Changes in the Distribution of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Permits, 1975-2021
Table 2-02. Permit Transfer Activity by Permit Type, 1975-2021

  Sum of Annual Permit Counts 1975-2021  
Year First Permits Issued Fishery Total Permanent Total Transferable Cumulative Number of Transfers from Initial Issuees Ratio of Transfers from Initial Issuees to Sum of Annual Transferable Permit Counts Cumulative Number of Transfers Ratio of Transfers to Sum of Annual Transferable Permit Counts
1975 Statewide Salmon Power Troll (S15B) 44,643 44,643 945 2% 3,489 8%
1975 Southeast Salmon Purse Seine (S01A) 18,236 18,236 398 2% 1,307 7%
1975 Southeast Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03A) 22,041 22,041 460 2% 2,131 10%
1975 Yakutat Salmon Set Gillnet (S04D) 7,775 7,775 155 2% 734 9%
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Purse Seine (S01E) 12,355 12,355 263 2% 1,177 10%
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03E) 25,106 25,106 498 2% 2,081 8%
1975 Prince William Sound Salmon Set Gillnet (S04E) 1,377 1,341 29 2% 148 11%
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Purse Seine (S01H) 3,772 3,772 84 2% 307 8%
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03H) 26,346 26,346 555 2% 2,542 10%
1975 Cook Inlet Salmon Set Gillnet (S04H) 34,678 34,678 705 2% 3,246 9%
1975 Kodiak Salmon Purse Seine (S01K) 17,672 17,672 366 2% 1,459 8%
1975 Kodiak Salmon Beach Seine (S02K) 1,502 1,453 32 2% 161 11%
1975 Kodiak Salmon Set Gillnet (S04K) 8,748 8,748 180 2% 1,284 15%
1975 Chignik Salmon Purse Seine (S01L) 4,234 4,234 84 2% 235 6%
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Purse Seine (S01M) 5,563 5,563 111 2% 411 7%
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03M) 7,481 7,481 160 2% 707 9%
1975 AK Peninsula Salmon Set Gillnet (S04M) 5,221 5,221 112 2% 525 10%
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Drift Gillnet (S03T) 84,593 84,593 1,828 2% 7,392 9%
1975 Bristol Bay Salmon Set Gillnet (S04T) 45,183 41,587 875 2% 4,356 10%
1975 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1975 376,526 372,845 7,840 2% 33,692 9%
1976 Kuskokwim Salmon Gillnet (S04W) 35,855 35,855 730 2% 1,623 5%
1976 Lower Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04Y) 31,522 31,522 639 2% 1,606 5%
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Gillnet (S04P) 2,823 2,823 54 2% 122 4%
1976 Upper Yukon Salmon Fish Wheel (S08P) 5,851 5,851 130 2% 299 5%
1976 Norton Sound Salmon Gillnet (S04Z) 8,517 8,517 188 2% 549 6%
1976 Kotzebue Salmon Gillnet (S04X) 8,581 8,581 194 2% 528 6%
1976 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1976 93,149 93,149 1,935 2% 4,727 5%
1977-1978 Southeast Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01A) 2,015 2,015 45 2% 125 6%
1977-1978 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01E) 4,589 4,589 84 2% 218 5%
1977-1978 Cook Inlet Herring Roe & Food/Bait Purse Seine (G01H) 3,286 3,286 59 2% 162 5%
1977-1978 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1977-1978 9,890 9,890 188 2% 505 5%
1980-1987 Statewide Salmon Hand Troll (S05B) 53,387 29,975 729 2% 3,224 11%
1980-1987 Southeast Herring Roe & Fd/Bt Gillnet (G34A) 4,261 4,261 95 2% 329 8%
1980-1987 Prince William Sound Herring Roe Gillnet (G34E) 960 960 22 2% 44 5%
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Purse Seine (G01K) 2,358 1,942 47 2% 136 7%
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet (G34K) 3,181 2,844 76 3% 213 7%
1980-1987 Kodiak Herring Roe Gillnet & Purse Seine (G31K) 65 35 0 0% 0 0%
1980-1987 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1980-1987 64,212 40,017 969 2% 3,946 10%
1988-1992 Northern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61A) 1,677 1,677 59 4% 116 7%
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Longline (C61C) 294 270 13 5% 30 11%
1988-1992 Southern Southeast Sablefish Pot Gear (C91C) 62 48 1 2% 1 2%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King Crab Pot Gear (K19A) 119 119 8 7% 18 15%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K29A) 117 102 5 5% 6 6%
1988-1992 Southeast Brown King Crab Pot Gear (K39A) 166 111 5 5% 13 12%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K49A) 369 369 14 4% 32 9%
1988-1992 Southeast Red/Blue/Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K69A) 713 685 22 3% 40 6%
1988-1992 Southeast Tanner Crab Pot Gear (T19A) 498 445 19 4% 48 11%
1988-1992 Prince William Sound Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21E) 4,350 4,350 90 2% 161 4%
1988-1992 Bristol Bay Herring Spawn On Kelp Hand Pick (L12T) 8,091 8,091 104 1% 127 2%
1988-1992 Nelson Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34N) 4,078 3,832 56 1% 76 2%
1988-1992 Nunivak Island Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34U) 1,130 1,082 14 1% 18 2%
1988-1992 Cape Romanzof Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Y) 1,990 1,923 40 2% 55 3%
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe Beach Seine (G02Z) 160 160 2 1% 2 1%
1988-1992 Norton Sound Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34Z) 8,006 8,006 193 2% 388 5%
1988-1992 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1988-1992 31,820 31,270 645 2% 1,131 4%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10A) 91 0 0 0% 0 0%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab Diving Gear (D11A) 52 0 0 0% 0 0%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 300 Pots/Or 100% Of Max (D9AA) 1,230 1,230 44 4% 136 11%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 225 Pots/Or 75% Of Max (D9BA) 1,091 1,074 43 4% 171 16%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 150 Pots/Or 50% Of Max (D9CA) 2,063 2,002 77 4% 331 17%
1997 Southeast Dungeness Crab 75 Pots/Or 25% Of Max (D9DA) 2,464 1,734 69 4% 382 22%
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Ring Net (D10H) 6 0 0 0% 0 0%
1997 Cook Inlet Dungeness Crab Pot Gear (D91H) 1,736 1,475 21 1% 28 2%
1997 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1997 8,733 7,515 254 3% 1,048 14%
1998 Northern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21A) 2,505 2,505 86 3% 195 8%
1998 Southern Southeast Herring Spawn On Kelp Pound (L21C) 4,237 3,544 122 3% 284 8%
1998 Southeast Shrimp Pot Gear (P91A) 6,112 3,663 132 4% 323 9%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Net Gear Max VL Length 50' (C4CE) 24 24 0 0% 0 0%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 90' (C5AE) 32 32 2 6% 5 16%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 50' (C5CE) 785 785 31 4% 74 9%
1998 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 35' (C5DE) 261 261 14 5% 31 12%
1998 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1998 13,956 10,814 387 4% 912 8%
1999-2002 Southeast Brown King/Tanner Crab Pot Gear (K59A) 79 70 4 6% 5 7%
1999-2002 Southeast Shrimp Beam Trawl (P17A) 576 505 21 4% 43 9%
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Urchin Diving Gear (U11A) 1,441 1,439 59 4% 143 10%
1999-2002 Southeast Geoduck Clams Diving Gear (J11A) 1,678 1,016 34 3% 86 8%
1999-2002 Southeast Sea Cucumber Diving Gear (Q11A) 6,254 3,265 126 4% 336 10%
1999-2002 Prince William Sound Sablefish Fixed Gear Max VL Length 60' (C5BE) 51 51 3 6% 6 12%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Purse Seine, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H1DK) 100 100 4 4% 6 6%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 75' (H7BK) 20 20 0 0% 0 0%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 70' (H7CK) 20 20 0 0% 0 0%
1999-2002 Kodiak Herring Food/Bait Otter Trawl, Fixed VL Length To 60' (H7DK) 40 40 0 0% 0 0%
1999-2002 Goodnews Bay Herring Roe & Food/Bait Gillnet (G34W) 2,777 2,754 34 1% 41 1%
1999-2002 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 1999-2002 13,036 9,280 285 3% 666 7%
2003-2004 Southeast Shrimp Otter Trawl (P07A) 19 0 0 0% 0 0%
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL To 120' (TB9AK) 673 599 19 3% 23 4%
2003-2004 Kodiak Tanner Bairdi Crab Pot Gear VL Under 60' (TB9BK) 2,326 2,240 73 3% 122 5%
2003-2004 Total for fisheries with permits first issued in 2003-2004 3,018 2,839 92 3% 145 5%

Totals for fisheries with permits first issued in a given year are the total number of permits at the end of each year, summed over the entire period, for those fisheries.
The number of transfers includes permit foreclosures and subsequent transfers of these permits.
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.