A dip netter in South Central Alaska wrote that the Board of Fisheries should not require personal use fishers to purchase an annual sport fishing license, because personal use fisheries such as dip netting are not legally the same as sport fishing. The Board of Fisheries had put the license requirement in a regulation, and the complainant contended that the regulation was illegal. The Ombudsman noted that in statute, “personal use fishing” and “sport fishing” were both defined as taking fish for personal, non-commercial use, and were distinguished only by gear type. Given the Board’s broad authority to regulate both types of fishery, the Ombudsman also doubted that the regulation was illegal. Furthermore, the Ombudsman did not find it inequitable that the personal use fishers are required to purchase an annual license just like sport fishers. The Ombudsman declined further investigation of this complaint. (A2016-1217)