Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2020
Table 3-04. Numbers of Intra-Cohort and Cross-Cohort Permit Transfers By Permit Type, 1975-2020

  Intra Cohort Cross Cohort  
Year Permits First Issued Fishery Count Percentage Count Percentage Total Transfers
1975 Statewide Salmon Power Troll (S15B) 1,812 52.8% 1,622 47.2% 3,434
1975 Southeast Salmon Purse Seine (S01A) 821 63.6% 469 36.4% 1,290
1975 Southeast Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03A) 1,239 58.5% 879 41.5% 2,118
1975 Yakutat Salmon Set Gillnet (S04D) 452 62.7% 269 37.3% 721
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Purse Seine (S01E) 647 56.2% 504 43.8% 1,151
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03E) 1,038 50.8% 1,007 49.2% 2,045
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Set Gillnet (S04E) 95 65.5% 50 34.5% 145
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Purse Seine (S01H) 217 71.4% 87 28.6% 304
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03H) 1,565 62.6% 936 37.4% 2,501
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet (S04H) 1,948 60.9% 1,253 39.1% 3,201
1975 Kodiak Salmon Purse Seine (S01K) 723 50.6% 705 49.4% 1,428
1975 Kodiak Salmon Beach Seine (S02K) 91 57.2% 68 42.8% 159
1975 Kodiak Salmon Set Gillnet (S04K) 707 56.6% 542 43.4% 1,249
1975 Chignik Salmon Purse Seine (S01L) 122 52.4% 111 47.6% 233
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Purse Seine (S01M) 241 59.5% 164 40.5% 405
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03M) 411 58.8% 288 41.2% 699
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Set Gillnet (S04M) 326 62.6% 195 37.4% 521
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03T) 4,757 66.0% 2,455 34.0% 7,212
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Set Gillnet (S04T) 2,665 62.4% 1,604 37.6% 4,269
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1975 19,877 59.5% 13,208 40.5% 33,085
             
1976 Kuskokwim Salmon Gillnet (S04W) 1,283 79.8% 325 20.2% 1,608
1976 Lower Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04Y) 1,226 77.1% 365 22.9% 1,591
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04P) 70 57.9% 51 42.1% 121
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Fish Wheel (S08P) 204 68.2% 95 31.8% 299
1976 Norton Sound Salmon Gillnet (S04Z) 407 75.5% 132 24.5% 539
1976 Kotzebue Salmon Gillnet (S04X) 377 73.6% 135 26.4% 512
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1976 3,567 72.0% 1,103 28.0% 4,670
             
1977-1978 Southeast Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01A) 52 43.3% 68 56.7% 120
1977-1978 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01E) 116 53.2% 102 46.8% 218
1977-1978 Cook Inlet Herring Roe & Food/Bait Purse Seine (G01H) 91 56.5% 70 43.5% 161
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1977-1978 259 51.0% 240 49.0% 499
             
1980-1987 Statewide Salmon Hand Troll (S05B) 1,810 57.1% 1,358 42.9% 3,168
1980-1987 Southeast Herring Roe & Fd/Bt Gillnet (G34A) 187 56.8% 142 43.2% 329
1980-1987 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Gillnet (G34E) 26 59.1% 18 40.9% 44
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01K) 50 37.6% 83 62.4% 133
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet (G34K) 110 52.6% 99 47.4% 209
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet & Purse Seine (G31K) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1980-1987 2,183 52.7% 1,700 47.3% 3,883
             
1988-1992 Northern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61A) 58 51.3% 55 48.7% 113
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61C) 15 51.7% 14 48.3% 29
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Pot Gear (C91C) 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King Crab Pot Gear (K19A) 10 62.5% 6 37.5% 16
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K29A) 5 83.3% 1 16.7% 6
1988-1992 Southeast Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K39A) 7 53.8% 6 46.2% 13
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K49A) 19 61.3% 12 38.7% 31
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K69A) 29 72.5% 11 27.5% 40
1988-1992 Southeast Tanner Crab Pot Gear (T19A) 20 42.6% 27 57.4% 47
1988-1992 Prince William Sound Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21E) 62 38.5% 99 61.5% 161
1988-1992 Bristol Bay Herring Spawn On Kelp Hand Pick (L12T) 102 82.3% 22 17.7% 124
1988-1992 Nelson Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34N) 57 75.0% 19 25.0% 76
1988-1992 Nunivak Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34U) 14 77.8% 4 22.2% 18
1988-1992 Cape Romanzof Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Y) 53 96.4% 2 3.6% 55
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe Beach Seine (G02Z) 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 2
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Z) 216 56.3% 168 43.8% 384
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1988-1992 667 56.6% 449 43.4% 1,116
             
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10A) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Diving Gear (D11A) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 300 Pots/Or 100% Of Max (D9AA) 77 58.8% 54 41.2% 131
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 225 Pots/Or 75% Of Max (D9BA) 89 53.9% 76 46.1% 165
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 150 Pots/Or 50% Of Max (D9CA) 189 59.4% 129 40.6% 318
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 75 Pots/Or 25% Of Max (D9DA) 199 55.1% 162 44.9% 361
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10H) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Pot Gear (D91H) 19 67.9% 9 32.1% 28
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1997 573 59.0% 430 41.0% 1,003
             
1998 Northern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21A) 91 46.9% 103 53.1% 194
1998 Southern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21C) 150 55.6% 120 44.4% 270
1998 Southeast Shrimp Pot Gear (P91A) 139 44.8% 171 55.2% 310
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Net Gear Max VL Length 50' (C4CE) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 90' (C5AE) 4 100.0% 0 0.0% 4
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 50' (C5CE) 24 37.5% 40 62.5% 64
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 35' (C5DE) 10 34.5% 19 65.5% 29
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1998 418 53.2% 453 46.8% 871
             
1999-2002 Southeast Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K59A) 3 60.0% 2 40.0% 5
1999-2002 Southeast Shrimp Beam Trawl (P17A) 21 53.8% 18 46.2% 39
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Urchin Diving Gear (U11A) 67 48.9% 70 51.1% 137
1999-2002 Southeast Geoduck Clams Diving Gear (J11A) 43 53.8% 37 46.3% 80
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Cucumber Diving Gear (Q11A) 135 42.1% 186 57.9% 321
1999-2002 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 60' (C5BE) 2 33.3% 4 66.7% 6
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Purse Seine, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H1DK) 5 83.3% 1 16.7% 6
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 75' (H7BK) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 70' (H7CK) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H7DK) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
1999-2002 Goodnews Bay Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34W) 34 82.9% 7 17.1% 41
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1999-2002 310 57.3% 325 42.7% 635
             
2003-2004 Southeast Shrimp Otter Trawl (P07A) 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL To 120' (TB9AK) 9 50.0% 9 50.0% 18
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL Under 60' (TB9BK) 54 47.8% 59 52.2% 113
  Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 2003-2004 63 48.9% 68 51.1% 131
             
  Statewide Totals 27,917 57.9% 17,976 42.1% 45,893

The number of transfers includes 354 permit foreclosures and 347 subsequent transfers of these permits. In this table these are counted as cross-cohort transfers.
Note that fisheries D10A, D10H, D11A, and P07A have no transferable permits. Fisheries C4CE, G31K, H7BK, H7CK, and H7CK have transferable permits but no known permanent transfers.