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Text: 679.2, that’s correct. Further, applying RAM’s interpretation, RAM’s Program Administrator acknowledged that if the F/V Alaska Trojan had not experienced poor weather and the F/V Patricia Lee had decided to accept Alaska Trojan’s crab in early November, and therefore had issued the F/V Alaska Trojan another fish ticket, “we wouldn’t be here” because Alaska Trojan would have had three fish tickets during the endorsement qualification period, representing three documented harvests. The Office of Administrative Appeals issued a decision denying Alaska Trojan’s appeal. It upheld RAM’s interpretation of “documented harvest” and RAM’s finding that Alaska Trojan had only two documented harvests during the endorsement qualification period, as represented by the November 24, 1994, and December 1, 1994, fish tickets. The Office of Administrative Appeals subsequently denied Alaska Trojan’s motion for reconsideration. Based on this decision, RAM sent Alaska Trojan a letter of Final Agency Action invalidating Alaska Trojan’s interim LLP license effective December 31, 2003, pursuant to which Alaska Trojan had been fishing during the pendency of its administrative appeals. RAM also issued Alaska Trojan a transferable LLP license without the Aleutian Islands brown king crab endorsement. ALASKA TROJAN PARTNERSHIP v. GUTIERREZ 13605 Alaska Trojan then filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska challenging the denial of its claim for an Aleutian Islands brown king crab endorsement. Alaska Trojan alleged that defendants violated the Magnuson Act and the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 551, et seq. Alaska Trojan moved for summary judgment, defendants cross-moved for summary judgment, and on July 27, 2004, the district court issued an order denying Alaska Trojan’s motion for summary judgment and granting defendants’ cross-motion. The district court entered a final judgment the next day, and Alaska Trojan timely appealed on August 25, 2004. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291.