July 19, 2016 — JUNEAU, Alaska — A judge is set to hear arguments in a case brought by the Alaska Department of Law that seeks the dismissal of a lawsuit against the state regarding the management of the state’s commercial fisheries.
The case is scheduled to go before Juneau Superior Court Judge Louis Menendez on Tuesday, according to The Juneau Empire.
At the center of a case is an administrative order issued by Gov. Bill Walker in February that calls for several functions of the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission to be transferred to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Walker’s administration has said moving administrative and research functions, like licensing and permitting, to Fish and Game could save the state more than $1.3 million a year.
Read the full story from the Associated Press at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner