Kachemak Bay Watch

In this appeal Kachemak Bay Watch, Inc. (KBW) seeks to invalidate the decision of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to accept applications for aquatic farming in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska. KBW also asks this court to hold that DNRs regulations setting forth criteria for issuing aquatic farmsite permits are legally insufficient and, contrary to the superior courts ruling, that KBW is a public interest litigant. We reverse DNRs decision to accept applications for aquatic farming in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska on the ground that DNR failed to first identify districts as required by statute.