Boyd Didrickson and Marina Katelnikoff Beck, Plaintiff-Intervenors v. United States Department of the Interior, and Friends of the Sea Otter, Defendant-Intervenors. Alaska Sea Otter Commission and Ilarion Pletnikoff v. United States Department of the Interior, and Friends of the Sea Otter, Defendant-Intervenors

982 F.2d 1332 23 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,435 Boyd DIDRICKSON and Marina Katelnikoff Beck, Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR, et al., Defendants. and Friends of the Sea Otter, et al., Defendant-Intervenors. ALASKA SEA OTTER COMMISSION and Ilarion Pletnikoff, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR, et al., Defendants. and Friends of the Sea Otter, et al., Defendant-Intervenors. No. 91-36323. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 18, 1992. Decided Dec. 28, 1992. Stuart L. Somach and Sandra K. Dunn, DeCuir & Somach, Sacramento, CA for defendants-intervenors-appellants. Katherine W. Hazard, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees. Carol H. Daniel and Joseph D. Johnson, Alaska Legal Services Corp., and Eric Smith, Anchorage, AK, for plaintiffs-appellees. Beck and Didrickson; Eric Smith, Anchorage, AK, for plaintiffs-appellees Alaska Sea Otter Com'n and Pletnikoff. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before: HUG, D.W. NELSON, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. HUG, Circuit Judge: 1 This case concerns the validity of a portion of the regulation…