Daniel Sullivan actually said...

Alaska has probably the best management of fish and game of any State, of any country in the world.

There is a fundamental issue here. The statehood compact by which Alaska became a State... granted by the Congress, authority for the State ...

There is a big principle at stake here: the management of Alaska's lands, State and Federal, which were guaranteed by Congress.

This is a perfect example of where an agency philosophically disagrees with Federal law, so they bypass the will of Congress.