seeks to invalidate the decision of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to accept applications for aquatic farming in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska. KBW also asks this court to hold that DNR’s regulations setting forth criteria for issuing aquatic farmsite permits are legally insufficient and, contrary to the superior court’s ruling, that KBW is a public interest litigant. We reverse DNR’s decision to accept applications for aquatic farming in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska on the ground that…