Opinion ID: 1177049
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Elina Andrew

Text: Elina Andrew is from Togiak and is also a long-time participant in the Bristol Bay drift gill net fishery. She fished with her husband John from 1965 through 1973. Her husband testified through an interpreter that he and his wife fished as fifty-fifty partners and that they each paid half the expenses. The Andrews produced a 1971 receipt for $1,048.50 for gasoline and oil charging half to Elina and half to John. The two purchased their boat together in 1968 from their joint earnings; they considered it to be jointly owned. On their 1972 joint tax return both listed their occupations as fisherman. They filed a sole proprietorship profit form, however, rather than a partnership form. The Andrews testified that their earnings were divided equally. Ms. Andrew applied for a limited entry permit and was initially granted fifteen points. No points were awarded for income dependence as a fishing partner. An administrative hearing resulted in two points being revoked. [2] The Commission revoked two additional points but otherwise adopted the hearing officer's recommended decision, leaving Ms. Andrew with eleven points. After her petition for reconsideration was denied, appeal was made to the superior court whereupon consolidation with the Chocknok case was ordered. The superior court affirmed the Commission's decision.