MEIER v. STATE, BD. OF FISHERIES

No. S-1704.

739 P.2d 172 (1987)

Joseph M. MEIER, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, BOARD OF FISHERIES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Burnham, Findley & Burnham, Juneau, for appellant.

Larri Irene Spengler, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Ronald W. Lorensen, Acting Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

John W. Hendrickson, Anchorage, for amici curiae.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


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 gillnet 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...

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