ELR Citation: ELR 20016
No(s). 97-35944 (9th Cir. Sep 9, 1998)

The court holds that the federal paramountcy doctrine bars Alaskan native villages' claims of aboriginal title to the outer continental shelf (OCS) of the United States. In response to U.S. Department of Commerce regulations for the management of halibut and sablefish fisheries, several native villa...