MARITIME LAW Maddie Ayer In State v. North Pacific Fishing, Inc., 485 P.3d 1040 (Alaska 2021), the supreme court held that a fishery resource landing tax imposed on two commercial fishing companies did not violate the Import-Export and Tonnage Clauses of the United States Constitution or 33 U.S.C. § 5(b). (Id. at 1045). The fishing Continue Reading »
ADMIRALTY LAW Kristen M. Renberg, PhD Chaney v. State In Chaney v. States, 478 P.3d 222, (Alaska Ct. App. 2020), the court of appeals held that a defendant was properly convicted of fishing with an overlength commercial salmon seine vessel and the regulation for measuring the length of vessels adopted by the State’s Board Continue Reading »