Subsistence News-5/25/95

Written by Larry Roberts on May 25, 1995. Posted in Alaska, Subsistence News.

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Subject: Subsistence News-5/25/95

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*On May 9th, the Alaska State Supreme Court ruled that the state constitution allows for areas where subsistence is not the top priority in fish and game management.

*The court also struck down provisions of the states Tier II subsistence regulations that give a preference to residents living close to subsistence resources.

*The ruling strengthens the state court’s earlier decisions related to subsistence. The ruling also pushes the state even further from the rural subsistence preference required under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980.

*The ruling makes it virtually impossible, short of a state constitutional amendment, for the state to enact a law that is in conformity with ANILCA.

*Gov. Knowles reacted by saying that the decision reinforces the need for an Alaska solution to the subsistence issue.