Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2019
Table 5-04. Transfer Acquisition Methods by Residency Type of Transfer Recipient

  Gift Sale Trade Other  
Year Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Total Count
Alaska Rural Local                  
1980 176 58.1% 114 37.6% 7 2.3% 6 2.0% 303
1981 183 49.5% 172 46.5% 4 1.1% 11 3.0% 370
1982 191 50.3% 181 47.6% 6 1.6% 2 0.5% 380
1983 222 51.0% 182 41.8% 16 3.7% 15 3.4% 435
1984 159 46.2% 143 41.6% 8 2.3% 34 9.9% 344
1985 147 40.2% 181 49.5% 6 1.6% 32 8.7% 366
1986 136 35.6% 205 53.7% 7 1.8% 34 8.9% 382
1987 126 31.8% 225 56.8% 6 1.5% 39 9.8% 396
1988 127 34.9% 194 53.3% 2 0.5% 41 11.3% 364
1989 108 31.6% 150 43.9% 6 1.8% 78 22.8% 342
1990 109 32.5% 165 49.3% 4 1.2% 57 17.0% 335
1991 109 34.3% 150 47.2% 3 0.9% 56 17.6% 318
1992 124 37.8% 145 44.2% 2 0.6% 57 17.4% 328
1993 125 38.0% 138 41.9% 6 1.8% 60 18.2% 329
1994 124 38.9% 131 41.1% 4 1.3% 60 18.8% 319
1995 140 39.0% 168 46.8% 4 1.1% 47 13.1% 359
1996 134 39.3% 155 45.5% 4 1.2% 48 14.1% 341
1997 114 30.5% 208 55.6% 7 1.9% 45 12.0% 374
1998 126 39.0% 156 48.3% 7 2.2% 34 10.5% 323
1999 120 37.2% 158 48.9% 8 2.5% 37 11.5% 323
2000 111 31.5% 199 56.5% 5 1.4% 37 10.5% 352
2001 118 34.0% 178 51.3% 9 2.6% 42 12.1% 347
2002 95 34.5% 146 53.1% 7 2.5% 27 9.8% 275
2003 113 36.8% 159 51.8% 0 0.0% 35 11.4% 307
2004 114 32.2% 215 60.7% 3 0.8% 22 6.2% 354
2005 149 38.3% 198 50.9% 4 1.0% 38 9.8% 389
2006 127 36.3% 186 53.1% 3 0.9% 34 9.7% 350
2007 130 35.4% 194 52.9% 7 1.9% 36 9.8% 367
2008 144 38.0% 211 55.7% 3 0.8% 21 5.5% 379
2009 132 43.7% 144 47.7% 5 1.7% 21 7.0% 302
2010 153 40.8% 191 50.9% 1 0.3% 30 8.0% 375
2011 154 41.6% 186 50.3% 3 0.8% 27 7.3% 370
2012 134 38.0% 180 51.0% 6 1.7% 33 9.3% 353
2013 139 39.4% 182 51.6% 3 0.8% 29 8.2% 353
2014 143 39.9% 169 47.2% 5 1.4% 41 11.5% 358
2015 120 44.6% 117 43.5% 7 2.6% 25 9.3% 269
2016 110 39.3% 128 45.7% 3 1.1% 39 13.9% 280
2017 127 42.9% 138 46.6% 4 1.4% 27 9.1% 296
2018 114 39.0% 155 53.1% 2 0.7% 21 7.2% 292
2019 106 39.8% 136 51.1% 2 0.8% 22 8.3% 266
Total 5,333 39.0% 6,733 49.3% 199 1.5% 1,400 10.2% 13,665
                   
Alaska Rural Non-Local                  
1980 25 50.0% 24 48.0% 1 2.0% 0 0.0% 50
1981 17 37.8% 26 57.8% 1 2.2% 1 2.2% 45
1982 19 26.0% 51 69.9% 2 2.7% 1 1.4% 73
1983 20 27.4% 47 64.4% 3 4.1% 3 4.1% 73
1984 13 21.0% 46 74.2% 2 3.2% 1 1.6% 62
1985 15 17.4% 65 75.6% 1 1.2% 5 5.8% 86
1986 18 21.4% 62 73.8% 2 2.4% 2 2.4% 84
1987 11 11.2% 78 79.6% 2 2.0% 7 7.1% 98
1988 18 19.4% 64 68.8% 1 1.1% 10 10.8% 93
1989 11 14.7% 51 68.0% 1 1.3% 12 16.0% 75
1990 15 21.7% 45 65.2% 1 1.4% 8 11.6% 69
1991 14 15.7% 65 73.0% 1 1.1% 9 10.1% 89
1992 17 25.0% 43 63.2% 1 1.5% 7 10.3% 68
1993 19 29.2% 42 64.6% 1 1.5% 3 4.6% 65
1994 21 29.6% 46 64.8% 0 0.0% 4 5.6% 71
1995 24 25.0% 61 63.5% 2 2.1% 9 9.4% 96
1996 21 23.9% 60 68.2% 1 1.1% 6 6.8% 88
1997 17 28.8% 41 69.5% 1 1.7% 0 0.0% 59
1998 16 26.7% 32 53.3% 0 0.0% 12 20.0% 60
1999 18 34.6% 30 57.7% 1 1.9% 3 5.8% 52
2000 24 38.1% 34 54.0% 0 0.0% 5 7.9% 63
2001 20 36.4% 29 52.7% 0 0.0% 6 10.9% 55
2002 12 27.3% 25 56.8% 0 0.0% 7 15.9% 44
2003 15 31.9% 29 61.7% 0 0.0% 3 6.4% 47
2004 15 31.3% 32 66.7% 0 0.0% 1 2.1% 48
2005 17 23.0% 49 66.2% 2 2.7% 6 8.1% 74
2006 21 28.4% 47 63.5% 0 0.0% 6 8.1% 74
2007 24 32.0% 49 65.3% 0 0.0% 2 2.7% 75
2008 21 21.4% 69 70.4% 1 1.0% 7 7.1% 98
2009 18 20.9% 66 76.7% 0 0.0% 2 2.3% 86
2010 20 20.4% 75 76.5% 1 1.0% 2 2.0% 98
2011 20 25.3% 54 68.4% 1 1.3% 4 5.1% 79
2012 30 37.5% 44 55.0% 0 0.0% 6 7.5% 80
2013 36 38.7% 48 51.6% 0 0.0% 9 9.7% 93
2014 29 31.9% 56 61.5% 2 2.2% 4 4.4% 91
2015 23 41.8% 32 58.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 55
2016 19 35.8% 31 58.5% 0 0.0% 3 5.7% 53
2017 22 28.2% 49 62.8% 1 1.3% 6 7.7% 78
2018 29 33.7% 56 65.1% 0 0.0% 1 1.2% 86
2019 22 25.6% 60 69.8% 2 2.3% 2 2.3% 86
Total 786 26.9% 1,913 65.5% 35 1.2% 185 6.3% 2,919
                   
Alaska Urban Local                  
1980 67 32.5% 131 63.6% 5 2.4% 3 1.5% 206
1981 62 26.8% 156 67.5% 4 1.7% 9 3.9% 231
1982 69 31.1% 143 64.4% 7 3.2% 3 1.4% 222
1983 65 24.5% 185 69.8% 6 2.3% 9 3.4% 265
1984 62 28.6% 140 64.5% 3 1.4% 12 5.5% 217
1985 52 23.3% 153 68.6% 6 2.7% 12 5.4% 223
1986 67 23.3% 199 69.3% 7 2.4% 14 4.9% 287
1987 51 23.6% 144 66.7% 6 2.8% 15 6.9% 216
1988 46 20.6% 157 70.4% 2 0.9% 18 8.1% 223
1989 37 21.1% 108 61.7% 7 4.0% 23 13.1% 175
1990 57 28.4% 116 57.7% 5 2.5% 23 11.4% 201
1991 46 25.8% 107 60.1% 5 2.8% 20 11.2% 178
1992 57 31.7% 105 58.3% 2 1.1% 16 8.9% 180
1993 47 30.9% 79 52.0% 8 5.3% 18 11.8% 152
1994 41 27.3% 93 62.0% 1 0.7% 15 10.0% 150
1995 40 23.5% 123 72.4% 0 0.0% 7 4.1% 170
1996 35 29.9% 64 54.7% 3 2.6% 15 12.8% 117
1997 50 28.9% 103 59.5% 5 2.9% 15 8.7% 173
1998 38 25.0% 90 59.2% 5 3.3% 19 12.5% 152
1999 30 22.1% 93 68.4% 1 0.7% 12 8.8% 136
2000 38 20.9% 128 70.3% 4 2.2% 12 6.6% 182
2001 46 25.7% 117 65.4% 0 0.0% 16 8.9% 179
2002 24 20.2% 87 73.1% 1 0.8% 7 5.9% 119
2003 36 23.1% 109 69.9% 0 0.0% 11 7.1% 156
2004 43 25.4% 116 68.6% 1 0.6% 9 5.3% 169
2005 48 27.7% 112 64.7% 2 1.2% 11 6.4% 173
2006 53 27.7% 124 64.9% 2 1.0% 12 6.3% 191
2007 38 22.9% 105 63.3% 3 1.8% 20 12.0% 166
2008 56 29.9% 117 62.6% 1 0.5% 13 7.0% 187
2009 53 31.2% 107 62.9% 5 2.9% 5 2.9% 170
2010 59 26.3% 153 68.3% 2 0.9% 10 4.5% 224
2011 92 31.4% 186 63.5% 4 1.4% 11 3.8% 293
2012 49 23.9% 143 69.8% 2 1.0% 11 5.4% 205
2013 53 28.2% 126 67.0% 1 0.5% 8 4.3% 188
2014 75 31.8% 140 59.3% 4 1.7% 17 7.2% 236
2015 55 34.2% 86 53.4% 1 0.6% 19 11.8% 161
2016 58 37.2% 83 53.2% 4 2.6% 11 7.1% 156
2017 65 36.1% 99 55.0% 3 1.7% 13 7.2% 180
2018 51 33.3% 87 56.9% 1 0.7% 14 9.2% 153
2019 70 45.8% 75 49.0% 1 0.7% 7 4.6% 153
Total 2,081 27.7% 4,789 63.7% 130 1.7% 515 6.9% 7,515
                   
Alaska Urban Non-Local                  
1980 27 24.8% 74 67.9% 6 5.5% 2 1.8% 109
1981 29 20.0% 111 76.6% 2 1.4% 3 2.1% 145
1982 35 26.5% 94 71.2% 1 0.8% 2 1.5% 132
1983 26 17.9% 114 78.6% 2 1.4% 3 2.1% 145
1984 29 25.4% 81 71.1% 0 0.0% 4 3.5% 114
1985 28 22.8% 86 69.9% 4 3.3% 5 4.1% 123
1986 25 18.4% 105 77.2% 3 2.2% 3 2.2% 136
1987 29 22.5% 88 68.2% 4 3.1% 8 6.2% 129
1988 24 16.9% 98 69.0% 2 1.4% 18 12.7% 142
1989 25 24.8% 57 56.4% 3 3.0% 16 15.8% 101
1990 20 19.4% 70 68.0% 4 3.9% 9 8.7% 103
1991 21 25.6% 51 62.2% 0 0.0% 10 12.2% 82
1992 20 23.0% 57 65.5% 0 0.0% 10 11.5% 87
1993 21 28.4% 45 60.8% 0 0.0% 8 10.8% 74
1994 24 32.0% 39 52.0% 2 2.7% 10 13.3% 75
1995 23 21.9% 69 65.7% 2 1.9% 11 10.5% 105
1996 29 31.2% 53 57.0% 1 1.1% 10 10.8% 93
1997 15 18.5% 54 66.7% 0 0.0% 12 14.8% 81
1998 21 33.3% 33 52.4% 1 1.6% 8 12.7% 63
1999 28 38.4% 38 52.1% 0 0.0% 7 9.6% 73
2000 31 35.2% 54 61.4% 0 0.0% 3 3.4% 88
2001 26 27.1% 56 58.3% 1 1.0% 13 13.5% 96
2002 24 40.7% 35 59.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 59
2003 34 35.4% 50 52.1% 1 1.0% 11 11.5% 96
2004 33 35.1% 52 55.3% 0 0.0% 9 9.6% 94
2005 30 23.4% 85 66.4% 0 0.0% 13 10.2% 128
2006 38 37.6% 49 48.5% 0 0.0% 14 13.9% 101
2007 32 32.7% 55 56.1% 0 0.0% 11 11.2% 98
2008 29 30.9% 58 61.7% 0 0.0% 7 7.4% 94
2009 27 34.6% 46 59.0% 1 1.3% 4 5.1% 78
2010 47 36.2% 79 60.8% 2 1.5% 2 1.5% 130
2011 44 36.1% 75 61.5% 1 0.8% 2 1.6% 122
2012 31 38.8% 45 56.3% 1 1.3% 3 3.8% 80
2013 64 51.2% 54 43.2% 0 0.0% 7 5.6% 125
2014 58 49.2% 44 37.3% 1 0.8% 15 12.7% 118
2015 34 46.6% 29 39.7% 0 0.0% 10 13.7% 73
2016 34 44.7% 35 46.1% 1 1.3% 6 7.9% 76
2017 36 37.9% 52 54.7% 0 0.0% 7 7.4% 95
2018 30 40.5% 38 51.4% 0 0.0% 6 8.1% 74
2019 29 33.3% 48 55.2% 0 0.0% 10 11.5% 87
Total 1,210 30.1% 2,456 61.0% 46 1.1% 312 7.8% 4,024
                   
Alaska Data Missing                  
1980 1 33.3% 2 66.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3
1981 1 33.3% 2 66.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3
1982 1 33.3% 1 33.3% 1 33.3% 0 0.0% 3
1983 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1
1984 1 50.0% 1 50.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2
1985 2 50.0% 2 50.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4
1986 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 4
1987 1 20.0% 4 80.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5
1988 1 25.0% 2 50.0% 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4
1989 1 25.0% 1 25.0% 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 4
1990 1 25.0% 2 50.0% 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4
1991 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1
1992 2 50.0% 2 50.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4
1993 1 33.3% 2 66.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3
1994 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2
1995 0 0.0% 2 66.7% 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3
1996 2 18.2% 8 72.7% 0 0.0% 1 9.1% 11
1997 3 50.0% 3 50.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 6
1998 1 25.0% 2 50.0% 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4
1999 0 0.0% 5 83.3% 0 0.0% 1 16.7% 6
2000 0 0.0% 3 75.0% 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4
2001 1 33.3% 2 66.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3
2002 3 33.3% 5 55.6% 0 0.0% 1 11.1% 9
2003 1 16.7% 3 50.0% 0 0.0% 2 33.3% 6
2004 3 27.3% 5 45.5% 0 0.0% 3 27.3% 11
2005 6 37.5% 10 62.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 16
2006 3 37.5% 5 62.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 8
2007 2 14.3% 10 71.4% 0 0.0% 2 14.3% 14
2008 4 44.4% 4 44.4% 0 0.0% 1 11.1% 9
2009 2 22.2% 7 77.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 9
2010 1 10.0% 9 90.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 10
2011 3 42.9% 4 57.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 7
2012 5 62.5% 3 37.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 8
2013 2 20.0% 8 80.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 10
2014 2 40.0% 2 40.0% 0 0.0% 1 20.0% 5
2015 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1
2016 2 50.0% 2 50.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4
2017 2 33.3% 4 66.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 6
2018 4 57.1% 2 28.6% 0 0.0% 1 14.3% 7
2019 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2
Total 66 29.2% 136 60.2% 1 0.4% 23 10.2% 226
                   
Nonresident                  
1980 68 27.3% 168 67.5% 7 2.8% 6 2.4% 249
1981 95 33.6% 180 63.6% 4 1.4% 4 1.4% 283
1982 97 30.0% 215 66.6% 5 1.5% 6 1.9% 323
1983 89 31.8% 181 64.6% 3 1.1% 7 2.5% 280
1984 85 27.6% 207 67.2% 6 1.9% 10 3.2% 308
1985 66 22.1% 216 72.2% 4 1.3% 13 4.3% 299
1986 72 25.4% 198 70.0% 1 0.4% 12 4.2% 283
1987 65 24.7% 183 69.6% 1 0.4% 14 5.3% 263
1988 62 21.8% 197 69.4% 5 1.8% 20 7.0% 284
1989 43 20.3% 148 69.8% 4 1.9% 17 8.0% 212
1990 58 24.6% 157 66.5% 1 0.4% 20 8.5% 236
1991 47 18.4% 175 68.4% 5 2.0% 29 11.3% 256
1992 65 23.6% 187 68.0% 6 2.2% 17 6.2% 275
1993 60 26.7% 140 62.2% 7 3.1% 18 8.0% 225
1994 64 22.9% 189 67.7% 2 0.7% 24 8.6% 279
1995 64 23.9% 184 68.7% 2 0.7% 18 6.7% 268
1996 65 22.6% 201 70.0% 1 0.3% 20 7.0% 287
1997 63 24.1% 175 67.0% 5 1.9% 18 6.9% 261
1998 69 27.5% 156 62.2% 3 1.2% 23 9.2% 251
1999 54 25.8% 131 62.7% 4 1.9% 20 9.6% 209
2000 69 26.8% 169 65.8% 3 1.2% 16 6.2% 257
2001 73 28.3% 162 62.8% 3 1.2% 20 7.8% 258
2002 51 21.3% 164 68.3% 4 1.7% 21 8.8% 240
2003 74 25.3% 198 67.6% 0 0.0% 21 7.2% 293
2004 77 27.4% 184 65.5% 1 0.4% 19 6.8% 281
2005 97 28.0% 239 68.9% 2 0.6% 9 2.6% 347
2006 80 27.4% 199 68.2% 2 0.7% 11 3.8% 292
2007 99 28.1% 236 67.0% 1 0.3% 16 4.5% 352
2008 94 30.0% 198 63.3% 1 0.3% 20 6.4% 313
2009 112 35.7% 182 58.0% 1 0.3% 19 6.1% 314
2010 112 34.0% 203 61.7% 4 1.2% 10 3.0% 329
2011 142 40.0% 198 55.8% 3 0.8% 12 3.4% 355
2012 96 32.8% 185 63.1% 2 0.7% 10 3.4% 293
2013 136 40.5% 195 58.0% 0 0.0% 5 1.5% 336
2014 111 39.8% 146 52.3% 4 1.4% 18 6.5% 279
2015 84 36.8% 134 58.8% 4 1.8% 6 2.6% 228
2016 111 38.7% 155 54.0% 5 1.7% 16 5.6% 287
2017 131 43.1% 159 52.3% 1 0.3% 13 4.3% 304
2018 107 38.2% 161 57.5% 0 0.0% 12 4.3% 280
2019 127 45.2% 145 51.6% 0 0.0% 9 3.2% 281
Total 3,334 29.6% 7,200 64.0% 117 1.0% 599 5.3% 11,250
                   
All Resident Types                  
1980 364 39.6% 513 55.8% 26 2.8% 17 1.8% 920
1981 387 35.9% 647 60.1% 15 1.4% 28 2.6% 1,077
1982 412 36.4% 685 60.5% 22 1.9% 14 1.2% 1,133
1983 423 35.3% 709 59.1% 30 2.5% 37 3.1% 1,199
1984 349 33.3% 618 59.0% 19 1.8% 61 5.8% 1,047
1985 310 28.2% 703 63.9% 21 1.9% 67 6.1% 1,101
1986 318 27.0% 771 65.6% 20 1.7% 67 5.7% 1,176
1987 283 25.6% 722 65.2% 19 1.7% 83 7.5% 1,107
1988 278 25.0% 712 64.1% 12 1.1% 108 9.7% 1,110
1989 225 24.8% 515 56.7% 21 2.3% 148 16.3% 909
1990 260 27.4% 555 58.5% 15 1.6% 118 12.4% 948
1991 237 25.6% 549 59.4% 14 1.5% 124 13.4% 924
1992 285 30.3% 539 57.2% 11 1.2% 107 11.4% 942
1993 273 32.2% 446 52.6% 22 2.6% 107 12.6% 848
1994 274 30.6% 500 55.8% 9 1.0% 113 12.6% 896
1995 291 29.1% 607 60.6% 10 1.0% 93 9.3% 1,001
1996 286 30.5% 541 57.7% 10 1.1% 100 10.7% 937
1997 262 27.5% 584 61.2% 18 1.9% 90 9.4% 954
1998 271 31.8% 469 55.0% 16 1.9% 97 11.4% 853
1999 250 31.3% 455 56.9% 14 1.8% 80 10.0% 799
2000 273 28.9% 587 62.1% 12 1.3% 74 7.8% 946
2001 284 30.3% 544 58.0% 13 1.4% 97 10.3% 938
2002 209 28.0% 462 61.9% 12 1.6% 63 8.4% 746
2003 273 30.2% 548 60.6% 1 0.1% 83 9.2% 905
2004 285 29.8% 604 63.1% 5 0.5% 63 6.6% 957
2005 347 30.8% 693 61.5% 10 0.9% 77 6.8% 1,127
2006 322 31.7% 610 60.0% 7 0.7% 77 7.6% 1,016
2007 325 30.3% 649 60.5% 11 1.0% 87 8.1% 1,072
2008 348 32.2% 657 60.8% 6 0.6% 69 6.4% 1,080
2009 344 35.9% 552 57.6% 12 1.3% 51 5.3% 959
2010 392 33.6% 710 60.9% 10 0.9% 54 4.6% 1,166
2011 455 37.1% 703 57.3% 12 1.0% 56 4.6% 1,226
2012 345 33.9% 600 58.9% 11 1.1% 63 6.2% 1,019
2013 430 38.9% 613 55.5% 4 0.4% 58 5.2% 1,105
2014 418 38.5% 557 51.2% 16 1.5% 96 8.8% 1,087
2015 316 40.2% 399 50.7% 12 1.5% 60 7.6% 787
2016 334 39.0% 434 50.7% 13 1.5% 75 8.8% 856
2017 383 39.9% 501 52.2% 9 0.9% 66 6.9% 959
2018 335 37.6% 499 55.9% 3 0.3% 55 6.2% 892
2019 354 40.5% 465 53.1% 5 0.6% 51 5.8% 875
Total 12,810 32.3% 23,227 58.7% 528 1.3% 3,034 7.7% 39,599

Transfer survey information is not included for 354 permit foreclosures. However, 347 subsequent transfers of these permits are included in the Other category.