Court kills major threat to Alaska salmon industry

摘要

Setnet salvation: Alaska s fishing industry scored a monumental victory when the state Supreme Court ruled that a proposed ballot initiative to ban setnets was unconstitutional.It means voters will not have a chance to shut down commercial setnetters at Cook Inlet, the initiative sponsor's primary target area.The high court, in a 22-page opinion issued New Year's Eve, reversed a lower court decision approving the initiative. The justices concluded that the initiative would "completely appropriate salmon away" from setnetters, in violation of the constitutional prohibition on such appropriations.