CLEAVER v. STATE, COMMERCIAL FISHERIES

No. S-9689.

48 P.3d 464 (2002)

John T. CLEAVER, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, COMMERCIAL FISHERIES ENTRY COMMISSION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce B. Weyhrauch, Law Office of Bruce B. Weyhrauch, Juneau, for Appellant.

Shannon O'Fallon, Assistant Attorney General, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In his first attempt at participating in the Northern Southeast Inside Sablefish Longline fishery, John Cleaver "called it a season" after only two days because his homemade wooden bait chute was too dangerous, his equipment for fishing halibut proved inadequate for sablefish, and his line got tangled in the gear of other fishers. To qualify for skipper participation points towards a permanent...

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